Knowing Debra and her past postings, I am forwarding this posting.... -- Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA m*@eskimo.com Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....? http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/ http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html
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- To: s*@eskimo.com
- Subject: Re: uns
- From: t*@glinda.oz.net (Teachout)
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 01:01:45 -0700
- Old-Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 01:01:17 -0700 (PDT)
><< take me off this list. >> I don't know how to propagate uns but do have a few comments on propagation. We finished building our new greenhouse, a real one this time not just a haphazard sticks in the ground with plastic over it (it worked though and quite well) like the first one. I am pretty proud of my new carpenter skills! The first disaster happened as I was moving things around for the umpteenth time trying to utilize the space efficiently. Dumped over a whole flat of newly seeded soil. Upside down, inside out. Most were native collected seed. So I have spread this soil out over a place in the garden hoping that things will germinate and I will be able to identify the plants as they come up. I can't believe it that I almost have the greenhouse filled up with seedlings, cuttings and winter over plants. I still have the late winter/spring sowing to do! Decided to make a temporary new cold frame out of bales of straw laid out in a square and plastic thrown over and when cuttings are rooted enough and soon they will winter over in this thrown up cold frame. This has worked in the past for a cheap and fast cold frame with lots of insulation from the straw bales. Works real well on the south side of a house with the extra warmth from the house although slugs like it too. Moving the cuttings out to cold frame will help free up space in the greenhouse. I guess a hoop house next year will be needed. Always heard the saying that if you build it you will fill it, and outgrow it fast. I believe it now after the second time around! Debbie TT. "Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?" ####################################### Debra Teachout-Teashon teachout@oz.net Washington state USDA Zone 8, Sunset Zone 5 #######################################
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