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Re: Fw: Hollyhocks (fwd)



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Duncan McAlpine
Federal Way  WA  USA
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 05:02:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Pat <pdanielak@skipjack.bluecrab.org>
To: WHTROS@aol.com
Cc: seeds list <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: Fw: Hollyhocks

Hi Barb,
I haven't had any experience with Hollyhocks, and I'm not a botanist, but I
have had mostly good success not only with store-bought seeds but with
gathering my own seed from plants and vegetables in my garden.

I've never left the shell on, but I guess if you have at least one of the
leaves free the plant should survive. When mine are stuck, there usually
isn't any leaf showing, and I would think you need at least one leaf out for
the plant to grow.

I don't think you're supposed to transplant seedlings at least until they
have at least two sets of "true"leaves. I would try just adding a little
soil on the exposed root as you suggested. A soil-less planting medium might
even be better. I haven't had this problem. Maybe you need to try planting
the seeds just a little deeper.

Just lucky I guess? I've never had a problem with damping off of seedlings.
Mind you, I don't do great quantities of seeds at a time, but once my seeds
have sprouted, I just try to make sure they have some ventilation, and I
water the soil with my mister bottle so that the soil doesn't get too
soggy/heavy.

I'm going to post a copy of this to the list to see if I got my posting
problem solved. Maybe someone else can add to this.
Good luck. Let me know how your experiments work out.
Pat
Zone 7, Maryland
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