chicken stalker
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wow you're way up there!Detlor Poultry said:
Anyone starting seeds yet?
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HunkieDorie23
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Wow, I have a few tiny onion spouts. All of my seeds came yesterday so I am going to start my herbs, lettuce and cabbage this weekend. I may start some peppers too. They seem like they take forever sometimes and that way they will have a good start.
grow_my_own
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I've been itching to start my seedlings, so yesterday I finally bought myself a tray of 72 Jiffy seed starter pellets with the separate cells, etc., and a couple of the low-wattage 'twisty bulbs' as we call them that give off natural daylight to use as plant lights (we did so successfully previously).
Still, it's a little early to actually START them, but I feel like I have to do something so I started making homemade seed tape a couple of days ago from instructions I found online. It is my first time trying this technique and am hoping it goes well.
Still, it's a little early to actually START them, but I feel like I have to do something so I started making homemade seed tape a couple of days ago from instructions I found online. It is my first time trying this technique and am hoping it goes well.
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HunkieDorie23
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I am planning on putting in some covered beds so it should be OK to start planting in my area some time in March (I hope?!?!) Which is why I am justifing starting seeds. I read that if cabbage is in temps at or below 50 for very long then it can bolt. So I am trying to get ahead of that and still have early cabbage and lettuce.
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I believe that their plants are over fertilized to make them look good for selling. My plants often look punier but when I plant mine side-by-side with the few that I might buy to supplement what I grow, mine always outgrow them. Those big plants seem to just sit there for a while before they grow.epitman said:it makes me mad when i go to lowes or home depot or even walmart in the first week of march and they have all of there tomato, peppers, and other stuff out and they are 10 times bigger than what i have started. can someone tell me when bonnie starts there seeds????? ok yes i have a grow light and lots of stuff growing and sprouting and i am using rainwater and fertilizer. I WILL NOT BE OUT DONE BY BONNIE THIS YEAR!!!!!
They are also grown in professional greenhouses that are perfectly controlled by experts.
so lucky
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I planted broccoli and cabbage in flats yesterday. I have them set about 2" below the florescent lights. I plan to put a fan on them part time when they emerge.
nachoqtpie
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I thought my eggplant seeds were a loss... but this morning I woke up and I had 1 tiny little eggplant sprout making its way through the soil! I haven't been this happy about something so small in a very long time! 
lesa
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Congrats, Nachoqtpie! There is something so exciting about those little sprouts! Happy Gardening!
AllyRodrigues
Chillin' In The Garden
I have moonflower sprouts under lights! One was up Friday and I asked my husband to rig up more heat yesterday-this morning I had three more!
lesa
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Ally, I always have a hard time with those moonflowers germinating. Good job!
