7 Solutions For Stunted Seedlings
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Date: 2022-07-18
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etm567
In the town where I live in New Jersey, our house has no space with enough sun to grow vegetables, and it's all -- basically it's a rock garden that was built in 1930 with three ponds that are interconnected. There are actually five ponds, going from our house, which used to be a dentist's office, but which looks kind of like an English cottage, to the big house, where the dentist lived. It's a beautiful garden, but no room for veggies, and very little sun. Lots of mature trees. Weeping cedars, dogwoods, arbor vitae, split leaf Japanese maples, and on and on. Anyway, in our town we can rent a small garden plot. There are all these very small plots that the town kind of built, which lots of wasted space and not enough growing space. I planted asparagus plants a few years ago, and they didn't all make it, but we had some delicious asparagus this year. But we were late getting started this year, and my plot was very overgrown. And there are many strawberries in it, which I wanted to move to make room for beans, cowpeas, lima beans and tomatoes. So, we weed and weed and move 30 strawberries, we eat some asparagus, and then we start noticing baby asparagus plants all over the place. I started digging them out and potting them up. I must have at least 100, but many of them are tightly together. So I'm hoping that, rather than thinning them out, in the fall when they go dormant that we could take them out, wash the roots and untangle them. Do you think that might work?
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In the town where I live in New Jersey, our house has no space with enough sun to grow vegetables, and it's all -- basically it's a rock garden that was built in 1930 with three ponds that are interconnected. There are actually five ponds, going from our house, which used to be a dentist's office, but which looks kind of like an English cottage, to the big house, where the dentist lived. It's a beautiful garden, but no room for veggies, and very little sun. Lots of mature trees. Weeping cedars, dogwoods, arbor vitae, split leaf Japanese maples, and on and on. Anyway, in our town we can rent a small garden plot. There are all these very small plots that the town kind of built, which lots of wasted space and not enough growing space. I planted asparagus plants a few years ago, and they didn't all make it, but we had some delicious asparagus this year. But we were late getting started this year, and my plot was very overgrown. And there are many strawberries in it, which I wanted to move to make room for beans, cowpeas, lima beans and tomatoes. So, we weed and weed and move 30 strawberries, we eat some asparagus, and then we start noticing baby asparagus plants all over the place. I started digging them out and potting them up. I must have at least 100, but many of them are tightly together. So I'm hoping that, rather than thinning them out, in the fall when they go dormant that we could take them out, wash the roots and untangle them. Do you think that might work?
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Musicislife
I really need help and im having issues finding results online: (
Me and my gf bought a nice house half a year ago with a big garden for our 2 dogs. We decided recently to start cutting off part of the garden to create beds. And this is where anxiety sets in for me. Our dogs have been pooping freely for half a year in the garden and though we have collected and exposed off it, i see many people saying to not grow food where the dogs have pooped. So what do we do now? our entire garden has been pooped for half a year and im terrified of growing anything.
Is there a period of time after which it is ok? like if i put up a fence and cut the growing areas off and wait?
Do we have to create beds that are not connected to the ground at all?
I have asked friends and gotten alot of guesses but when it comes to my family's safety i do not play games.
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I really need help and im having issues finding results online: (
Me and my gf bought a nice house half a year ago with a big garden for our 2 dogs. We decided recently to start cutting off part of the garden to create beds. And this is where anxiety sets in for me. Our dogs have been pooping freely for half a year in the garden and though we have collected and exposed off it, i see many people saying to not grow food where the dogs have pooped. So what do we do now? our entire garden has been pooped for half a year and im terrified of growing anything.
Is there a period of time after which it is ok? like if i put up a fence and cut the growing areas off and wait?
Do we have to create beds that are not connected to the ground at all?
I have asked friends and gotten alot of guesses but when it comes to my family's safety i do not play games.
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amanda
First timer here. I'm trying to grow some bell peppers and salad bowl lettuce. A few of my pepper plants look to be doing better than the rest. My lettuce plants seem to be doing good also.
I started with the paper towel method and once my lettuce plants started to sprout I put them in cells (about 4 or 5 seeds per cell. Not sure if that's OK but so far they look like they are doing well. I think I gotta break up my plants in their cell but not sure how to do that without damaging the plants. I'm really hoping I can care for them well enough to produce a good crop. It's exciting so far but I'm so scared they are gonna die.
As far as watering, I was under the impression that I shouldn't allow the soil to dry out completely so I have been watering when I see the top soil become light brown.
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First timer here. I'm trying to grow some bell peppers and salad bowl lettuce. A few of my pepper plants look to be doing better than the rest. My lettuce plants seem to be doing good also.
