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["Jeanne Driese" <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>]

Hi,
A friend of mine is sprouting her broccoli seeds under lights in her house.  
The bottom leaves (the ones that are not true leaves) of the broccoli plants 
are turning yellow.  Having never grown them myself from seed I don't know 
what to tell her.  Is it worth worrying about as long as they are the first 
set?  They are about 5 weeks old and she has sprayed them with fish emulsion. 
 This is her first adventure with sprouting seeds for her garden.  She is 
very protective of these plants :)))  She is hoping to plant them outside in 
the next week or so, if it stops freezing that is.
What say you folks who live in my area, James, Rob, Bev...???
Thanks
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: EarthNSky 
  To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:39 PM
  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Germination report II


  Today I transplanted some of my tomatoes and peppers(first transplant).
  I like to transplant tomatoes at least three times before putting them
  in the ground.  I bury them up to the top leaves each time, and of
  course, they end up with massive root systems that withstand drought
  very well.
  I also planted carrots, beets, and radishes into a the new 'carrot bed'
  I am basically square foot gardening in this bed, starting at one end 
  and planting carrots, and putting the beets at the other end. Radishes 
  will be in the middle and intermixed.  I am going to follow James' 
  advice and reseed carrots every 3 weeks until summer(I think he resows 
  every two weeks tho).  I'll plant two square feet at a time.  As I use 
  the carrots, I replant the tops in the section they were pulled.  Next 
  year, I will reverse ends, growing the carrots where the beets were and 
  visa versa. In my other beds, I do rotate where I put things, but it 
  will be a challenge in this bed because it is small(2x12).  The best I 
  can do is an end to end rotation.

  I was so pleasantly surprised in the greenhouse today that I think the
  neighbors could have heard me yell "Alright!".  For the first time ever,
  I have henbane, rue, and valerian seedlings as well as a few more
  lavender seedlings.  I really hope I can keep these alive.  My pickling
  cucumbers have also germinated.

  It has been a few years since I've grown borage and I can't remember how
  it tolerates a deep transplant.  Two seedlings are leggy, but have real
  leaves and need to be transplanted.  I can't deep plant(that is what I
  call it when I bury half the stem) them, can I?


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  EarthNSky Farm, Northwest Georgia, USA

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