Cocunut Coir--seed starting
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Comments (16)Hi Digit, If you get your screws tightened (!) and decide you're gonna build a Box of Rocks--it sure does sound like a good way to "dispose of" some rocks!--I suggest my usual easy-to-grow-and-evergreen solution to cover it with! With soil between the rocks (but I think you'd need a lot of peat or something "fibrous" around the outside edges to keep the soil from washing/falling out) you could easily stick a bunch of different sedums and hen & chicks in the cracks and in a couple years it would be covered with Evergreen Stuff! It would look like a planted rock wall--albeit a very geometric one! Even succulents need some moisture, and they grow/spread faster if they're watered more or less regularly in the beginning, so you would need to plan to stick a little sprinkler or something on top of it--something that would water very slowly, and then turn it on and let the water slowly filter down thru the whole thing. If you decide to go with something like that, I'll send you starts for the sedums and semps! (And then there are links to those two succulent places on B2's "#2" thread where you can go into absolute Semp Heaven considering the possibilities!) Will throw in some 'White Nugget' iceplant too--FREE! :-D Happy rock caging, Skybird...See MoreCoconut semolina cardamon bars and Crispy savory
Comments (4)Well those dissapeared fast! Westsider - yes.. A gagg induction that covered up with paper towels before frying to make the cleanup easy. lpink - for the coconut semolina bars, I used the coarse semolina. Not the flour. As it is almost candy like, it is easier to mix in coarsely grated coconut and coarse semolina without clumping. It is great to actually watch a tutor. I think with ethnic recipes like Italian or Indian, there is a lot of techniques that cannot be verbally described. You have to see it and touch it to really get the nuances....See MoreStarting seedlings
Comments (5)We start our seedlings in peat pellets, inside. We have a tray with a plastic cover - a mini greenhouse - and we place that in a north-facing window. They stay inside until they're ready to transplant into a small pot. Even after they're in the little pots, if the nights are cold, we bring them inside until they're almost ready to plant out. I think even if we were starting something off from seed now, I wouldn't have them outside for too long - too hot and windy. We have a neat little sprinkler head for a small water bottle that is just right for watering the peat pellets gently. Very easy to keep them moist. I highly recommend the peat pellets. They're cheap and we've had a lot of luck raising babies this way....See MoreMy Tomato Growing Plan Using Coir: From Seeds to Full Growth
Comments (7)I would agree with morz that just sticking seeds in the ground seldom works for many reasons. On the other hand your plan strikes me as very unusual and over-complicated. But then we don't know the reasons behind you choosing this approach and that may make all the difference. So if tomato hydroponic growing is your choice then the Hydroponics Forum here would be your best source of info. If other methods are available I'd strongly encourage you to consider them instead. Having tried hydroponics in a limited fashion some years back I found it to be heavy on work and problems, only moderately successful production, and poor when it came to quality of the end product - good tasting tomatoes. I would only consider doing it again it if it was the only option available to me. JMO Dave...See Moredigdirt2
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