Growing tomatillos from seeds. help!
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Comments (9)Surface sow or barely cover the seed, some light may be beneficial to germination. When surface sowing, its good to press the seed onto the soil, or mist it down with water so the seed makes good soil contact. It looks like germination of these is erratic, meaning not all seeds will germinate at the same time. The number of weeks could be highly variable, taking from less than a month after temps warm slightly from the moist chill, to several months. If you have a spot with bright indirect light for the pots, place them there....See MoreGrowing Tomato (& Tomatillos) from seed without artificial light
Comments (14)early ssabukis aliana goji faranji Awesome tomatoes! ESA is a cropping machine with loads of small yellow plums. Goji Faranji makes big wonking beefsteaks, sometimes they are a bit ruffly-but this I think is related to hotter weather and when it cools down a bit then the fruits are smoother. If you let GF mature completely on the vine it's incredibly delicious. It's fine too if you pick them a bit green and let ripen on the counter, but leave it on the vine until it feels like a baby's tushie when you squeeze it and you have tomato nirvana....See MoreHelp With Growing Mangoes From Seed In South Florida
Comments (10)Hi Mia, What type is the mango you enjoyed so much ? Just curious,..my favorite is the Kents ! It just so happens that I tried exactly what you are considering. A little over 2 years ago I started noticing the occasional small green baby mango plants that would pop up at the base of a banana plant that I used my organic compost to fertilize, ( the compost was full of old mango seeds ). Then a big 25 gallon clay pot became available so I decided to try growing one of the green sprouts, carefully digging up the root which of course, was a big, oval, thin mango seed ! I gave it all the TLC I could, a mixture of regular soil, topsoil & organic compost, put pot in a full sun spot on side lawn with a few bricks underneath so moisture could drain easily, and added half a hand full of 6 - 6 - 6 fertilizer every two months. Was just curious what would develop. Day before yesterday I ripped it out of the pot as I just got tired of looking at a wimpy, 1/2 " diameter, 3 ft tall twig with a few green leaves that was drooping one way, then the other despite my attempts to support it upright ! Had been told that any fruits the plant might generate in future would most likely not be the same as the mother tree. However, I was willing to try anyway, just a casual attempt on my part, no tears shed last Wednesday when I pulled the twig out ! ( smile ) Just my brief experience, - I wish you better luck !...See MoreHelp with growing echinacea from seed indoors - they are disappearing!
Comments (3)Thank you so much for the reply! I am using seed starting mix - if it is sterile or not, I can´t tell you. I suspected with the first one that I over-watered it (it disappeared right after I watered it - that was my hint). So with the second one I did a lot less watering (almost none). Do they germinate in dry soil?? Or is the key to keep the soil dry once they germinate? I am not using a heat mat after stratification. I did not know that existed! I read the directions that came with the seeds, and they didn´t mention a heat mat. I will have to look into that. I am really bummed about these seeds. They were for a green envy coneflower, but it looks like I am going to have to start from the beginning all over again (I don´t have any seeds left). Any advice on growing echinacea from seed would be greatly appreciated....See Morevictoriajy
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