[CH] A Man With No Plan
Kudjing@aol.com
Tue, 10 Apr 2001 10:50:57 EDT
Hi, folks.
Impulsiveness has just overcome good Yankee common sense.
Two days ago, I began soaking about 150 seeds of five different varieties
(habanero, Czechoslovakian black, chiltepin, Thai dragon, and firecracker
piquin, if it matters).
They're now nicely wrapped in moist paper towels in a warm environment, and
I'm rinsing and inspecting them daily, lest they either mold or sprout
without my noticing.
Soon, they're going to begin behaving like plants....
Here's where I would appreciate advice (which is a polite way of saying I
have no bloody idea what I'm doing, and hope some more knowledgeable folk
will save me from myself).
When this happens, here's what I *think* I'm going to do: put them in
seed-starting soil (much as it disturbs my urban soul to *buy* dirt), put
them on a heated mat, and let 'em be until they are about 2 inches tall.
Then I'm going to put them in Real Pots and gradually break them in to our
lovely outdoor Boston climate.
My instinct is to water them frequently, whenever the top of the soil is dry.
(It should be noted that, by following my gardening instincts, I have killed
a wide variety of plants, including cactus grown in its native California
soil, a feat I'm told is almost impossible.)
Please tell me if I've gone wildly awry here. Or, as an alternative, you can
*not* tell me what I've done wrong, and wait for the increasingly
entertaining pleas for help that will no doubt follow. I believe that's all
one word in German.
-- Dan//worried they'll *all* germinate