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MaaMaa & Tankene

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Seeds to Sprouts


Great news! Last night I noticed that the marigold seeds I planted a week ago have germinated. My new trick is to place the newly planted seeds in a potting soil/sand mix on top of my fireplace hearth. The extra heat seems to cause earlier seed germination. This reminds me of an experiment I did when I took Ornamental Horticulture at Foothill College. The class was called "Nursery Practices" (or something very close) and I experimented with using different temperatures of water to water my seedlings. What do you think was the optimum temperature for rapid growth? I'll answer this next posting.
This is a picture of my grandson, Blake, getting ready to help his Nona and Popo sweep the deck


1 comment:

Terra said...

What an adorable photo of Blake, and a good tip about warm temperatures getting seeds to sprout.

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