Dean W.

Boy, I must be doing something wrong! I'm going to give it another go.

Dean

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AllenF

I am so happy about the velutina. I planted some Violeacia(sp) seeds in January and they germinated at the same time, but they are not that important.

I checked before we went to Vegas and nothing had germinated. Over the next week and a half the light and heat were applied as follows: 5 days low light no heat (20*C/70*F), 2 days 16 hrs 30*C/85*F and 8 hrs 20*C and 3 days low light no heat.

I am going to try that again and see if it works.

Allen

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xavierdlc61887

lol it took 5 months for the 72 plug tray to show signs of life and only those the rest have molded up and died but these troopers stood there ground and lived wow i forgot about them until today when i was cleaning all the dead plants and what didnt take and found these babies.....randy like i promised the is an update but very late in the game :P um hope some more come out and germ but here is the pic i promised 5 months ago :P method i used was leave outside and let them germ on there own :P

jpfloors

Congrads Fernie, GL getting the rest to germ. I have mine in a germ station and they have germinated after only two weeks!!! These seeds came from a different source though.

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xavierdlc61887

pictures????

jpfloors

Here ya go!!!

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HELP
I have had 4 seeds germinate and I have transplanted them. The second one got black tips on its first leaf and died. Now the fourth one is doing the same and the tips on the first plants 2 leaves are turning black.

There are pics in my member gallery.

I thought that it was because of over watering when seedling #2 died. But #4 is dying without being over watered and #1 is starting to develop black on the tips of it's leaves.

Can anyone tell me what the problem is. I don't want the other two to die as well.

Allen

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xavierdlc61887

u should have left them where they were until they got atleast 4 leaves and was more hardened i killed one like that by transplanting ummm all i can say is hard lesson learned right there but its all bout the learning process u learn as u go

D_&_T

Have you seen any of those darn GNATS flying around, we lost several to them!
We now use water with some Mosquito Dunk mixed in.

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xavierdlc61887

D % T ummmmm thats a problem u have to much moisture and not enought ventilation...bummer

D_&_T

Most of the time they were dry to barely damp, only watered when leaves started to droop. We use ceiling fan to move air around the room. Seemed drier plants were more gnats had till started using Dunk.

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AllenF

Thanks. I will leave them longer before transplanting.

I have 1 or 2 gnats but not enough to worry about yet.

Allen

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D_&_T

Its their larvae that does the damage to the roots, them eat young roots or seeds.

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AllenF

Thanks D & T. I guess that 1 is enough to start trying to control them.

Allen

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bigdog

I honestly don't think that it makes a difference when you remove them from the germinating mix. I've removed them as soon as they pop up, and they do just fine. I've never once left one in to grow four leaves first.

Allen, sorry to see your problems! I would separate the one that isn't showing any problems from the others. It could be a soil-borne pathogen causing rot. If you have a fungicide, mix up a little of it in a spray bottle and lightly spray the plants with it. Water the ones you have potted up with it also at your next watering. Was your germinating mix sterile? That will make a huge difference. Also, it looks like you've potted them up into a mix with fertilizer in it. That may be causing the tip burn. They are still a bit young to start fertilizing. Good luck with them!!

Dean W.

You all are lucky! I have had nothing yet!

Dean

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AllenF

The germinating mix was sterile. So was the mix for the 2 survivors. The mix for the dying one was used for germination of other seed and had been out of the bag for about 3 months. I am going to have to be more careful about what I use for seed starter and make sure that it is fertilizer free.

Dean you have my sympathies. I tried germinating Velutina last year. Nothing. Even through the summer. The main thing that I have done this year has been to go to xmas lights for heat instead of a mat(it died). I also have been more erratic in the application of light and heat sometimes forgetting to turn on the lights for several days. Check the moisture. Don't give up. I hope that you don't have to wait as long as I have waited to get some to germinate.

Allen

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7abZoner

Here's a couple of pictures of the one seed I managed to sprout and its progress. It is doing quite well, hopefully I can get some pups off of it after this summer.

Here it is after first sprouting in december...


and here it is 3 months later, it is really starting to grow now, each new leaf is getting noticably larger than the previous and they are comming faster now.


Just waiting on the warm weather to get here to put it out in the garden.

Thanks again Randy!

Dean W.