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Heat mat usage

Last post by Yak54 « Sun Apr 27, 2025 11:13 am
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by JRinPA » Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:14 pm
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I just started my first seeds last night. Onions. I put the heat mat underneath with the controller set at 68F. And set the LED lights for 12 hours daytime.

Typically I run...
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Sun Apr 27, 2025 11:13 am
Large tomato seedlings light problem?

Last post by bower « Thu Apr 24, 2025 10:14 am
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by Salaam » Thu Apr 24, 2025 9:55 am

Last season I had a problem with brassicas . I figured out that they're extremely sensitive to being wet, and that both of the soils I have used stay wet way too long. It...

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Last post by bower
Thu Apr 24, 2025 10:14 am
Old Seed Germination Success

Last post by Paulf « Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:59 pm
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by GrowingFun » Wed Apr 16, 2025 6:55 am

Hello, I was very surprised on how fast two of my tomatoes germinated. The Omar’s Lebanese seed is from 2009 and started sprouting in just 3 days. The Eckert Polish seed is...

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Last post by Paulf
Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:59 pm
Started Our Tomato Seeds

Last post by GrowingFun « Sat Apr 12, 2025 10:33 am

by GrowingFun » Sat Apr 12, 2025 10:33 am

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Started Green Giant, Amish Paste, Hungarian Heart, Cherokee Purple, German Pink, Eckert Polish, Orange Jazz, Earl’s Polish, Omar’s Lebanese and...

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Last post by GrowingFun
Sat Apr 12, 2025 10:33 am
2025 Seeds Thanks!

Last post by Harry Cabluck « Sun Mar 23, 2025 5:33 pm
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by Harry Cabluck » Fri Jan 03, 2025 4:31 pm

Seed startings for the 2025 season include, from Farmer Shawn; 1994, Arika Vikas. And from eyegrotom; 2019, J.D.'s Special C-Tex. Fingers crossed in hope of germination. From...

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Last post by Harry Cabluck
Sun Mar 23, 2025 5:33 pm
bulk germination rates

Last post by Mark_Thompson « Wed Mar 19, 2025 3:19 am
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by habitat-gardener » Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:39 am

If you grow most of a seed pack, what has been your experience with germination rates?

By bulk, I mean starting 10-70 seeds and expecting most to germinate.
Easy year, the...

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Last post by Mark_Thompson
Wed Mar 19, 2025 3:19 am
What would be the Cost to run these LED's

Last post by karstopography « Tue Mar 04, 2025 7:21 am
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by greenthumbomaha » Mon Mar 03, 2025 8:11 am

Both units were purchased from Amazon Warehouse in 2015. The link is outdated and takes you to different units, but the ones I bought are 300W and 600W and the same clunky...

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Last post by karstopography
Tue Mar 04, 2025 7:21 am
Soil Blocker

Last post by Harry Cabluck « Sun Feb 23, 2025 4:50 pm
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by eyegrotom » Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:38 pm

I have been thinking about getting a Soil Blocker to use for starting my Seeds. Do any of you guys have one that you use for Seed starting.
Likes of dislikes about them. Any...

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Last post by Harry Cabluck
Sun Feb 23, 2025 4:50 pm
Insulated box for seed starting in cold basement

Last post by Tormahto « Sat Feb 22, 2025 11:41 am
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by CtGrower » Sun Feb 16, 2025 8:03 am

I have a bakers rack for seed starting in my unheated basement. The temperature has been a constant 48ish degrees. Last year the seedlings did not do well, and I'd like to...

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Last post by Tormahto
Sat Feb 22, 2025 11:41 am
Losing Wait

Last post by greenthumbomaha « Fri Jan 31, 2025 11:59 pm
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by Cornelius_Gotchberg » Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:16 am
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What's the longest any of you's have waited for a Tomato seed to sprout; put another way, when do you's bail?

The Gotch
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Last post by greenthumbomaha
Fri Jan 31, 2025 11:59 pm
Old Tomato Seeds - Some Are Brown

Last post by MissS « Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:25 am
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by TX-TomatoBug » Sat Dec 14, 2024 7:41 pm

I have some old tomato seeds that I will try to germinate in Jan/Feb. They are at least 15 years old. There's good reason to believe that they are a lost family heirloom that...

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Last post by MissS
Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:25 am
10x20 heavy duty propagation tray recommendations

Last post by Mark_Thompson « Sun Jan 19, 2025 4:06 pm
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by jbclem » Thu Jan 02, 2025 4:32 am

I'm looking for standard heavy duty 10x20 propagation trays, but the problem is that the ones you see advertised(ie: Amazon) are all listed as heavy duty or extra thick and...

