Re: Where are you sprouters?

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Hi, yeah, I'm here. I usually only post in response to someone.

Maybe everyone is outside in their " real " gardens, huh?

Cyn

sherryskapik wrote:

>

>

> I haven't gotten a message in over a week from sprout group. I'm

> sending this in the hope that if my link was lost I'll get it back.

> Sherry

>

>

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On 5/28/09, sherryskapik <sherryskapik@...> wrote:

>

> I haven't gotten a message in over a week from sprout

> group. I'm sending this in the hope that if my link was

> lost I'll get it back.

Too hot; all my seed sprouts go sour and rancid. (Lentil sprouts are

still okay.) But not hot enough to put the air conditioners in so no

leafy sprouts for a while.

On the bright side, I *finally* got a pineapple top to drop roots

instead of just rotting! I'm trying to decide how long to let the

roots get before I go buy a bag of potting soil. I found some plant

pots in the dumpster when I was taking out the trash last week so all

I need is some dirt and a saucer to put the whole shebang on.

Sparrow

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Dirt is what you get under your fingernails. Soil is what your plant in.

Sparrow, make sure those used pots are sterile before you use them. Clean

with soap and water then rinse in one part of bleach to 9 parts of water.

Then rinse them in clean water. You don't want someone else's problem to

become yours.

ew

Re: Where are you sprouters?

Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 14:12:06 -0600

On 5/28/09, sherryskapik <sherryskapik@...> wrote:

>

> I haven't gotten a message in over a week from sprout

> group. I'm sending this in the hope that if my link was

> lost I'll get it back.

Too hot; all my seed sprouts go sour and rancid. (Lentil sprouts are

still okay.) But not hot enough to put the air conditioners in so no

leafy sprouts for a while.

On the bright side, I *finally* got a pineapple top to drop roots

instead of just rotting! I'm trying to decide how long to let the

roots get before I go buy a bag of potting soil. I found some plant

pots in the dumpster when I was taking out the trash last week so all

I need is some dirt and a saucer to put the whole shebang on.

Sparrow

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On 5/28/09, Ernest Willingham <99tomatoes@...> wrote:

>

> Dirt is what you get under your fingernails. Soil is what your plant in.

> Sparrow, make sure those used pots are sterile before you use them. Clean

> with soap and water then rinse in one part of bleach to 9 parts of water.

> Then rinse them in clean water. You don't want someone else's problem to

> become yours.

Good tips. Thanks. I washed them because I found them in the trash but

I didn't think to sterilize them. I'll do that today. Thanks.

Sparrow

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On 5/29/09, Ernest Willingham <99tomatoes@...> wrote:

>

> You can do it both ways. I'm not sure which is easiest. I wonder how

> pineapple grower in Hawaii do it.

I found twisting easiest because I didn't have to trim it afterwards,

just pull a few bottom leaves out.

Sparrow

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I never looked for pineapple at Whole Foods. Maybe they would have

organic.

ew

Re: Where are you sprouters?

Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 19:57:11 -0000

Thanks for clearing that out(:

There should be organic pinapples soon, and then I'm gonna start

growing my own Pinapple indoors(:

Does it need direct sun?

Yair

> >

> > Interesting..

> > I should try it..though I'm not sure what you meant by " twisting

the crown off " ?

>

> Grasp the leaves firmly (but carefully, since they're spiky. Just

make

> sure they're all lined up and flat against your hand) and grasp the

> pineapple firmly with your other hand. Twist the leaves hard in

> whichever direction is easiest for your hand until they come off.

> There will be a little plug of stem attached. If there is any

> pineapple meat attached, in my experience, it will rot and destroy

the

> potential plant. You want it nice and clean and bare. You will see

> little " dots " on the stem and that's where the roots will come out.

>

> Pull off some of the lower leaves so that when you put it in water,

> they won't rot either. I put the plug in a shot glass as it's a

> perfect size for the plug and roots to grow in the water without

> getting the leaves involved. I change the water daily. It took

about

> three days (if I remember correctly) to see roots coming out.

>

> Sparrow

>

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I've had one (mango) start in my compost pile! Unfortunately, I didn't

realize it until I was turning it, so I messed it up. I did try again,

indoors, but it rotted.

Thia

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 3:59 PM, yair44234 <yair44234@...> wrote:

>

> I did try to grow an indoor MANGO tree last summer..couldn't sprout it

> unfortunatley - I closed the inner seed in a plastic bag covering it with

> dump soft paper, but it rotted..maybe it's not exactly the best method(:

>

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So we cannot sprout in the summer unless we have an air conditioner going to

cool things down? That's not going to be cost-efficient!

We had a brief hot spell--maybe that explains why the last of my onion sprouts

had to be thrown away--they looked so pathetic. I was just thinking that onion

sprouts are so tiny/thin that I need to use more seeds (which are huge by

comparison) next time. And also keep the top pie plate on them all the time to

keep them moist, rather than open them up to fresh air.

Connie

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> >

> > I haven't gotten a message in over a week from sprout

> > group. I'm sending this in the hope that if my link was

> > lost I'll get it back.

>

> Too hot; all my seed sprouts go sour and rancid. (Lentil sprouts are

> still okay.) But not hot enough to put the air conditioners in so no

> leafy sprouts for a while.

>

> On the bright side, I *finally* got a pineapple top to drop roots

> instead of just rotting! I'm trying to decide how long to let the

> roots get before I go buy a bag of potting soil. I found some plant

> pots in the dumpster when I was taking out the trash last week so all

> I need is some dirt and a saucer to put the whole shebang on.

>

> Sparrow

>

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Well Ernest, I fertilized every I have outside with the fish stuff.  I'm in

Ohio, but from the smell around my gardens, you'd think I was by the

sea.....Kind of makes me homesick for Cape Cod.  Hope it works!  Thanks for the

advice.

Sherry

From: Ernest Willingham <99tomatoes@gardener .com>

Subject: Re: Re: Where are you sprouters?

Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 4:04 AM

I never looked for pineapple at Whole Foods. Maybe they would have

organic.

ew

Re: Where are you sprouters?

Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 19:57:11 -0000

Thanks for clearing that out(:

There should be organic pinapples soon, and then I'm gonna start

growing my own Pinapple indoors(:

Does it need direct sun?

Yair

> >

> > Interesting. .

> > I should try it..though I'm not sure what you meant by " twisting

the crown off " ?

>

> Grasp the leaves firmly (but carefully, since they're spiky. Just

make

> sure they're all lined up and flat against your hand) and grasp the

> pineapple firmly with your other hand. Twist the leaves hard in

> whichever direction is easiest for your hand until they come off.

> There will be a little plug of stem attached. If there is any

> pineapple meat attached, in my experience, it will rot and destroy

the

> potential plant. You want it nice and clean and bare. You will see

> little " dots " on the stem and that's where the roots will come out.

>

> Pull off some of the lower leaves so that when you put it in water,

> they won't rot either. I put the plug in a shot glass as it's a

> perfect size for the plug and roots to grow in the water without

> getting the leaves involved. I change the water daily. It took

about

> three days (if I remember correctly) to see roots coming out.

>

> Sparrow

>

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