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- From: Shanti Rade <shanti AT whipstone.com>
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- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] solanum germination problems
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:25:05 -0700
I agree with all of Rivkas statements. Warmth is really important for fast germination. We make a homemade germ chamber every spring inside our greenhouse - just use old greenhouse plastic over some 2x4 framing and put an extra heater in there under the shelves with the flats (keeping tabs on the temps with a min/max thermometer ideally around 75-80 degrees) - that way we can keep in warmer than the rest of the greenhouse, but flats are not directly on heat mats. I cover the cell trays with seran wrap and stack them on top of each other until they just start to germ. Even with this, one year i had very poor tomato and pepper germination. We have very alkaline water here and a greenhouse tomato grower nearby told me to acidify the water used to water in the flats to around 5.5 pH. I used citric acid, but you could use vinegar I guess, and then test it with a pH meter or even pH test strips. Worked really well. Not sure what others have for water pH.
Good luck
Shanti Rade
Whipstone Farm, Paulden - AZ
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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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