Look at my new seedling! it has scent! looks like Lauren!!!
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These don't look like begonia seedlings...
Comments (16)to avoid the algae ... you need a greenhouse setup ... you need to keep your media damp.. but not wet.. but provide ambient humidity to the babes ... i see all the towels.. i see plastic shelves??? ... but can you rig up some plastic sheeting.. to make a little greenhouse.. i would put the lights inside the tenting ... [you do have them under lights???] cant go any further w/out some pix of your setup ... when i used to do seeds.. i sterilized EVERYTHING.. all hardware in 10% bleach.. and all media per the link ... i just put a gob of media in a baggie.. dampened.. and nuked it until the baggie generated steam.. then set it aside.. until i used it.. i also used a dollar store turkey pan.. filled it with damp media.. and covered with alum foil.. like a giant jiffy pop .. and poked two holes.. and when it steamed.. or i smelled it.. i took it out.. and left it covered to cool for a few days ... there are tuberous begonia.. which would be insane to start from seed ... and there are the annual begonia.. which root in 15 mins.. if you can find an early stock of plants ... just buy a cell pack.. and make one inch cuttings.. and stick them in damp soil.. tented.. and they will root inside a few days/week ... sometimes.. buying one or two.. and making 100 out of them.. is a lot easier.. than messing with seeds for 45 days.. getting a plant to the size to get them outdoors ... i did such with impatiens, coleus, begonia ... and saved seed starting for the exotic stuff ... ken Here is a link that might be useful: link...See MoreNew to adeniums, but so far my seedlings are looking well!
Comments (10)Thanks NeonCactus I got a desk lamp & grow light strip from Walmart. I set it up in my small closet that has a bench and put all seedlings/rehab/over winter plants in there. It gets warm in the closet during the day from all the lights and at 5pm I pull the plug from the wall and keep the door open so air circulate. Lights are 6am-5pm because I leave for work at 6:20 and get home at 5. So u have one curly bulb (warm spectrum) and LED which is (cool spectrum) and the light strip which the color is purple so it's the broad spectrum light. And it is cheap so here's pic lol my mom gave me the idea since all my plants Weren't used to the dry air in our new home here and kept dying. Leaf drop, shriveled branches, yellowing, it was bad and plants aren't cheap, so I thank mom for this idea...See Morewhat kind of seedling is this? Looks almost like lavender
Comments (1)Here's an update a few weeks later....See MoreShrub ID? looks like boxwood with grape-scented flowers
Comments (11)Thanks, the input is much appreciated. I'm still new to gardening (starting my 4th year), but for 30 yrs I did analytical chemistry in a food testing lab. Early on I got tasked with identifying off-odors due to spoilage or contamination. In my spare time I pursued pleasant odors too, and examined the composition of many plants, beverages, flowers, essential oils, etc by mass spec. So I got some solid objective data on what's present in the scents. Nevertheless it's not a magic wand that can "test for everything", and of course human sensory perception will vary wildly. Most grapes don't have a strong smell, except for the Concords. Regular Concord grapes (the ones with seeds, rarely available in grocery stores here) have methyl anthranilate predominating. There is some ethyl anthranilate in Texas Mountain Laurel (I never thought TML smelled like grapes; the mild pleasant smell comes from ethyl benzoate, IMO). This shrub had more aminoacetophenone. Corn tortillas have a faint hint of aminoacetophenone. Admittedly the food/snack industry overuses synthetic grape scent to the point it gets sickeningly sweet. Welch's purple grape juice is a halfway decent substitute when the fresh grapes are out of season. I just started my seasonal check on this shrub, and found it was removed recently. It had been next to the sidewalk of a post office near my old workplace. My yard is small and I wasn't able to grow one anyway. But thankfully before retiring I did get chemical analysis on it 2 years in a row to confirm/refine my (subjective) olfactory diagnosis. I'll stop now without commenting on cat urine odor!...See MoreAlana8aSC
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