I started with the paper towel method and once my lettuce plants started to sprout I put them in cells (about 4 or 5 seeds per cell. Not sure if that's OK but so far they look like they are doing well. I think I gotta break up my plants in their cell but not sure how to do that without damaging the plants. I'm really hoping I can care for them well enough to produce a good crop. It's exciting so far but I'm so scared they are gonna die.
As far as watering, I was under the impression that I shouldn't allow the soil to dry out completely so I have been watering when I see the top soil become light brown.
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tonya
thank you - this video saved my tomatoe babies. i had 24 stunted plants. hubby and i started our seeds at the same time- shared seeds from baker creek. shared grow lights. our trays were similiar. we watered the same. the only difference was he used those little pods you water and they expand. i used potting mix. his seeds just took off. mine got just past their true leaves and stopped. so after 6 weeks i sat down and repotted all my tomatoe plants. and after a week they finally took off. i lost about 5 of them. but that is ok. i planted so many expecting to loose some. so i still do not completely understand why his took off and mine stalled. other than something to do with my potting mix. which was just coco coir and some worm castings.
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thank you - this video saved my tomatoe babies. i had 24 stunted plants. hubby and i started our seeds at the same time- shared seeds from baker creek. shared grow lights. our trays were similiar. we watered the same. the only difference was he used those little pods you water and they expand. i used potting mix. his seeds just took off. mine got just past their true leaves and stopped. so after 6 weeks i sat down and repotted all my tomatoe plants. and after a week they finally took off. i lost about 5 of them. but that is ok. i planted so many expecting to loose some. so i still do not completely understand why his took off and mine stalled. other than something to do with my potting mix. which was just coco coir and some worm castings.
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Sarah
Long time follower here. Back when you had less then a thousand followers. Question, I know alot of people struggling and they are trying to start a garden but dont have the money to buy alot stuff they need at the store. Example like fertilizer. Or soil. And they may have a compost started. But in the mean time what would help with fertilizing. My dad told me the used cut up banana peels soaked in water for a couple hours and then put it on plants that needed an extra boost. What is your opinion? Or could you make a video on it? You are amazing and I am thrilled you have grown and I like seeing you on FB now too.
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Long time follower here. Back when you had less then a thousand followers. Question, I know alot of people struggling and they are trying to start a garden but dont have the money to buy alot stuff they need at the store. Example like fertilizer. Or soil. And they may have a compost started. But in the mean time what would help with fertilizing. My dad told me the used cut up banana peels soaked in water for a couple hours and then put it on plants that needed an extra boost. What is your opinion? Or could you make a video on it? You are amazing and I am thrilled you have grown and I like seeing you on FB now too.
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Razzy
FINALLY someone that also prefers fish emulsion fertilizer! It's done me good and is gentler than the blue stuff, so I like to use that. But, if I'm a little behind on the repotting and small cell issue, how often can I _foliar feed_ the seedlings? No one seems to think it's a viable thing to do, but I live in the frozen north and must start my seeds in the basement (only place to keep them safe from the cat) and due to the cooler temp, they just don't dry up nearly as fast. 3 days go by, soil is still pretty damp. I fear for root rot if I try and fertilize via bottom feed.
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FINALLY someone that also prefers fish emulsion fertilizer! It's done me good and is gentler than the blue stuff, so I like to use that. But, if I'm a little behind on the repotting and small cell issue, how often can I _foliar feed_ the seedlings? No one seems to think it's a viable thing to do, but I live in the frozen north and must start my seeds in the basement (only place to keep them safe from the cat) and due to the cooler temp, they just don't dry up nearly as fast. 3 days go by, soil is still pretty damp. I fear for root rot if I try and fertilize via bottom feed.
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rustyc601
I've saved this video to watch later because I want the information. The thumbnail is a MAJOR turnoff and if I wasn't serious about learning all the information I can about gardening and other crafts, I absolutely would NOT watch this video based on the thumbnail alone. this is an opinion directed at all the garden and craft and protip content creators. stop with the shocked or confused or crying expressions and extraneous graphics. Present your information, show a relevant thumbnail and stop catering to the lowest clickbait denominator. /rant
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I've saved this video to watch later because I want the information. The thumbnail is a MAJOR turnoff and if I wasn't serious about learning all the information I can about gardening and other crafts, I absolutely would NOT watch this video based on the thumbnail alone. this is an opinion directed at all the garden and craft and protip content creators. stop with the shocked or confused or crying expressions and extraneous graphics. Present your information, show a relevant thumbnail and stop catering to the lowest clickbait denominator. /rant
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Jeana
I did no dig beds with cardboard and compost this year and used compost from a company I hadn't bought from before. I have small seedlings that have been planting in the beds for at least 3 weeks now and they haven't grown at all since transplanting. I was told that the compost was too wood heavy and is trying up the nitrogen in the soil. What can I do to recover my plant and still get a good garden this year without starting completely over now?
