Dav4's 6 year JBP contest thread.

[Dav4]

1 ounce of JBP seeds ordered from FW Schumacher Co.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

What? No home address?

 

[Dav4]

And it begins...

 

[Adair M]

What? No home address?

Sweat Mountain,GA.

Believe me, climbing up Dave’s driveway will break out a sweat!

 

[CWTurner]

Dav4, that 74th seed from the left looks like a winner to me. Keep us posted on its progress please.

CW

 

[dirk hoorelbeke]

With that amount of seeds, it would be interesting to put the floaters in a growing medium too. I suspect that some will germinate after all.

 

[Dav4]

With that amount of seeds, it would be interesting to put the floaters in a growing medium too. I suspect that some will germinate after all.

I’m planning to do that... last year, the floaters germinated well for me.

 

[DirkvanDreven]

I’m planning to do that... last year, the floaters germinated well for me.

That's why I allways sow the floaters also

 

[Dav4]

Well, it’s been a very cold March and early April here in north Georgia. I put off sowing the seeds until about two weeks ago. I don’t have any special tricks up my sleeve as far as starting the seeds… They’re placed in a concrete mixing tub with a mix of turfuce, bark, and pumice. I simply scattered the seeds on top of the soil mix and then covered them with a thin layer of sand. Anyway, they started to germinate. I’ve got to keep the germinating seeds covered with the screen… Lots of hungry critters and birds that would love to have some sprouts right about now.

 

[Dav4]

Aaaaaaand I leave the screen off the top of the container for two days and look what happens… Some cute woodland creature decides to use 1/4 of my seedlings to floss his teeth… grrrrrrr!

 

[River's Edge]

1 ounce of JBP seeds ordered from FW Schumacher Co.
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That's why I allways sow the floaters also

Out here we pick up floaters and put them in the boat before resuming fishing

 

[River's Edge]

Aaaaaaand I leave the screen off the top of the container for two days and look what happens… Some cute woodland creature decides to use 1/4 of my seedlings to floss his teeth… grrrrrrr!
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Now if you were in Texas you could apply lead poisoning to that wood land creature! Actually some of the. Stems look like dampening off from too much humidity and not enough air movement. Is that silica sand? The presence of algae on the surface may indicate that the media is not drying enough between watering for pine seedlings.

 

[Dav4]

Actually, they were all uprooted and the roots munched on… If you look closely you can see some of the remaining roots. Yes that is silica sand… Everything just got sprayed with daconil As I did have a lot of damping off last year, but the seeds were much more crowded then ... Not a problem now since the seedlings have been thinned out a bit?

 

[River's Edge]

Actually, they were all uprooted and the roots munched on… If you look closely you can see some of the remaining roots. Yes that is silica sand… Everything just got sprayed with daconil As I did have a lot of damping off last year, but the seeds were much more crowded then ... Not a problem now since the seedlings have been thinned out a bit?

The reason i asked about silica sand is that it tends to be very regular in shape, providing less aeration, too much contact. I think you would have better luck with more irregular shaped sand. here i buy it at Home Depot as sterilized children's play sand. Little critters that pull out seedlings should be tracked down and eliminated! They are not allowed north of the border.

 

[dirk hoorelbeke]

It's an indication you need to stick cuttings from them now... Surviving of the fittest.

 

[River's Edge]

Actually, they were all uprooted and the roots munched on… If you look closely you can see some of the remaining roots. Yes that is silica sand… Everything just got sprayed with daconil As I did have a lot of damping off last year, but the seeds were much more crowded then ... Not a problem now since the seedlings have been thinned out a bit?

Lilliputian foresters!

 

[River's Edge]

It's an indication you need to stick cuttings from them now... Surviving of the fittest.

I disagree with my esteemed colleague from afar. They are not advanced enough to do well after cutting. Wait till the second set of needles.

 

[Dav4]

I disagree with my esteemed colleague from afar. They are not advanced enough to do well after cutting. Wait till the second set of needles.

That was my observation as well... the screen is back on by the way.

 

[theone420]

maybe he was implying you should have tried the plucked pines as cuttings.

 

[Dav4]

maybe he was implying you should have tried the plucked pines as cuttings.

No, I agree that that's what he meant, but they're too young. I'm aiming for early May.