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  • From: "Hal Love" <lovehd@comcast.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Delicate seedling planting medium
  • Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 08:49:30 -0500

I would avoid the Miracle-Grow if it contains fertilizers. For delicate
seedlings, I use a simple geminating mix that contains mostly peat moss and
vermiculite with no fertilizer. After the seedlings get a bit larger and
start to take off, I feed them a weak compost tea until transplanting them
into a richer medium.

Hal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Paradise" <machelp@attglobal.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 4:12 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Delicate seedling planting medium


> I had never got any seed to grow from two Alders I was attempting to get
an
> interspecies cross from - I believe the species were Alnus Obligifolia and
> Alnus Manshurica [pardon any spelling mistakes] - and I cut both trees
down
> this spring - but I gathered seed in fall - kept at room temperature -
> planted in spagnum moss this spring - and to my surprise now have one
> germinated. I had numerous times before cold-wet stratified seed with
never
> germination. This is an extremely small + delicate seedling and wish to
ask
> opinions as to best medium to plant into for best chance survival. My
> thoughts are: 1] more long-strand moss 2] peat moss 3] Miracle-Grow
potting
> ng mix 4] _________you suggest.
>
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