Plantings
Tags: Add new tag, butternut squash, cantaloupe, cold nights, cucumbers, damping off disease, failure rate, onions, red sun, rule of thumb, seed trays, seedlings, Seeds, sunflowers, sweet watermelon, waltham, watermelon ice, white bush scallop squash
March 3, 2009
We even kept the tops on the seed starting trays until the plants were hitting the top of the lid. Then, within a week or so, several of the plants started to die off; starting with the cantaloupe, then the onions, Early White bush scallop squash and finally most of the Cal Sweet watermelon. I was able to salvage the Waltham squash, some of the Ice Box MickyLee Watermelon, a small amount of the onions, a single start o the Cal Sweet watermelon, and several the cucumbers.
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Seeds
Tags: dead heading, flower bud, flowering tobacco, flowers, harvest seeds, harvesting seeds, heirloom seeds, nicotiana, nursary, plainting seeds, planting seeds, plants, pots, seed exchange, seed pods, seed swap, seed swaps, seed varieties, Seeds, starting a garden from seed
February 10, 2009
There is nothing all that magical about gathering seeds from your plants. You just need to know what to do and not do, and take your time. In fact, we have been gathering seeds off the Nicotiana plants for the better part of a month. Here’s how it works:
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Seeds
Tags: early girls, harvesting, plainting seeds, plant seeds, seed catalogs, seed varieties, seedlings, Seeds, starting garden, urban garden, urban gardening, yellow pear
February 9, 2009
Planting seeds for a garden might be one of the easiest things you’ve done. With a couple concepts to keep in mind, you will have a plentiful garden with only a small investment.
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