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San Rainbow Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 172 Location : south of the border Registration date : 2008-04-21
| Subject: takeaway containers Wed May 14, 2008 7:59 pm | |
| what size takeaway containers do you use for germinating, 500ml, 750ml, 1000ml?
how many mm of prop sand would use?
cheers | |
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parrotsheaven Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 464 Location : Corio. Victoria Registration date : 2008-05-14
| Subject: Re: takeaway containers Wed May 14, 2008 9:11 pm | |
| Depending on how many seeds you sow. I use 2" square pots and these will take 10 to 15 astro seeds. I sprinkle a little sand over the seeds so they are just covered and when they have germinated I sprinkle a little more so the roots have a chance to anchor in. I have used a tooth pick and tweezers to place some that just don't get into the soil. | |
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gilligan
Number of posts : 133 Location : Perth Registration date : 2008-09-05
| Subject: Re: takeaway containers Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:13 pm | |
| I use the square or rectangular takeaway containers depending on the seeds - i've got about 100 LW Mex 54 in one of the square ones at the moment, with a coarse sifted river sand (2cm deep)... germ at the moment is looking around 60%, and this is only 3 weeks into the germ... | |
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Eric clough
Number of posts : 30 Location : Warburton Victoria Registration date : 2009-09-05
| Subject: Re: takeaway containers Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:21 pm | |
| Do you need to place any holes in the takeaway containers at all? | |
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Hellonasty Admin
Number of posts : 1824 Location : NSW Registration date : 2008-04-04
| Subject: Re: takeaway containers Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:17 pm | |
| No not for the fist month at least. I usually put a few in the bottom for easier watering. | |
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Darren Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 352 Location : adelaide but moving to monbulk Registration date : 2009-09-07
| Subject: Re: takeaway containers Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:47 pm | |
| if your seedlings start to fall over is that because they cannot get roots in and the reason for sprinkling more sand over seedlings. My ferrocactus letispinus seedlings are only a few weeks old but are all falling over? | |
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Hellonasty Admin
Number of posts : 1824 Location : NSW Registration date : 2008-04-04
| Subject: Re: takeaway containers Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:11 pm | |
| Darren,
Don't worry if they are only a few weeks old just let them be for a while, once they are a bit bigger you can add a layer of sand or rocks to the top and that will support them. Your biggest issue with new seedings is disease/bacteria. | |
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blowng Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 256 Location : Mellville Registration date : 2008-10-28
| Subject: Re: takeaway containers Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:54 pm | |
| 650 ml rectangular....takeaway containers are great because they are transparent and moisture gauging can be done without disturbing the seedlings/ is thousands of seeds too many to sow in one hit? lol | |
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