Guest notmyname Posted October 9, 2014 Posted October 9, 2014 (edited) Anybody here priming the veg seed prior to planting? I attended a lecture yesterday which covered this topic and the benefits are astounding. By priming your seed you can achieve germination up to 3 days quicker as well as increasing your germination success.. Just thought I'd share. Edited October 9, 2014 by Soapbox
Eddy Gordo Posted October 9, 2014 Posted October 9, 2014 Yeah, do you mean soaking the seeds in water before planting?My friend does that and plants it in wet cottonwool or newspaper. He has great results but then again he uses i think epsom salts on some of his plants as well.
Guest notmyname Posted October 9, 2014 Posted October 9, 2014 Yeah, do you mean soaking the seeds in water before planting?My friend does that and plants it in wet cottonwool or newspaper. He has great results but then again he uses i think epsom salts on some of his plants as well.Yes. Just 24 hours in warm water. You should remove the seed from the water before cracks form. That is an indication of germination. Actually germinating the seed would work best in seedling trays in a well draining nutrient rich medium.
Marius Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 The only thing taking on my stoep pot is Avo's, I have about 12 of them growing in a large clay pot, not sure what to do with them next. P.A.K. 1
dirtrider Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 Unless you are doing to Bonsai thing it would be better to get them of the pots . And although they make great shade when they get big don't plant them around you driveway or for swimming pool shade !!
Pieter1 Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 My vegies are doing good. Already harvested peas, radishes and spinnach. Beetroot is coming on nicely, the marrows are flowering but my carrots and eggplants are strugeling a bit.
Imploder Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 This is just cruel....!Agreed, the Hadeda will appreciate the bullet.... LOL tunariaan 1
Mousea Posted October 14, 2014 Posted October 14, 2014 Beans are growing like crazy, pumpkins, squashes etc haven't popped out yet but when they do they will go like crazy. Swiss chard is growing like a weed. P.A.K. and tunariaan 2
mulmi Posted October 14, 2014 Posted October 14, 2014 This is my first veg garden. And I underplanned for the tomatoes. They are GROWING! Lookng at my set up I realised I will have to rethink the layout for next season and make it much bigger Had my first strawberies yesterday. Mousea 1
Eddy Gordo Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 My vegies are doing good. Already harvested peas, radishes and spinnach. Beetroot is coming on nicely, the marrows are flowering but my carrots and eggplants are strugeling a bit.Plant carrots and onions in a small dirt mound also make sure that there are no stones etc. Soil shuld be sandy. Eggplants look like they struggling until they kick in. Mine will probably produce from nov onwards Pieter1 1
barrykm Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 Does anyone grow garlic, or know anything about growing garlic? I'm so tired of tasteless wooden nuked garlic
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