From: snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 5/17/2020 11:41 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:   
   > In article , snag_one@msn.com says...   
   >>> Is there something about the potting mix that the squash seeds do not   
   >>> like ?  Maybe they need to just be put in the garden soil ?   
   >>   
   >>     I've never started squash seeds indoors . BUT every time I've used   
   >> those peat pots has been a disaster . Same with the little discs that   
   >> grow into a little "pod" when you wet them . It's probably not your   
   >> potting soil .   
   >>>   
   >>> For tomatoes I started some inside and the plants were about 18 inches   
   >>> tall.  Put some  outside after the first week of April. April 17 is the   
   >>> average last frost date for the middle of NC.  The forcast was for no   
   >>> lower than 40 deg at night for the week before.  Then in the 2nd week of   
   >>> March some areas around here had frost.  I tried something I read about   
   >>> and put a lot of water during the day around the tomatoes.  The 6 larger   
   >>> and 8 smaller ones made it without any problem.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
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   >>>   
   >>   
   >>     My seedlings were out on the deck getting more sunlight , I have   
   >> problems with plants getting tall and spindly sitting in the window .   
   >> That part of the deck is enclosed with plastic so I can use it for   
   >> construction related work . I knew it was going to freeze , so I put the   
   >> seedlings all in a box with a gallon jug of water to help moderate the   
   >> temps , but it wasn't quite enough and a few plants got frosted .   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Good to know that others have trouble with those seed pod things.  I   
   > never used those, but my friend did and no squash came up at all.  I   
   > used the 'paper cup'type with potting soil.  Not really soil, but some   
   > kind of ground up coconut shells from the description.   
   >   
   > I do not have much of a garden, just about a dozen tomato plants, a few   
   > squash and some years cucumbers and cantalopes.  I start about 6   
   > tomatoes inside eairly and a month or so later some more.  Just in the   
   > bedroom.  There is a north facing window that I open the curtains during   
   > the day for sun.  After they start and the weather gets warmer I move   
   > them to the attached garage and it has a window that gets lots of sun.   
   > They are transferred to some pots about the size of gallon milk jugs and   
   > regular potting soil. They do grow tall and spindly on me doing it that   
   > way.  I then plant them deep in the ground around the middle of April   
   > (recommended last frost here April 17).  They usually do ok as far as   
   > growing.   
   >   
      
      I bury mine deep too . I've never used that type of potting compound   
   , just use good ol' miracle grow potting soil and it works well for me .   
   I start mine in the little 6 cell trays , seldom re-pot them before they   
   go into the ground . When I set them out I mix 50/50 soil and rabbit   
   droppings and partly fill the extra large hole with that . I do the same   
   with hills , make them with the 50/50 mix then top off with a layer of   
   soil .   
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