Re: When to Start Indoor Seeds
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- Subject: Re: When to Start Indoor Seeds
- From: G* G* <g*@cwix.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 16:28:39 -0500
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Try to be more specific about which perenniels you want to grow. There are
so many different requirements, according to the plants. Some should have
been planted in the fall outdoors to take advantage of the cold of winter
in order to germinate. I'm sure you'll get the answers that you want if
you specify which plants you will be growing.
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> From: AG <agal@emory.edu>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: When to Start Indoor Seeds
> Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 9:37 AM
>
> Excuse me, but I would like to have some response to
> my posting. It's been up all day and everyone is way
> too busy arguing about nothing. Now, if this post is
> not making the circuit that's another story.
>
> But, I want help in growing my seeds, that's propgagation......
>
> Again,
>
> When to appropriately start flower indoor seeds for planting in the
spring.
> I don't have a lot of room on my sun porch, but would like to grow a
variety
> of perennials and annuals.
>
> Most information I get is to "sow inside 4-8 weeks before the last
frost".
> Okay, here in Georgia, the last frost date is April 15th, so that would
> indicate the period between February 15 to March 15. But it has been my
> experience
> that some of the seedlings wilt and die, whereas others thrive. If I
start
> them again,
> I may not have enough catch up time to have sturdy, well rooted plants.
>
> Shouldn't I stagger the indoor seeding of various perennials and annuals.
> First, mid-January to get a running start, at least for the hard to
> germinate perennials?
> If they thrive, that's great and then in March I can transfer these
plants
> into cold frames.
> If not, I can restart them in February, when I begin another round of
more
> hardy
> perennials and some annuals. Then March for the standard bedding
annuals.
>
> I would like to hear from others who have had experience with growing
> various types of
> flowers from seed.
>
> Anthony Gal
> agal@emory.edu
