new england growers:regional info part 2

[Deft]

Ghaa I cant even get my seeds started right, this time I put 4 in jiffy pots and none have poped out yet and its been 7 days now. This sucks.

Also I am allmot out of seeds and dont want to risk any more of my good seeds to whatever is killing my seeds before they pop. The one good one looks wilted and has just now gotten its first set of real leaves. I can only water them once a day damnnit!

 

[CoolBreeze87]

does anyone have experience growing nirvana early misty, afghaan, papaya, and swiss miss. These are the strains I will be trying this year. Any unforseen problems i should know about these strains? I will be starting seeds the first week of may. All comments are welcome

 

[Highlighter]

Deft, try this: Pre-soak seeds 12-24 hrs in a glass of water w/ a drop of Thrive Alive, or any organic veg fertilizer. Then place beans on damp paper towel, (not wet, squeeze out excess water) put on a plate, then put a ziploc bag over them and put in a dark, warm spot. Check in 12 hrs for tap roots. Avoid touching tap roots when you plant. Jiffy pots are great, but use a humidity dome if possible the 1st wk or so.
Do you have them in a window or under lights? Watering them once a day sounds excessive unless they're baking dry in the sun. The humidity dome will prevent this. Good luck!
Just presoaked my beans yesterday, in the paper towel now, w/ Jiffy pots now soaking.
Trev, I usually wait til mid May to put them outside. Still real cool temps at night that will stunt growth. Cold frames will allow you to get 'em out a bit earlier and adapt to the outdoors.
New moon tomorrow, great time to plant! :wink:

 

[Deft]

Yea I have them under lights, I just need somting to keep mould from getting them befor ethey get big enogh to fight it of, anyone know of any water soluble products that wont mess them up?

 

[Deft]

Maybe a mild antifungal? I have to go to a niursery anyways so i'll check to see what they have.

 

[supermanlives]

mild peroxide solution or captan found in alot of rooting powders.

 

[Deft]

I'll try one drop peroxide in the towel not near the seed, and see how it goes, I only have one freebie seed left.

 

[Highlighter]

Anyone get creamed by the rain? My PP seeds didn't pop. Couple split but no vigor. Started some Biddy Early f2's a kind and generous member here bestowed on me the 1st wk of May. Too small yet to be outside. Probably won't get into thier permanent holes til mid june.
What's everyone else up to?

 

[halfdef]

hello NE!

Nice to see some familiar heads from OG... bcell, dave (supermanlives or davedidntfalloffturniptruck - nice seed pics, brah) I am curious is highlighter = resin... could be wrong... often am (I am nothing if not consistent)... hehehe... well looks like things are doing well for y`all... I am not in the area this season (the ladies love those fierce invalides home from hot climates, anyone??)... but I will be curious to see the work going down..

best of luck, and remember the first rule of Book Club is don`t talk about Book Club, ha

peace halfdef

 

[supermanlives]

well i got 8 clones ready to go out this week. working on modifying a 40lb thrust trolling motor on my kayak so hauling supplies upstream will be easier.it worked great on my canoe so the kayak should be way better.got my new camo,boots and backpack. the ticks and skeeters are already getting bad.heres to a great season!!!!!!!

 

[Deft]

Finaly I got some seeds another member sent me started right. I have a first grow going!

 

[bentom187]

well i think this season my 5th one trying to grow iv lost all my plants to either rippers or deer,now this fuckin season i just had to tear my ACL & my miniscus witch u guesed it requires reconstructive surgery and physical therepy and ill have to learn how to walk again cause doc. for some reason or another makes your whole quadracep muscle "reset" itself.any advise experience W/ knee injuries? sorry its off topic but im fuckin pissed off cause of this being my fifth one and i have to wait another year.

 

[Guest]

This year isn't going well for me at all so far. Had to germ my beans at a friend's house, he neglected them, and I ended up not getting very good germ rates at all. As of right now I only have 4 sprouts, 2 papaya and 2 bagseed, that are still inside. Damn this reminds me I need to get them outside!

So what kind of start is everyone else off to as far as getting their plants outside?

 

[Deft]

I started a bit late because of mold getting my germing seeds every time I would try, figured out that rooting hormone with antfungal stuff in it works great for that problem. Here is a pic of the 4 007 that I germed with the hormone.

You can see the roots are starting to come out of the jiffy pot on the big one, the others were stunted for some reason and didnt take off like the big one, they have started growing steadily though so should be good.

 

[Mayor Uhana]

Hey everyone, good to see all is back up and running.

Finally some sun!

So what about them caterpillars??? Anyone know any guerilla ways of keeping them off my ladies?

Looking great all

Peace
Uhana

 

[halfdef]

hey Deft,

Looks like that anitfungal worked well... I wonder if maybe it is also responsible for the stunting, not much of an issue to lose a little vigor early to ensure that you get some seedlings out of the process! The one that wasn`t stunted looks like it is thriving, nice one.

peace halfdef

 

[Deft]

People were saying that the stunting was due to the acidity of the peat pelets. That sounds right since the one that took off is probably the one I used before and flushed a lot of water through. I flushed all of them pretty well and planted the big one in a 6" pot peat and all so it should take off. I went and scouted out the perfect spot for them, lots of light, with a small brook runing nearby so their roots will dig down to the water table easily, lots of dense foliage to hide them (also an indication of how good a spot it is for growing!).

 

[Highlighter]

Pretty quiet around here, you'd think it was mid sept.! Where's the Wu-man?
I've been missing Moldy too, nice to have a lady in our midst. She was always cracking me up!

Anyway, I upcanned the 7 best Biddy Early's this weekend. They'll go out to thier permanent site in a few wks when the roots fill up these pots abit.
Catapillars (Forest tent, Gypsy, winter and canker) are again infesting the area, but leaving my plants alone for now. What's everyone else up to?

 

[Deft]

Gonna put my 4 little plants outside this weekend if its not raining, then start up some derailed blues soon as I can get my hands on the seeds an anonymous poster offered me.

 

[supermanlives]

got 4 clones going out today. i love all this rain and overcast. its great for transplanting. will be putting out prob 8 clones a week. heres to a great season. cant post any pics as i lost the cable that connects camera to laptop somewhere between cali and here LOL DAVESNOTHERE