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Finally charged my camera battery and so here are a bunch of photos of my DE seed starting experiment.
1st are Bermuda onions in DE. I haven't found a place for them yet in the garden. 2nd are some lettuce plants in the tops of egg cartons. They were rained on last night so they are a bit spattered with DE. 3rd are some Pappadews that were started the 6th of January. Even using Miracle Grow you get algae on the surface if it takes the seed a long time to develop and Pappadews are one of the slowest to get started. 4th and 5th are egg carton cells using only DE. I have had absolutely no damping off this year so far and I have planted hundreds of peppers and tomatoes. I had a little with my spinach last fall because I kept them in a bottom watering tray. I don't do that anymore unless I am going to leave them outside in the sun and wind. |
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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I am going to try some raised bed DE this year as well.
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I have peppers peeking up everywhere- about 10 days since I sowed them. I'll take photos as soon as they grow up a bit!
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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I just purchased some 9-4-9 liquid feed, how much should I use say in a 20 ounce bottle and can I use it as I need it from the bottle or do I need to finish off what I mix up right away?
I will be reseeding tonight and my new light should be in on Monday or Tues so it should be perfect timing for some of my seedlings.
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b54red, now I see how you mark your seedling egg cartons! Nice. Of course, I cut that part of the cartons off when the cup parts didn't fit down into the lids. I've decided to go with color of the carton and a map on separate paper to mark mine. I still need a few more cartons, so I'll mark them like you did yours.
Everyone is really haaving good results with the DE. I can almost taste those onions. |
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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I see there is ultrasob and optisorb being used by different growers, I bought the ultrasorb at Autozone, but where does the optisorb come from? different place, I assume, but where. I have followed this whole thread, but don't remember where that was first mentioned, but that it is a different size than the ultrasorb, correct? Thanks
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My first go around with the Ultrasorb -- lettuce seeds up in less than 36 hours! I'm waiting for them to get better established before I start thinning.
I tried direct seeding the lettuce last year and had horrible results. The year before I started it indoors and planted out good sized seedlings in April with great results. I grow only loose leaf and romaine varieties, and prefer to harvest outer leaves vs. the hole head, so I've decided I really don't need a whole lettuce patch--a dozen transplants will be enough! Now I have to wait and see how long the onions and Peppadews take. |
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OK, this thread has convinced me to try this as well. clkeiper, I believe I'm north of you in Cleveland, I saw Optisorb at O'Reilly's Auto Parts, I passed on it at the time because I wasn't sure that the product to buy. Today, I went to Advance Auto Parts and they had the Ultrasorb which I did buy. I'll go back to O'Reilly's for a bag of Optisorb for comparison. |
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As soon as it is light out I am going to see if my lettuce got washed away last night. It flooded rain here last night with the weather people saying we could have been having rainfall at an inch per hour at times. I'm afraid much of the DE in those containers got washed out. |
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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You can get DE at the Dollar Tree- It is Cat Litter-
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If you have an Auto Zone they should carry it under the name UltraSorb. |
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Join Date: May 2012
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Part #8818 at AutoZone for UltraSorb.
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