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Adams County

i started 8 seeds, all the same way. 1566 rodonis, 1313 bowles, 664 liggett, 824 brunst, 748 C/P, and 3- 393 pettit. the 1566 popped up in 72hrs. the 748 came up in 94hrs, all three 393's came up in 108hrs. the temp was at 84 deg , this day 20 and ive lost the 664, 1313, 824. is this bad luck or does this sometimes happen ? ive never had germinating problems before. a seed or two yes but not all of my top seeds for a year. just wandering if this is normel ? thanks just Bill

5/18/2009 6:14:17 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

What soil mix are you using?

5/18/2009 10:05:44 PM

Adams County

i used the same mix in all of my pots, peatmoss,verm.perlite. dont know just bad luck i guess

5/19/2009 6:07:41 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

How wet is the mix? Can you squeeze more than a few drops of water out of it

5/21/2009 5:39:55 PM

Adams County

tremor, no just damp. like i said never had this much trouble starting seeds, i waited two years to get that 664 in the patch and was hoping to cross it with Dan's 1313. just hope i have better luck next season with it. i've still got one 1313 left just got to get me another 664. thanks for posting. just bill

5/22/2009 9:13:27 AM

nOVA sCOTIA

Sorry to hear that Bill. I feel for you. Nothing worse than having your heart set on a particular seed and have it not germinate. Carl

5/22/2009 8:28:46 PM