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Re: plug trays, petunias and refridgerating seeds

Hi Sue,
I'll be interested in hearing the responses regarding plug trays. In expert
hands they probably have benefits, but I stay well away from them as they
dry out far too fast for me. I find a 3 or 4" pot is ideal for sowing seed
..... avoiding having to prick them out when they are tiny things and with
much less risk of death by quick-dry. For the novice sower they also have
the not inconsiderable advantage that erratic germination doesn't leave you
with a full seed tray taking up valuable space nurturing three seedlings,
as used happen to some of my flats before I switched completely to pots !

I can guess for all practical purposes no annuals seeds need a cold spell,
and only about a third or so of all perennials do ... whereas many but not
all tree seeds do need a cold spell. There are useful databases which you
can download from the net which give you some idea which may need a cold
spell. Thompson and Morgan have a short one, there's a more extensive
perennial one on Asle Serigstad's site: http://home.sol.no/asles . You can
also search
the seeds mailing list archive on http://www.mallorn.com/lists/seeds-list.
If you want the Morgan and Thompson database I can e-mail that to you, but
I've lost the link, so can't send that !

Your Petunia seeds will germinate ... they just won't look like the ones
you bought.

Mark
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