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Re: okra, strawberries,etc. etc.

I haven't had good success with strawberry seeds but I read that they 
need light to germinate so don't bury them in the soil but leave them 
on top.  Problem is how do you keep them from drying out...

-Ron




> Date:          Mon, 23 Mar 1998 21:51:14 -0500
> From:          nonayobusiness <medium.kyootie@internetMCI.com>
> Subject:       okra, strawberries,etc. etc.
> To:            veg <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
> Reply-to:      veggie-list@eskimo.com

> -- [ From: nonayobusiness * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] --
> 
> I will keep the okra recipe for when I pick some.  Thanks.  All the okra
> info is great.  I put each seed into a separate cell pack thing, so
> hopefully it won't get too upset when it's time to transplant.  It's
> planted, and sitting in the warmest place in the house, which isn't that
> warm, so we'll see...Now, about strawberries, I just planted some seeds
> from Le Jardin des Gourmet, in VT, but these are I think, wild ones, I
> think they are called berries from the woods.  I don't think they send out
> runners.  There weren't any directions, so I just pressed them into Jiffy
> mix, since the seeds are very small.  My friend moved to New Mexico and
> left me a big bag of Jiffy mix, so it's the first time I'm using it.  I
> always made my own primitive mix before.  I will feed the seedlings a lot
> sooner than when I used a combo of peat & sterile soil.   Any comments
> after the fact?
> Now, about poor Stan:  I used to get unsubscribed very often from a
> houseplant list, and the "ListMom" said she didn't do it, and in fact it
> was my ISP sending an unsubscribe message to her computer.  They said it
> wasn't them, so I just said forget it, and that's how I came to this list,
> which I am happy to say I have not gotten kicked out of.  So thank you very
> much.  This one is more fun, anyway.  
> 
> As far as broccoli sprouts, I wonder just how much we can believe about how
> good they really are.  It seems like every year there is something else
> that you should be eating tons of to stay alive, or things that you should
> stay away from to stay alive.  Then, a few years later, these same things
> are in the opposite side of the column.  Like eggs and red meat. Now they
> are saying that they are not bad and you should have a little of these
> because there are good things in them.  But if you want these sprouts, we
> only want to make you happy...make sure you are not using treated seed, and
> if I remember correctly, you take a jar, like a quart size mayo job, and
> you put a teaspoon of the seeds in the jar, and then you put cheesecloth or
> other thin fabric on top with a rubber band.  Then you pour in clean water,
> not too cool and not hot.  Room temp, if I recall correctly.  (Take from
> the cold H20 faucet and let it sit). I think that 2 times daily you rinse
> the seeds and pour out most of it.  Help!   There must be somebody who is a
> product of the 70's who remembers this process better than I.... 	
> 
> Bermuda in the bed!  You can take out the good plants and solarize the bed
> by covering it with clear plastic for a couple of months.  If you just have
> compost, after a few years it breaks down and you just have humic acid - or
> is it fumic acid?  If you don't use it you lose it.  
> 
> To Tom with the excess seeds:  if you look in a book that was published by
> Organic Gardening, a veggie growing book, it tells you how long you can
> save seeds of each kind of veggie.  Also, a few years ago, I planted a
> whole lot of green pepper seed that had been stuck in a drawer 12 years ago,
> and not finished.  I planted them all, thinking that maybe I'd get a few to
> germinate, since the seeds were OLD!  Well, they ALL grew, and then I had
> to find homes for them all!   In other words, the seeds can last a very
> long time, if saved correctly.
> 
>  I would not put peppers or tomatoes in a cold frame now, because they are
> very cold sensitive.  When it isn't so cloudy and cold, I've stuck flats of
> seedlings in the back of a hatchback parked to get the most sunlight on
> them - don't drive around with them in there or you will have a very dirty
> vehicle and no plants.  but unless it didn't get cold at night, I'd take
> them back in.  We had to get rid of that car, though, so I can't do it. 
> You have to crack the windows if you do it, or they will all get cooked.  I
> think the sunlight is better than the fake light. I also do not make the
> seedlings take a nap, you can leave the light on all night. Put the lights
> closer to the seedlings.  Watch out for the ends of the light tubes - they
> don't give enough light.  I usually rotate the flats around, or I put
> something there like lettuce that is more forgiving of low light.  
> 
> So far, my dahlias, ageratum, cosmos, and CABBAGE are up and at 'em.  We
> had 6 inches of snow here yesterday.  We had no snow for the whole winter. 
> Just one snow in the fall, and now yesterday!  Figure that!  Lauren Z6 NY
> 
> 
> 
Ron
menoldre@mnsinc.com
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