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NRaleighLiberal

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beautiful !! Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #1

WOW! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #2

In a few weeks I will have 4000 or so little seedlings in my driveway! Labor of love... NRaleighLiberal Mar 2013 #3

That is so neat. Hi babies! uppityperson Mar 2013 #4

I am amazed that you can thin plants that are so crowded. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #5

I think the secret is the potting mix, then allowing a few days to allow the seedlings to adjust NRaleighLiberal Mar 2013 #6

I will have to try that. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #7

tough love! there is a video of what I do... NRaleighLiberal Mar 2013 #9

Thanks, that is helpful. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #10

Lovely! CrispyQ Mar 2013 #8

Envying you that warm weather! beac Apr 2013 #11

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

1. beautiful !!

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Sun Mar 31, 2013, 08:50 PM

Mar 2013

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,534 posts)

2. WOW!

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Sun Mar 31, 2013, 08:51 PM

Mar 2013

NRaleighLiberal

(60,009 posts)

3. In a few weeks I will have 4000 or so little seedlings in my driveway! Labor of love...

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 31, 2013, 08:56 PM

Mar 2013

very therapeutic - just put the iPod into its speaker dock and listen to tunes!

uppityperson

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4. That is so neat. Hi babies!

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Sun Mar 31, 2013, 09:07 PM

Mar 2013

Curmudgeoness

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5. I am amazed that you can thin plants that are so crowded.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2013, 09:25 PM

Mar 2013

I have never had a great deal of success when I have planted very thick. You must have just the right touch.

Lovely plants, and glad you have fun with it.

NRaleighLiberal

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6. I think the secret is the potting mix, then allowing a few days to allow the seedlings to adjust

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #5)

Sun Mar 31, 2013, 09:26 PM

Mar 2013

before they see the sun...and that they are well watered when they finally do. I plant most everything crowded, and rarely lose a seedling...but using a soilless mix like metromix makes it really possible.

Curmudgeoness

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7. I will have to try that.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 31, 2013, 09:33 PM

Mar 2013

I have never used a soilless mix before. I end up doing a lot of work at the beginning, planting the seeds each separately. But then again, I don't do the numbers that you do.

Do you use tweezers to handle those little seedlings when transplanting? Or is it just gentle hands?

NRaleighLiberal

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9. tough love! there is a video of what I do...

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #7)

Sun Mar 31, 2013, 09:44 PM

Mar 2013

Curmudgeoness

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10. Thanks, that is helpful.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #9)

Sun Mar 31, 2013, 10:07 PM

Mar 2013

The tough love seems to go both ways.

CrispyQ

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8. Lovely!

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2013, 09:35 PM

Mar 2013

Let it grow!

beac

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11. Envying you that warm weather!

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Mon Apr 1, 2013, 08:30 AM

Apr 2013

Still going into the low thirties here at night, but they are tantalizing us with a promise of a SEVENTY degree day a week from Wednesday!

Thanks for the vicarious plant fix.