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Last post by Mark_Thompson
Sun Jan 19, 2025 4:06 pm
Sprouting grocery store seeds.

Last post by Gyalu « Fri Dec 20, 2024 6:33 pm
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by worth1 » Sat Feb 04, 2023 4:31 pm
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Many things we buy in the store to eat are seeds.
The other day I sprouted black mustard seeds.
Black mustard isn't kin to regular mustard.
Today I'm seeing if the coriander...
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Last post by Gyalu
Fri Dec 20, 2024 6:33 pm
Excited for this Spring

Last post by AZGardener « Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:19 am
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by Christinajomd » Mon Dec 16, 2024 4:16 pm

Ok, I don't start Tomato seeds until New Years- Jan, 11. i am already obsessing over planting.......Im growing impatiant.
I am trying dwarfs this year!!!! Its going to be...

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Last post by AZGardener
Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:19 am
Excited for this Spring

Last post by Christinajomd « Mon Dec 16, 2024 4:16 pm

by Christinajomd » Mon Dec 16, 2024 4:16 pm

Ok, I don't start Tomato seeds until New Years- Jan, 11. i am already obsessing over planting.......Im growing impatiant.
I am trying dwarfs this year!!!! Its going to be...

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Last post by Christinajomd
Mon Dec 16, 2024 4:16 pm
1000 Year-Old Seed Grown Out

Last post by worth1 « Sun Nov 10, 2024 10:42 am
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by GoDawgs » Sat Nov 09, 2024 5:50 am

This illustrates the importance of keeping seed under optimal conditions. :)

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Last post by worth1
Sun Nov 10, 2024 10:42 am
built-in timers fooey

Last post by slugworth « Mon Oct 14, 2024 9:08 am
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by slugworth » Thu Oct 03, 2024 8:06 am

I have a clamp light grow-light from walmart that the timer isn't very reliable.
Ditto on a 4 foot grow-light from ocean state joblot.
I may have to try some kind of filter...

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Last post by slugworth
Mon Oct 14, 2024 9:08 am
next year

Last post by slugworth « Thu Oct 10, 2024 3:37 pm

by slugworth » Thu Oct 10, 2024 3:37 pm

I ordered some omar's lebanese and watermelon beefsteak seeds for growing next year.
Burpee used to sell the watermelon beefsteak seeds back in the 80's but they stopped...

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Last post by slugworth
Thu Oct 10, 2024 3:37 pm
tray for holding solo cups?

Last post by JRinPA « Mon Aug 05, 2024 8:38 pm
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by JRinPA » Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:39 pm
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Has anyone found or come up with a good way to keep solo cups upright? By solo I mean, plastic 16 oz whatever brand. I don't use cups much, this is part of the reason, but...
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Last post by JRinPA
Mon Aug 05, 2024 8:38 pm
Too much fertilizer?

Last post by bower « Thu May 02, 2024 7:03 am
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by svalli » Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:05 pm

I noticed today that couple of leaves on this tomato plant had got brown on them. This has been growing in a quite small 2.5 x2.5 pot and has needed to be watered every day....

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Last post by bower
Thu May 02, 2024 7:03 am
oldest seed to sprout 2024 is.......

Last post by rdback « Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:36 am
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by rxkeith » Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:18 pm

marlowe charleston 2008.

i got these seeds from a large pink tomato that duker dawg, duane gave to me back in the day.
never did grow it for some reason or other, so decided...

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Last post by rdback
Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:36 am
presoaking seeds for faster germination?

Last post by zeuspaul « Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:54 pm
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by habitat-gardener » Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:27 pm

This year, I saw pretty poor germination on some tomato seeds we bought for the master gardener sale. All of them were purchased in January and germinated in March. The seeds...

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Last post by zeuspaul
Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:54 pm
Moving from Fluorescents to Leds

Last post by Yak54 « Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:15 pm
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by Plantaholic12 » Thu Aug 31, 2023 2:57 pm
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Two springs ago my Mantis Tiller threw me down on my patio and tore my right rotator cuff and messed up my right sacroilliac joint.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
So...
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Last post by Yak54
Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:15 pm
old PC fans for seed starting airflow?

Last post by JRinPA « Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:17 am
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by JRinPA » Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:14 pm

I've been trying to find some videos or instructions about using old PC case fans for seeds. I have not found much, certainly less than I expected to find. Anybody have a set...

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Last post by JRinPA
Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:17 am
2024 Sowings

Last post by sleepy man « Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:46 pm
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by Harry Cabluck » Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:36 pm
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2024 seedlings.jpg Despite the forecast of an upcoming January arctic blast, have anticipated an early summer in south Austin, Texas. Here's a staggered planting of heirloom...
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Last post by sleepy man
Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:46 pm

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