Questions tagged [sprouting]
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Unclear instructions in sprouting jar
Sorry if the question sounds stupid. I have never done sprouting before, saw this jar on sale and bought it. I read a few short guides, but the instructions within the jar are a bit different to usual (no initial seed soaking for 1-2hs).
It is…
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Save Pest Damaged Sapling
It seems a rodent or other pest ate the leaves of my tree sapling (2" tall). The top appears to have been bitten off.
A few days have passed and I still have not seen regrowth. Is there a way to stimulate regrowth (perhaps cut back below the bitten…
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Are these weeds?
This is the first year I'm taking care of a vegetable patch. It's a total of ~6m² which I have divided up into smaller areas. I have sown some seeds two weeks ago which are beginning to sprout. However, in most patches there are two types of plants…
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Correct orientation of Okinawan purple sweet potato
Not being able to find any organic Okinawan purple sweet potatoes in the supermarket, I bought slips online. They’ve been growing for about 9 months and I’ve finally harvested the tubers.
What is the correct orientation to place this tuber into the…
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Cure sweet potatoes - sprout during cure process + white coating
Variety: All Purple. To cure I managed to build a heat incubator. I made it as an expanded polystyrene box, I put electric heat tape inside to maintain temperature. Washed, wet tubers have been packed into plastic bags with a few small holes, then…
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How do you make conventional (non-organic) Okinawan sweet potatoes sprout?
Organic
I've got no trouble sprouting organic sweet potatoes. Just place them in a cup of water and put them in front of a window sill. Nearly every variety of sweet potato is available as organic for a little extra price.
Conventional
However, I…
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Need help on shoot separation
Greeting friends,
newbie to gardening here and currently growing dahlia I bought last month from local florist, bought with flower blooms for about 2 weeks and then wilt and I cut it, there’s also flower bud that turns dark Idk but I think it’s…
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What are the best practices for growing cherry tomatoes from a sprout?
I did a small quarantine experiment with some overripe grape tomatoes that I need some tips on. I managed to harvest the seeds and plant them and voila! Over 50 tomato sprouts. Now the question is...what is the next step with these spouts? Texas…
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Why did my Crassula Ovata sprout a new plant from the middle of the leaf?
Check out what I found on my Carssula Ovata this morning:
And the back side:
The leaf looks dry/dead because the plant suffered a severe burn from staying in a closed greenhouse in early spring (about 5 months ago).
I guess the new plant sprouted…
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Germinating ALL vegetable/fruit/ornamental seeds in water before planting in soil
Is it advantageous to germinate all your seeds in water till they sprout before planting in the soil? Or only some? If some, which ones and why?
I have seen people do this online to tomato seeds mainly... wondering if other seeds could gain from…
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