Cole Planter--made a mistake?
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Re: Cole Planter--made a mistake? HOW IT ENDED UP!
The pumpkins ended up OK, the ones that went in with the fertilizer just had a very few skips here and there. The strange thing is those same seeds that were in contact with the fertilizer took about 3-4 days longer to germinate and crack the ground, so that had me worried as I figured they were ruined. You will see they are significantly smaller in the attached pictures. The only thing I can figure is the fertilizer in contact with the seed absorbed all the soil moisture causing whe slow germination
The plants on the left in the pictures are the ones where the fertilizer went in with the seed. The rows on the right in the pics had the fertilizer placed "properly".
The pumpkins ended up OK, the ones that went in with the fertilizer just had a very few skips here and there. The strange thing is those same seeds that were in contact with the fertilizer took about 3-4 days longer to germinate and crack the ground, so that had me worried as I figured they were ruined. You will see they are significantly smaller in the attached pictures. The only thing I can figure is the fertilizer in contact with the seed absorbed all the soil moisture causing whe slow germination
The plants on the left in the pictures are the ones where the fertilizer went in with the seed. The rows on the right in the pics had the fertilizer placed "properly".
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Thanks for sharing the pics. It will be interesting to see if the those plants will catch up with the properly side dressed seeds.
