Foam Plug Seed Starter Experiment
charlielittle
16 years ago
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Are My Starter Pots Too Small?
Comments (6)seedsnsprouts, I agree with you that the pots you used are way too small. The very smallest pot I would consider starting my veggies in would be a foam coffee cup. I start mine in 4"X4"square and/or 6"round pots. You don't have to throw those plants you've started out, but just transfer them into larger pots and they will do well. A quick way to rescue those plants would be to transfer them into cheap plastic cold drink cups if you cannot locate any plant pots quickly, just make sure you first punch a hole or two with a sharp pencil at the bottom of the cup for drainage. I hope this helps. Lou...See MoreAerogarden starter tray questions
Comments (11)Hi - First time on this forum (member of the Harvest forum), because I had some questions about our Aerogardens. I, too, was wanting to purchase the Starter Tray now; couldn't get them at the company (they're on back order); and am happy to see the link to Organicgardengrower.com. Thanks. I also appreciate the link to Parkseed.com for sponge/pod refills (MUCH better price than Aerogarden). And you say they work fine in my Agarden? That's wonderful. I'd love to know, MrPepper, what nutrients you use to grow non-flowering plants (herbs, lettuces, etc.) in your Aerogarden. Would you mind sharing that information with dosage amounts, etc.? We have 3 Agardens, and I really don't like the original tablets (which always crystallized) or the individual packets of liquid nutrients (which are in wasteful packaging). I'll continue to read other threads which include Aerogarden information, too. Thanks so much for your help. Kathy in Sequim, Washington...See MoreAdenium seedlings hydro experiment
Comments (40)I'm "Bob" I was using my partners account for this thread. My seedlings were looking really good they had all branched out by early Oct 2016 and were nice little fatties with round ping pong size caudex and 3-5 branches. Unfortunately i moved to a new place that had alot of property, but no room to grow indoors. I went on a trip to Florida and was afraid it was going to get too cold so I had a roommate bring them into a hoophouse that was on the property, with all the rest of my tender plants. The hoop house was unventilated and there were a couple days where the temps bounced back to the low to mid 90s, the hoop house temps got to around 115-120+ degrees F. The sap in all my adenium, plumerias, and dorstenias "boiled" and exploded. i was devistate when i came home to a bunch of boiled exploded plants. because of this I decided to start growing and collecting succulents that are cold hardy so I didnt have to do the succulent shuffle. after the trauma of loosing all my adeniums I stopped coming on the forum. I miss adeniums lots though and im planning a move to southern california partly so i can start growing plants that wont make it through my winters up here in north east california. About 80 percent of my motivation to move has to do with growing these plants year round outside. im hoping to be living down south by mid to end dec 2017. The peat plugs that they were started in, in the aerogarden were planted into pots and the adeniums were starting to establish real nice too. the only plants that survived the tragedy were four of my fockea edulis which started putting out new growth late in the spring 2017.. my fockeas even survived the winter with little protection since i thought they were just pots with soil in them. i thought they had died too. when i do start adenium seeds again it will be hydroponically. until then im growing lots of sempervivums,jovibarbas, aloes, haworthias and gasterias. ive also just started working a little with echeverias, but they still make me nervous that it might get too cold in the winter here for them. I took offsets from a friend who has them in her garden year round, and i akso planted mine into the ground, so they should be good with a light cover even with a short freeze. sorry I dont have them anymore to show pictures!...See MoreMold in starter plugs after transplant?
Comments (0)Hi! I planted my first sugar peas in my homemade hydroponic system a couple of weeks ago. They are doing very well. Getting a lot of root growth and the plants look healthy. Although now I'm noticing something I didn't really anticipate. I used Easy Grow starter plugs for growing the seeds and then transplanted them into my homemade "net pot" about a week after putting the seeds in the plugs, when they had nice roots. They are now in the pots, with Leca stones. But now, when i peeping through the Leca stones, I see the horrific sight of something that looks like mold on the Easy grow plugs. I know the plugs are organic, so it's possible the mold would grow on them. I just didn't anticipate it to grow AFTER the transplant. Anyone else have experience with this?...See Morehind_sight
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