Aquaponics Digest - Tue 05/04/99
Message 1: reel quiet here lately
from "Ronald W. Brooks"
Message 2: Germination of lettuce in hot weather
from Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta
Message 3: Re: reel quiet here lately
from "vpage"
Message 4: re: Germination of lettuce in hot weather
from "Mark Brotman"
Message 5: Re: Germination of lettuce in hot weather
from Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta
Message 6: Re: Germination of lettuce in hot weather
from "Dale Robinson"
Message 7: Growing beds
from Craig & Robin Prince
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Subject: reel quiet here lately
From: "Ronald W. Brooks"
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 11:59:31 -0400
just checking in to see if I am still sub* no messages for the past 2
days.
Ron
The One Who Walks Two Paths
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Subject: Germination of lettuce in hot weather
From: Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 12:47:54 -0400
Phew, Ronald! I thought it was something I had said. :>) The silence is
deafening, I've had nothing since last Thursday. Is it just that all of
you northerners are having a bad case of spring fever that is taking you
away from the web?
For those of you in warm climates, can you share any tricks to improve
germination of lettuces now that our daytime highs are consistently in
the 80s and above?
I'm also in search of a lettuce variety that will come up red in
southern climates under glass.
Adriana
> just checking in to see if I am still sub* no messages for the past 2
> days.
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Subject: Re: reel quiet here lately
From: "vpage"
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 10:49:59 -0600
I can hear you:]
VPage
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Subject: re: Germination of lettuce in hot weather
From: "Mark Brotman"
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 14:23:52 -0400
> For those of you in warm climates, can you share any tricks to =
improve
> germination of lettuces now that our daytime highs are consistently =
in
> the 80s and above?
> I'm also in search of a lettuce variety that will come up red in
> southern climates under glass.
> Adriana
Adriana,
When I lived in the tropics I would germinate lettuce seeds (assorted =
varieties from Johnny's) in an air conditioned room, then move the =
seeding trays to an outdoor screenhouse. Just watch the moisture =
level in the media while in the air conditioned room. Good luck!
Mark Brotman
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Subject: Re: Germination of lettuce in hot weather
From: Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 16:35:25 -0400
Thanks Mark, I'll give it a try.
Adriana
> When I lived in the tropics I would germinate lettuce seeds (assorted
varieties from Johnny's) in an air conditioned room, then move the seeding
trays to an outdoor screenhouse. Just watch the moisture level in the
media while in the air conditioned room. Good luck!
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Subject: Re: Germination of lettuce in hot weather
From: "Dale Robinson"
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 18:56:16 -0500
You could put some clear or white plastic sheet over it until you see some
germination.
The plastic holds the moisture next to the surface. The heat from the sun
helps to turn the water to vapor. The seeds absorb the vapor more readily
at the elevated temps. I started pepper seeds by dipping them in boiling
water for a few seconds and soaking them for 2 days. The peppers germinated
in ten days. Normally they take about twice that long.
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Subject: Growing beds
From: Craig & Robin Prince
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 19:49:33 -0700
> Hello yall
Lets get the ball rolling here. Has anyone been sucsessful in starting
soft wooded
cuttings in gravel growing beds. I'm esspecially intersested in hearing
from Adriana
with the 3" deep growing beds. How long would you leave them in before
transplanting to a potting mix.
Thanks
Craig Prince
S&S Aqua Farm, 8386 County Road 8820, West Plains, MO 65775 417-256-5124
Web page http://www.townsqr.com/snsaqua/
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