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- From: Amy Rice-Jones <amy AT petalumabounty.org>
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- Subject: [Market-farming] solanum germination problems
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:26:35 -0800
Hello all,
I discovered this week that sweet peppers, tomatoes and eggplants that I sowed 2-4 weeks ago have had very little or no germination. I cannot figure out why this is happened. I have dug up some seeds and it appears that they did not rot as I opened up the seed and the endosperm looks good and has imbibed some water. There were a few pepper seeds that had a root radicle sticking out that looked a bit rotten so maybe that flat got over watered but that does not explain the tomato or eggplant seeds that appear to still be viable but have not stuck out a root radicle. The later two crops appear to have been sown too deeply so maybe this is the problem? Any thoughts? My soil mix is 3 parts compost, 2 parts coco peat, and 1 part perlite. All the trays are on a heating mat. Is it possible that the tomato and eggplant seeds dried out and this stopped the germination process? I hand water so I know I have cut it close sometimes but am usually good about not letting the trays dry out while they are germinating. I would appreciate any thoughts on why this has happened.
Thanks!
Amy
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Amy Rice-Jones
Bounty Farm Manager
Petaluma Bounty
210 Fourth St. Suite B
Petaluma, CA 94952
amy AT petalumabounty.org
707-775-3663 ext. 213
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[Market-farming] solanum germination problems,
Amy Rice-Jones, 03/11/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] solanum germination problems,
William H Shoemaker, 03/11/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] solanum germination problems, Kate Halstead, 03/12/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] solanum germination problems,
Road's End Farm, 03/11/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] solanum germination problems, Etienne Goyer, 03/11/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] solanum germination problems,
KAKerby, 03/11/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] solanum germination problems, Mike Rock, 03/11/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] solanum germination problems,
KAKerby, 03/11/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] solanum germination problems,
Jay Sleichter, 03/11/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] solanum germination problems, Bill Shoemaker, 03/11/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] solanum germination problems,
Jay Sleichter, 03/11/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] solanum germination problems, Shanti Rade, 03/11/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] solanum germination problems,
William H Shoemaker, 03/11/2010
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