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I did no dig beds with cardboard and compost this year and used compost from a company I hadn't bought from before. I have small seedlings that have been planting in the beds for at least 3 weeks now and they haven't grown at all since transplanting. I was told that the compost was too wood heavy and is trying up the nitrogen in the soil. What can I do to recover my plant and still get a good garden this year without starting completely over now?
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Truth
Ive ended up landing on coconut coir, a lil perlite, a lil vermiculite, and hit it with half strength fish emulsion every other week after true leaves start. I just mix it in a gallon of water and bottom feed. so far Ive had great success for little cost and less work than sorting a mix. If I had time to do this Im sure it would work, but hitting the fish emulsion every 2 weeks gives me the extra time I need If Im late planting out
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Ive ended up landing on coconut coir, a lil perlite, a lil vermiculite, and hit it with half strength fish emulsion every other week after true leaves start. I just mix it in a gallon of water and bottom feed. so far Ive had great success for little cost and less work than sorting a mix. If I had time to do this Im sure it would work, but hitting the fish emulsion every 2 weeks gives me the extra time I need If Im late planting out
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Buddy
I have a question, I planted Peppers this year in 20 oz Dixie cups, with holes, Miracle-Gro Seed Starting Potting Mix. I kept lights two inches above plant and had a heater that kept it at 70. Watered about every other day. after about 5 weeks they were about 3 inches tall. I went to the local store and they had Bonnie Best pepper plants in 14 oz cuts almost 12 inches tall. What are they doing that I am not.
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I have a question, I planted Peppers this year in 20 oz Dixie cups, with holes, Miracle-Gro Seed Starting Potting Mix. I kept lights two inches above plant and had a heater that kept it at 70. Watered about every other day. after about 5 weeks they were about 3 inches tall. I went to the local store and they had Bonnie Best pepper plants in 14 oz cuts almost 12 inches tall. What are they doing that I am not.
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Marie
Fungus gnats. Just typing these two words sets me on fire. Seedlings indoors started so well and then. something with gnats got into my house - prob a houseplant from my mom's funeral. I tried EVERYTHING - yellow sticky cards (I caught thousands, the mosquito bits, the powder. They are winning. I am sad. So much work for months and I'll end up buying all of my plants again.
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Fungus gnats. Just typing these two words sets me on fire. Seedlings indoors started so well and then. something with gnats got into my house - prob a houseplant from my mom's funeral. I tried EVERYTHING - yellow sticky cards (I caught thousands, the mosquito bits, the powder. They are winning. I am sad. So much work for months and I'll end up buying all of my plants again.
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Michael
Another way to prevent pot rot in design is to polygonal shaped cells(5-8 sides depending. Also found fileting the edges inside and creating any sort of knurling effect will literally eradicate the opportunity for pot rot. I'm more on the 3D printed side of things hydroponically with ebb and flow systems but the concept remains the same for seedlings.
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Another way to prevent pot rot in design is to polygonal shaped cells(5-8 sides depending. Also found fileting the edges inside and creating any sort of knurling effect will literally eradicate the opportunity for pot rot. I'm more on the 3D printed side of things hydroponically with ebb and flow systems but the concept remains the same for seedlings.
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Lisa
I need tips on hardening off. I'm growing them indoors with a fan, then I try putting them outside in a protected area but they got rained on and then I had to bring them back inside because of a frost warning. Also, thinning to me meant separating and reporting. I guess it's about killing the weaker ones. I didn't want to do that. Advice?
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I need tips on hardening off. I'm growing them indoors with a fan, then I try putting them outside in a protected area but they got rained on and then I had to bring them back inside because of a frost warning. Also, thinning to me meant separating and reporting. I guess it's about killing the weaker ones. I didn't want to do that. Advice?
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Angi
Does it make sense to start seeds in the biggest size pot they'll eventually need, instead of starting in small pods and then repotting? I hate having to transplant them to bigger pots while halfway to last frost.
If so, can I extend this strategy to just germinating seeds in the containers they'll live in if I'm container gardening?
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Does it make sense to start seeds in the biggest size pot they'll eventually need, instead of starting in small pods and then repotting? I hate having to transplant them to bigger pots while halfway to last frost.
If so, can I extend this strategy to just germinating seeds in the containers they'll live in if I'm container gardening?
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pino
The lifespan of seeds also varies per type. Corn does not last longer then a season even in the best air sealed conditions, beans however can last decades.
And honestly dont buy seeding soil its trash. Just buy regular porrting soil and a siff and thats all you need. Regular potting soil is pre fertilized so has all you need.
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The lifespan of seeds also varies per type. Corn does not last longer then a season even in the best air sealed conditions, beans however can last decades.
And honestly dont buy seeding soil its trash. Just buy regular porrting soil and a siff and thats all you need. Regular potting soil is pre fertilized so has all you need.
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