seeds

[Inertia22]

What kind of seeds did you get?

 

[dkh2]

Originally Posted by FmGrowit View Post
I think regular plain old peat moss would work best for germinating in a jar. You don't nee fertilizer to germinate seeds and fertilizer can actually do more harm than good to very young sprouts. Sans would probably work, but you'd break a lot of tiny roots dumping the sand/sprouts from the jar.

The mix I use is almost 100% peat moss and it would work fine. Stay away from any of the walmart stuff, especially compost, potting soil and top soil. Your seeds will not sprout in that stuff...and if they do sprout, they won't grow worth a crap.

Soil-less mix is what you want to use. Talk to your local nursery or garden center and stay away from miracle grow. I don't know of any miracle grow that doesn't contain chlorides....Chlorides and tobacco don't mix.

So you are saying that peat moss is a soil less type to use ?

So starting the seedlings with those Peat Pads is ok too
I know you can get them all expanded out with water then squeeze them a few times to
loosen them up.

 

[FmGrowit]

So you are saying that peat moss is a soil less type to use ?

So starting the seedlings with those Peat Pads is ok too
I know you can get them all expanded out with water then squeeze them a few times to
loosen them up.

Soil-less mix does not have any dirt in it. Top soil and compost are not soil-less. Straight peat moss can work, but it doesn't have any nutrients or minerals in it and the ph is far to low for sustaining even short term growth.

Soil-less mix is available at nursery's and garden centers. You might have to ask for help finding it. It is the stuff all professional garden centers use to start all of their vegetable plants.

 

[FmGrowit]

Here's a few recipes for soil-less potting mix courtesy about.com

Basic Soilless Potting Mix
4-6 parts Sphagnum Peat Moss
1 part Perlite
1 part Vermiculite

Basic Mix with Compost
2 parts Compost
2-4 parts Sphagnum Peat Moss
1 part Perlite
1 part Vermiculite

Basic Mix with the Addition of Nutrients
Add ½ cup each per every 8 gallons of mix:
½ cup Bone Meal(Phosphorous)
½ cup Dolomitic Limestone (Raises soil pH and provides calcium and magnesium)
½ cup Blood Meal or Soybean Meal or Dried Kelp Powder (Nitrogen)

 

[dkh2]

The amounts of Nutrients are what I needed to know
Good post

 

[sundance]

50%Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss or coco coir
25% perlite or vermiculite
25% good quality earth worm castings

To each 1 c.f. of potting soil add the following:

4 - 5 cups of Canadian Glacial Rock Dust or azomite if you cant find the rock dust
1.5 cups of a mix you can make that consists of equal parts of kelp meal, neem meal and crab meals

 

[BarG]

So is it okay to germinate in 100% peat moss and add nutrients when separateting to seedling trays or pots.

Basic Soilless Potting Mix
4-6 parts Sphagnum Peat Moss
1 part Perlite
1 part Vermiculite

 

[Inertia22]

Hey, what kind of seed varieties did you get this year? I will be growing Izmir Ozbis and Virginia Gold.

 

[deluxestogie]

Inertia22,
I'm not quite sure whom you're asking. My plans for 2012 are here: http://www.fairtradetobacco.com/showthread.php?481-deluxestogie-Grow-Log-2012.
To that, I am likely adding CT Shade (sun-grown) and Yayladag, and might just be fortunate enough to add "Sweet Oronoko" and "Big White Burley KY16." I'll be digging yet another bed today.

Bob

 

[Inertia22]

I just took a look at your grow log and it looks impressive. I hope you'll be posting some pictures of it this summer. I'll be growing vegetables as well.