Now What Do I Do?

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Re: Now What Do I Do?

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Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:59 pm

The yellow lower leaves are rather far from the light. A plant -- especially one under some stress -- will drop leaves that aren't particularly productive. Nothing to worry about.
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Fri Apr 10, 2020 7:06 pm

They look okay. What have you got going on in the white bucket? If you like the looks of Spike then next year you should try growing Stick. :)
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Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:59 am

MissS wrote: Fri Apr 10, 2020 7:06 pmWhat have you got going on in the white bucket?
Those are some tiny lavender seedlings that spent 4+ weeks in one of those little Jiffy windowsill planters and started growing algae before I got 4 or 5 out of 24 seeds to germinate.

After I planted them I read you should freeze your lavender seeds for a few weeks so they think they've gone through a winter before planting them. So I put the remaining seeds in a wet paper towel (as per the suggestion) and froze them, I may try planting them today. It's part of my pollinator support effort, I'm trying to grow some Greek Oregano, Salvia, and a couple kinds of basil (the Jiffy pellets I was expanding in post #75, some of which have already come up after only 2 days!), also have some African Blue Basil seedlings coming at the end of the month.

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Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:50 am

Well, I decided to put the plants outside this morning for a half hour, once the temp got up to 50°F, for some natural UV before the wind picks up later.

Tomorrow we may have 1-2" of rain and 60mph gusts, so you've got to seize your moments, I guess.

EDIT: Oh, I forgot to mention something. I have soft water in my house. When I started these seedlings I was using distilled water from the supermarket, but then I ran out and switched to (soft) tap water. I know that the sodium in soft water isn't good for plants...but how bad is it in this circumstance?

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Sun Apr 12, 2020 9:05 am

I have been using softened tap water on my plants for years with no ill effects.

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Sun Apr 12, 2020 9:58 am

brownrexx wrote: Sun Apr 12, 2020 9:05 am I have been using softened tap water on my plants for years with no ill effects.
Thanks, when they get planted outside I use the un-softened outside hose faucet, but I still have that shut off for the winter. Wound up giving the plants an hour outside, hopefully they enjoyed it.

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Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:32 am

I too have softened water. It's fine for the short time that they are inside. I have been using it for years and years.
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