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3 acre corner in Whittaker,Mi USA (faulkner5@msn.com)

Hi all!!
With a projected garden planting date of about may 15, when would be a good time to get these mater babies started?? Thanks for any input!! Erik

1/25/2011 5:41:07 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Depends... on when you want them done.

Eaters and handouts will be started here in 3-4 weeks to be uppotted a few times and hardened off to be planted out last week of May or first week of June; Nick Harp started his 7# of 2009 beginning of June.

A week to sprout, a few weeks to 4 leaf, uppot at least once to get rid of legging... 1-2 weeks of hardening off... Count back to how big you want them when they go out. And how much protection you're willing to rig for the first 2-4 weeks they go out. Here frost date is 12 May and we can have some dubious nights for a few more weeks until it starts turning WARM.

1/25/2011 8:45:53 AM

3 acre corner in Whittaker,Mi USA (faulkner5@msn.com)

Thanks Deb....duely noted!!

1/27/2011 4:27:20 AM

Cameron

Our 7.33 was germinated in early June. We start that late so they will be ready for the weigh offs in early Oct.

Jane & Phil

1/27/2011 8:54:07 AM

Hamilton Nj

hey eric remember with those big zac seeds they take a while to sprout mine took 2 weeks last year ,but i dont use a heat matt just a light, i did sprout one of my 7.33 hunts yesterday its about an inch tall gonna try to clone about 6 from it lol and se what i can grow !!! pizza

1/27/2011 11:50:32 AM

Cameron

We are very happy to hear that our mater seeds are all germinating well for growers. I can hardly wait until the season starts, so we can start ours. We might do a couple early ones just for kicks. Thank you all very much for giving our mater seeds a chance. We really do appreciate it. Good luck.

Have fun,
Jane & Phil

1/28/2011 9:20:53 AM

3 acre corner in Whittaker,Mi USA (faulkner5@msn.com)

Thanks alot jane, phil and pete for the good advice. Maybe a "mater newb" like me will get lucky with some nice big ones this year! and once again big thanks to y'all who sent me seeds!! Erik F.

2/1/2011 1:05:39 AM