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March 22, 2009 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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Up and GROWING
My seedlings are doing their thing. Planted one week ago today and up for the most part except for the slo-polks. It looks like the sun god will be smiling on us for another day in Germany. Ami
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March 22, 2009 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
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Love that view Ami! Congrads on the seedlings.
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March 22, 2009 | #3 |
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Ami, Thanks for posting! The styrofoam under the trays gives me a solution to my "lack of planning" here. I like the ABC idea as well.
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March 22, 2009 | #4 |
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Styrofoam be my height adjusters for the trays plus keeps them from getting cold feet. I also set a sheet of styrofoam in the front to reflect the light back in but removed it for the photo shoot. Ami
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March 22, 2009 | #5 |
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Looking good there! My you're organized all alphabetically and everything!
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March 22, 2009 | #6 |
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Barbee, thats the way I keep track of them. Got them listed alpha-numeric on my excel spreadsheet and when I transplant them to the 4" CowPots I use the same designation, ie A4 for African Queen. Ami
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March 22, 2009 | #7 |
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I'm impressed!
I plant a full cell pack of the variety. Then I write the name of the maters on that cell pack and flop a marker in there just to be safe. Then they're just thrown together all willy nilly. When I pot them up, I write the variety on the cup. Your way would be much less chance of a mix up.
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March 23, 2009 | #8 |
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Funny, Ami, I'm using nearly the same method than you for tracking my seedlings, but no excel spreadsheet. I simply use rasters fitting for each single tray. It wasn't much work to compose them.
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