Re: tomatoes and stuff.
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- Subject: Re: tomatoes and stuff.
- From: J* a* K* K* <k*@tstonramp.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:24:40 -0800
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><< However, i couldn't get any carrots (heirlooms) or spinach to sprout! Why
> is this?
> >>
>
>(snippet on slow growing in CA)
>
>Where are you sprouting your seeds? In the ground or in containers? I have
>found I must start in containers esp at this time of year. The ground is
too
>cool and damp for reliable germination in december. And carrots are always
>touchy to get to germinate. I am growing some in containers as someone
>suggested earlier on this list. They look good tho still small. I am using
>large black plastic pots.
I sprouted my tomatoes in seed starting containers. They did great. I
have done my lettuce this way too, although I had more success putting them
straight in the ground. transplanting seedling lettuce was tricky, because
one hot day made them wilt. In hardening off my indoor sprouts I am
finding that I need to set them outside as soon as they appear, otherwise
they are too wimpy.
The spinach I tried sprouting indoors. Nada.
The carrots i have tried 3x outdoors in the ground. Once I covered them
with plastic to hold in the moisture. This third time I built a 1" "wall"
of dirt around the area I planted the seeds so the water won't carry them
anywhere else. I would appreciate any foolproof ways with carrot growing!
I live in Pomona which is about 20 minutes east of LA.
Kristie
kerch@tstonramp.spamfree.com
>
>I am near santa barbara, where are you in so calif? Janet
>
