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Re: basic question re seedlings
Susan Flewelling wrote:
>
> At 07:14 AM 6/8/98 -0700, Pat & Alex wrote:
> >Here goes a very unscientific response.
> >
> >You didn't say anything about the weather conditions. Here we have had a
> >most unusual spring -- first very cold and wet, then summer hot, and now
> >very cool again -- some say due to El Nino.
>
> My seedlings are still in their peat pots - I transferred them back in
> early April from the starting mix to potting soil - had been taking them in
> every night (before dark <g>) but gradually hardened them off. The
> foxgloves are up about 2" but if they'd self seeded, I'm sure they'd be
> bigger than that. One reader suggested I had depleted the soil of nitrogen
> by overwatering - that could be the case so I'm going to rectify that.
> This is zone 3 here in Calgary so there isn't time now for any of them to
> mature. Most discouraging but we learn by our mistakes and I'll do better
> next year.
>
> Thanks
>
> Susan
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