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- From: lewis@aera8700.mitre.org (Keith Lewis)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- Subject: Re: Seed Starting Problems
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.170420.29130@linus.mitre.org>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 17:04:20 GMT
- References: <1993Jan25.063528.16779@fuug.fi>
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- In article <1993Jan25.063528.16779@fuug.fi>, an2509@anon.penet.fi writes:
- >I've tried to start cannabis seeds several times, using the suggestions
- >offered in alt.drugs (germinate between wet paper towels, keep them warm, etc.).
- >I've gotten about 5 or 6 seeds to the point where the shell of the seed opens
- >and a small white shoot pushes out of the crack. But the seeds seem to dies
- >upon transplanting to soil. Is it probably just a bad batch of seeds (all of
- >them came from the same 1/4 ounce of brownish pot) or are there some subtleties
- >I'm missing?
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- Maybe you're using the wrong kind of soil.
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- Topsoil is bad -- it does not drain well.
- Potting soil is good.
- Peat moss is even better.
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- Be sure to keep everything moist, but not completely saturated. Hemp roots
- rot without oxygen.
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- Keith Lewis klewis@mitre.org "Mr. Cheap"
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