People with Diverticulitis: Do you stay away from seeds, nuts,corn?
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Do you start zinnias from seed indoors?
Comments (24)Hi golfcole, "How do you keep your zinnias so compact?" I think the most important thing is to give them enough light. That means keep the fluorescent lights within a few inches of them. And I have my timers set to give them very long "days", with 18 hours of light and 6 hours of dark. This time of year the sun is higher in the sky and you probably won't get any significant amount of direct sunlight through a window, so just concentrate on keeping the fluorescent tubes close to them. Nutrition-wise, use a balanced formula, fairly dilute. I give them an initial dose of Better-Gro Orchid Plus, one teaspoon per gallon. Then I switch to one-quarter teaspoon per gallon for maintenance. When they start to bud out, I blend Better-Gro Orchid Plus with Better-Gro Orchid Blooming formula, which has a higher percentage of Phosphorous. Zinnias are heavy feeders, and in containers you can expect to have to feed them every two or three days. Be on the lookout for deficiency symptoms. You might need to add some soluble Calcium, like Calcium nitrate, if your water supply doesn't contain some soluble Calcium. My Premier ProMix has a little Calcium in it, but only enough for about three weeks of zinnia growth. Also, be on the lookout for Boron deficiency symptoms. Good complete nutrient formulas contain some Boron, but apparently zinnias like twice as much Boron as orchids. I use a little Boric Acid powder purchased from a drugstore. I make a stock solution of one-quarter teaspoon Boric Acid per gallon, and add one cup of that stock solution to each gallon of complete nutrients for the initial treatment and half a cup per gallon for maintenance. Boric acid powder dissolves very slowly in cold water, so I heat a cup of water in the microwave, pour that in an empty water bottle, add the quarter teaspoon of Boric acid powder to the hot water, swish it around until it dissolves, and add that to the gallon jug and fill it up to create a gallon of stock Boric acid solution. Discard the water bottle. You don't want to drink any of the Boric acid. Some water supplies have plenty of Boron and Calcium in the water, so it can be helpful to have access to an analysis sheet for your water. I have to add both to our well water. ZM This post was edited by zenman on Wed, Apr 24, 13 at 1:39...See MoreStay away from pressure and make your life swinging
Comments (1)Pretty flowers....See MoreWould someone PLEASE get me away from the seed racks?!
Comments (30)Hi Lisa- I shop at the one on Rte 106 in Concord- Osborne's. They are listed as suppliers, but they took a LONG time to get the T&M racks in this year, and by then I had purchased the majority of my seeds (these little trips are just minor supplemental purchases ;) ) I think it was the middle of March before they actually had the floral/veggie display in. They got the herb display in probably early Feb, but the rest just lagged SO far behind. Last year they were one of the first, and had it in sometime in January. I got to a point where even though it's pretty close, it was just easier to pick up the phone to find out if the display had arrived yet. Cole's gardens on Rte 4 also has T&M seeds....See MoreHow do you stay caught up?!!
Comments (22)I tried PREEN this year too but it didn't work. I'm guessing we were too wet as it says on the package that wet weather will reduce the effectiveness. Things are beginning to dry out again now so I'll try it again. On the bind weed. I have successfully removed it from an area through Roundup followed by careful digging. I let the roundup sit for a couple weeks so that I know it has absorbed down to the roots. Then I use a garden fork rather than a shovel so I don't cut the roots (that makes it put out a hormone that stimulates new growth so pull 1- get 10!). Then I am careful as I can to not break it but when I tug & feel a little resistance then I use the fork to loosen the soil at the resistance point. Eventually I get long pieces of root out. Some always breaks and it comes back but I keep right on it and eventually (after a couple years of this) it weakens and dies out. I'm told though that being able to remove it by digging is a rarity and it won't help at all if your neighbors are growing it!...See More
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