Hello from Massachusetts

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juicy
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Post: # 68840Unread post juicy
Sun May 01, 2022 8:05 pm

@Setec Astronomy Did you have crowding issues with 2.5"?
I think the 3.25" is staying a bit too wet too long for my taste, but I might be able to fix that next year with an amended starting mix.

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Sun May 01, 2022 8:25 pm

Welcome @juicy ! I am in southeastern Mass!!
“Life begins the day you start a garden” - Chinese proverb

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Thu May 05, 2022 2:20 pm

What a gorgeous crop Juicy ! I hope the people you give your plants to really appreciate your hard work.
When I bought seeds envisioning the result, I didn't anticipate how labor intensive it would be to balance the trays taking them in and out the door for sunshine- no disasters yet other than Little Lucky was not so lucky - lost a few seedlings that over baked.
I did notice a tiny bit of mold forming a few times that scared me; the weather has been so damp my seeds are staying wet after bottom watering. I started soaking them very seldom about two minutes instead of the suggested 20. Yesterday I drizzled water from a medicine dropper in just a few dry spots on top. Also I've been rotating the trays in front of my breezy bedroom window. It will be worth it all .

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Thu May 05, 2022 3:20 pm

Welcome to the Junction from the sunny South! That's quite a gaggle of plants you have there and looking good. There's no cure for the bug so it's best you hang out here with all the rest of us infected folks. We understand. :lol:

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Re: Hello from Massachusetts

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Post: # 69117Unread post Setec Astronomy
Fri May 06, 2022 1:14 pm

juicy wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 8:05 pm @Setec Astronomy Did you have crowding issues with 2.5"?
I think the 3.25" is staying a bit too wet too long for my taste, but I might be able to fix that next year with an amended starting mix.
I'm fairly new at this and I had a lot of problems last year. I started in 50mm Jiffy pellets which are pretty much the same size as the 2.5" pot, so I decided to up-pot to something a bit bigger. The problem is the 3.25 is an oddball size, seems like the standards are 2.5 and 3.5, at least those are the ones you can get tray inserts for. But to your question with the good growth I got this year, I think yes maybe the plants would have been awful close together with the 2.5". I planted out all of mine yesterday, the tomatoes, anyway.

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Fri May 20, 2022 6:13 am

Welcome to the Junction!
USDA Zone 9b, Sunset Zone 13
Average Rainfall 9.5 inches
Climate: Sonoran Desert

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Sun Jun 12, 2022 7:37 am

Welcome from the uk!
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