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   Snag to All   
   Re: Seeds in!   
   28 May 23 19:55:25   
   
   From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 5/28/2023 4:09 PM, T wrote:   
   > On 5/23/23 19:31, T wrote:   
   >> On 5/21/23 13:28, T wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The waiting on the sprouting is driving me nuts.   
   >>> PATIENCE!!!!   
   >>   
   >> One week now and still no sprouts.  This   
   >> patience thing sucks!   
   >>   
   >   
   > Twelve days in and I have sprouts!  Dicots (zuchini,   
   > cucumbers, tomatillos) and monocots (white and bunching   
   > onions)!   
   >   
   > The dicot sprouts in the eggplant section might be   
   > weeds though.   
   >   
   > If this actually works out, I will have saved a   
   > ton of money not having to buy plants at the green   
   > house (wally world).   
   >   
   > Oh and my bilberry bushes, now four years old,   
   > have had a massive growth spurt and have a bazillion   
   > immature lowers on them!  They got a lot of water too.   
   >   
   > Odd the three cherry tomato plants I did buy at the   
   > nursery have a few flowers on them and they are not   
   > even five inches tall yet.  They look happy with all the water.   
   >   
   > Thunderstorms are forecast again today. I good   
   > drenching with sky Nitrogen water and I don't   
   > have to go out and water today.  Love the way   
   > things grow after a good thunder storm.  Well   
   > except the weeds.   
   >   
   >   
   > Whoever told me to water the daylights out of   
   > the seeds, snag I think, was spot on.   Thank you!   
   >   
   >   
      
      Nope , it was songbird . Good advice too ! Mine are all well enough   
   established that they're not as sensitive to water levels . Speaking of   
   which , I'll post an update on my drip system .   
   --   
   Snag   
   "You can lead a dummy to facts   
   but you can't make him think."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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