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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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pumpkin cholo
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Bloomington, IN
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For the past few days, a good portion of my tomato seedlings have begun to look sick, and after posting about it in the tomato forum I believe I’ve found the problem. When I went to transplant the seedlings into the peat pots, all I used to fill them with was straight seed starting mix, except for three of them (of 10). When I went to put them in the pots, I had some rich, organic potting mix left over from when I sowed those giant onions. I gave those left overs to three of my tomato seedlings, and now those three are the only ones that remain healthy. That makes sense now that I think about it. Ever since I started gardening a couple years ago I always would start my my seeds in a potting mix, and once they germinated they always grew really well. This was the first time I used seed starter mix like I did, and last. Next year I will start them in seed starting mix, and when I go to put them in pots I’ll use a potting mix, and I’ll also cover the top surface with the seed starter mix (sterile) to keep down the fungus that often tries to grow on the potting mix.
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