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Growing Pepper Seedlings
Pepper seedlings are among the hardest vegetable plants to grow, and some hot peppers are even more difficult than the sweet peppers.
Seeds should be planted at least 8 w...
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Germinating Peppers & Tomatoes - How Long?
Q. What conditions are necessary for germinating my pepper and tomato seeds? How long will it take?
A. Peppers, tomatoes, and eggplant like the soil tempera...
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2006-07-18 |
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Mistakes to Avoid & How to Do it Right
Common mistakes in growing seedlings include:
1) Not maintaining even temperatures between 70+ and 80+ degrees fahrenheit during seed germination, emergence, and formati...
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2006-02-11 |
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Pruning Seedlings to Grow Healthy, Sturdy Plants - Fast
Your goal when growing seedlings is to make them as strong andsturdy as possible, and do it as quickly as possible.Excellent instructions for growing healthy seedlings are con...
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2006-02-08 |
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Taking House-Grown Seedlings Outside - Problems
Q. My tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and cabbage are dying only hours after taking them outside! What have I done wrong? The room they were in has a West-facin...
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2005-05-05 |
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Using Grow-Lights
Q. I read that if you leave your light source only about 6 or 7 inches above your plants it will help defeat them getting leggy, is this right? ...
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2005-03-14 |
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Using Wall-O-Waters, etc. for starting seedlings
Q. I saw something on Joy in the Garden (a Salt Lake TV show) that says you can plant tomato seedlings in a Wall O Waters now, and have very early tomatos. She said that...
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2005-02-02 |
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Using Grow-Lights on Shelves
To answer several questions we've received on grow-lights, I will combine several points into one article.
1. There are many opinions on what kind of lights to...
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2004-04-27 |
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Pruning Seedlings to Slow Growth and Stop Shading
Q. There is a passage on the CD that states... to slow plants down for a week or so, pinch off the two first "true" leaves. Do I leave only the seed le...
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2004-04-26 |
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Transplanting and Fertilizing Seedlings
Q. How soon do we transplant our seedlings? And what fertilizer do we put in the seedling flats? Do we continue to water with plain water?
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2004-04-26 |
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Growing Your Own Seedlings
Q. I replanted 3 week old seedlings last weekend and had a really hard time doing it. The biggest problem was the roots of the seedlings growing close togethe...
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2004-04-22 |
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Long, Thin Stems on Seedlings
Q. I planted cauliflower and spinach seeds indoors about 4 weeks ago and my seedlings have 6 inch skinny stems with small leaves at the ends. I don't think the stems are...
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2004-04-19 |
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Damping-Off disease in Grow-Box bush beans
Q. I recently planted bush bean seeds and have had a problem with damping off. Am I keeping my mixture of peat moss and perlite (50/50) too moist? My beds are outside(no...
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2004-03-17 |
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Pruning Tomato Seedlings and Others
Q. I heard that for new tomatoes seedlings you should pinch off the first and second true leaf sets when they appear, without damaging the top growth, to strengthen...
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2004-03-16 |
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Seedling Production - Under Lights
Q. I am very discouraged. I tried to start some tomato plants on mykitchen counter under a flourescent light and after getting big enough to have their second leav...
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2004-03-02 |
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Germinating seeds in small quantities
Germinating Seeds, Small Quantities – Artichokes and ?
Q. We’ve been trying to germinate artichoke seeds for some time now, with very poor success. They are more difficult ...
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2004-01-18 |
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