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natej740
01-28-2010, 11:37 PM
I bought a seed starting kit/mini green house from wal-mart. I put my seeds in there 3 weeks ago and they just started sprouting today. They are in the little peet pots that came with the green house. Should I repot them or just leave them alone? And what do I need to do to make sure they keep growing??

Jack Daw
01-29-2010, 03:54 AM
I bought a seed starting kit/mini green house from wal-mart. I put my seeds in there 3 weeks ago and they just started sprouting today. They are in the little peet pots that came with the green house. Should I repot them or just leave them alone? And what do I need to do to made sure they keep growing??
Don't repot them immediately after sprouting, let those roots and plants grow a little, before you expose them to a shock from repotting. 1 or 2 months should be sufficient. Be extremely gentle and careful when repotting and congratulations!

Abnshrek
01-29-2010, 04:24 AM
Like Jack said keep them where they are, and move them gradually to a larger pot. Walmart sells everything these days? lol :^)

natej740
01-30-2010, 07:55 PM
Like Jack said keep them where they are, and move them gradually to a larger pot. Walmart sells everything these days? lol :^)

Yeah they do...To bad everything is made in China....lol.

Here is the mini-Greenhouse they are in...

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29377&ppuser=5962><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=29377&size=1 border=0></a>

Here are the Trachycarpus fortunei sprouts...

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29379&ppuser=5962><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=29379&size=1 border=0></a>

willy1der
01-30-2010, 09:03 PM
Congrats nate,keep the progress updated!!!I have seedlings also and Im in the same boat as you,Its my first time germinating windmill palms!!!Enjoying every minit of it!!!

Abnshrek
01-30-2010, 10:22 PM
Yeah they do...To bad everything is made in China....lol.

Yeah I hate that.. I'll shop on.. not like we don't have many Plastic injection/ mold companies here to do it.. Right here...