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- From: E C GRANATA <elainegranata AT msn.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Spinach from transplants
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:53:56 -0600
Pam: How do you sprout the seeds? Elaine Denver > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:38:51 -0400 > From: pam AT twinoaks.org > To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Spinach from transplants > > Allan asked: > Pam - What fertilizer mix do you use on your spinach seedlings in > speedlings? -Allan in WV > > No quick answer, Allan. It doesn't come from a bag! It's screened home > made compost, which has matured over the winter in built-up > greenhouse beds growing lettuce. We screen compost in August, > September, October, into beds with cinder-block frames, grow lettuce > in the winter, then dig the compost out as we need it for seedlings in > the spring. It's a system that sort of evolved, and works well for us. > > Marty and others with germination problems: The optimum soil > temperature range for spinach seed germination is 45-75F. 85F is > quoted as the max in Knott's Vegetable Growers Handbook and Nancy > Bubels' Seed Starters Handbook. The story has another twist: Bubel has > a table of "Percentage of Normal Vegetable Seedlings Produced at > Different Temperatures" which gives 96% normal at 41F, 91% at 50F, 82% > at 59F, then a plummet to 52% at 68F, and a measly 28% at 77F. So, > don't expect most seeds to germinate at temperatures above 65F or so! > > For fall spinach we follow the advice of Alison and Paul Weidiger and > sprout the seeds in the fridge for a week before sowing outdoors. This > works great! Unfortunately the grasshoppers or something ate off most > of the seedlings this year! > > Pam, Twin Oaks, Louisa, VA, zone 7 > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > |
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Re: [Market-farming] Spinach from transplants,
Pam Twin Oaks, 09/22/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Spinach from transplants,
E C GRANATA, 09/22/2009
- [Market-farming] Insect Vacuums, Marty Kraft, 09/22/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Spinach from transplants,
E C GRANATA, 09/22/2009
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