Seedling Bed 2022
This are my last year's seedlings that I'm watching now.
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Comments (1)Realizing this is too much after the fact to matter one way or the other , but ... This is a raised bed at ground level? Unless you placed it directly on top of a cement slab - I'd leave it alone. I think Mel way underestimates the value of ground level dirt. Even when it's bad a few years of mulching and square foot gardening and adding compost and worms doing your work for you will fix it up. Hope things turned out ok for you, whatever you did. This post was edited by zensojourner on Wed, Oct 8, 14 at 23:19...See MoreHow do you get rid of elm tree seedlings in your beds?
Comments (3)I wait for an "after rainy day" and start pulling by hand. If not possible, I have a small shovel. If not possible, I mark it with colored tape and next time I have help, I cut it as short as possible and dab brush killer poison on the cut, while the other person holds nearby growth out of the way so I don't accidentally kill it while trying to kill unwanted. Some years are worse than others and in Spring 2015 I'm waging a brutal war against elms, oaks, etc....See MoreDirect sow in the bed with no trans planting seedlings??
Comments (3)Thanks for the help. You are so right about volunteers. I am not asking about my seedling in the house. I know what I need to improve that situation. I will try planting a few more tomato seeds in my raised bed than I plan to keep there and thin them out to only three or four. I guess I’m asking if the plants will have a good chance to survive without the early growth period in the house. I am going to give them a chance and if nothing germinates before June 15th I will get plants that are already established from the nursery. Just what I was trying to avoid this year. Oh well there is always next year to try seedling inside again. I will definitely try to winter sow them next year. I just am not certain when to put the tomato seeds out for sowing. I still have so much more to learn to go from seed to table....See MoreMore Lucky Reds in the Seedling Bed
Comments (11)Nancy - When the Precious Candy seedling had those high bud counts that seedling bed was not shaded so much. Bud counts went down there each year as the neighbor's many trees grew taller and wider. The soil there is much richer than where I have moved the seedlings, which is heavy clay. Also, the soil in the old seedling bed didn't seem to dry out as fast as the two beds where I now have the Precious Candy seedlings. I thought once I got those seedlings in the sun again, the bud counts would go up. But it's been two years and I haven't seen any of them regain their bud counts. Perhaps they lost their vigor with so many years in the shade. Debra...See More
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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steve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohio
last yearlast modified: last yeargaryz6ohio thanked steve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohiogaryz6ohio
last yearHere's a picture of the blushing one.
It's actually a little redder than this picture shows.
hosta_maker
last yearlast modified: last yeargaryz6ohio
last yearhosta maker, I'll let you know on how long the blush lasts. This is it's second year, third generation from Fist Blush. In the first picture, the green ones surrounding it and the smaller blues are all
showing various degrees of blushing - just not as pronounced.
hosta_maker
last yearlast modified: last yearLooks good. sometimes you nail it the first cross others you have to cross blusher to blusher. i was lucky with bloodline and found the right pod parent and got 3 decent blushers to start a line. it lasts at least a month sometimes longer. starts brown and intensifies to maroon purple. the yellows are the most striking. but the blush only lasts a couple of weeks. so a good quality plant is neccessary to keep interest the whole season.
since i have a batch of tc i have experimented with light and temp.
i will start shipping these in the next couple of weeks.
some i forced under lights for early blooming to share with other hybridizers.under lights where there is no sun movement or wind you can see lines where leaf overlap and shading was. the light striking the surface ripens the compounds the plant sends up into the leaf.
its always interesting to see how far the blushing goes each year under different weather conditionsworld on fire is unfurling now.
as is light the match
electric fire
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