Comments on: Mid-November Garden http://dragonwood.org/2009/11/15/mid-november-garden/ Life in the Garden Sat, 19 May 2012 03:38:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: mandyrose http://dragonwood.org/2009/11/15/mid-november-garden/#comment-137 mandyrose Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:45:50 +0000 http://dragonwood.org/?p=517#comment-137 Hi Joan!!! Come right over! We miss you! So beets... I've had the best luck with them since I started soaking and washing the seed. For about 12-24 hours before planting. A couple times I soaked, then drained them, but couldn't plant them right then, so sealed them in a plastic container, and they started sprouting in there. Transferred them VERY carefully into the ground, and they were up in a couple days. I read somewhere that beet and chard seed have sprouting inhibitors in in the seed coating, and will germinate better with a soaking. Hi Joan!!! Come right over! We miss you!
So beets… I’ve had the best luck with them since I started soaking and washing the seed. For about 12-24 hours before planting. A couple times I soaked, then drained them, but couldn’t plant them right then, so sealed them in a plastic container, and they started sprouting in there. Transferred them VERY carefully into the ground, and they were up in a couple days.
I read somewhere that beet and chard seed have sprouting inhibitors in in the seed coating, and will germinate better with a soaking.

]]> By: Joan Bailey http://dragonwood.org/2009/11/15/mid-november-garden/#comment-136 Joan Bailey Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:36:49 +0000 http://dragonwood.org/?p=517#comment-136 Ok, and I'm really jealous of those beets. I'm having some trouble growing them here. So much to learn... Ok, and I’m really jealous of those beets. I’m having some trouble growing them here. So much to learn…

]]> By: Joan Bailey http://dragonwood.org/2009/11/15/mid-november-garden/#comment-135 Joan Bailey Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:36:17 +0000 http://dragonwood.org/?p=517#comment-135 That's it. I'm coming over for dinner right now. I'll phone from the airport!! That’s it. I’m coming over for dinner right now. I’ll phone from the airport!!

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