James W 6yr JBP Contest entry

[James W.]

I'm in.

 

[dirk hoorelbeke]

Looks like they are the propagation box already...

 

[James W.]

Oops. Got caught cheating already.

 

[James W.]

seeds in the refrigerator for 6 weeks

 

[James W.]

. . . and planted directly into (7) RootMaker flats. 3 seeds in each pot, plan to thin to strongest. 2 flats have 6-15 seeds in a pot with the intention of trying some fused trunks.

 

[dirk hoorelbeke]

Interested in the effect of the rootmaker flats. Will you do the seedling cutting?

 

[Bilbo_Baggins]

Confused.
If these spent 6 weeks in the fridge, they were started before 1/1/2018?
We're only 5 weeks into the new year.

 

[Bilbo_Baggins]

Curious to know what lights and soil medium you're using?
Are you employing any anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-algae agent(s)?

 

[James W.]

Interested in the effect of the rootmaker flats. Will you do the seedling cutting?

I do not intend to do any seedling cuttings. I'm lazy and I figure there will be plenty of other people doing cuttings.

 

[James W.]

Confused.
If these spent 6 weeks in the fridge, they were started before 1/1/2018?
We're only 5 weeks into the new year.

I put them into the refrigerator first week of January, so I guess I never learned to count.

 

[James W.]

Curious to know what lights and soil medium you're using?
Are you employing any anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-algae agent(s)?

I am using cheap potting mix and coir mixed with about 50% NAPA DE and perlite. The coir re-wets very easily but is a little bit fine. I use a similar mix with less DE for starting all kinds of seeds.
I have a 1000 watt metal halide light. When I put up the reflectors around the growing table I will have full sun strength light.
I will apply Daconil at first signs of emerging seedlings and again when all seedlings are up.

 

[James W.]

 

[James W.]

From an Amazon seller, received yesterday. Shipped from Shanghai. No hints except for the outlandishly long shipping time that they might be coming from China.

Soak in hot water. All but one floating.

 

[Anthony]

Hopefully, they were not radiated as possible Drug seed.
Most the stuff I got from China as seed grew, didn't germinate.
Anthony

 

[James W.]

I guess we'll see.
I would not have ordered Japanese seeds from China if I had known. Maybe I should mail them to someone in New Zealand, just for the irony.
The envelope was marked for customs as "rubber bands". I suspect nothing was done per regulations. I probably imported some exotic species of termite that will eat my whole house leaving only the nails behind.

 

[James W.]

Mikawa seeds planted March 25. Nothing showing yet.

 

[James W.]

Seedling moved outside. Nights are usually in the 50s now.
I need to thin to 1 per pot except a few that I will try trunk fusions on.

 

[RobertB]

Looking good.

 

[James W.]

I don't think my China seeds are going to sprout . . .

 

[James W.]

And I lost some.
Inadequate care, but I have excuses.
130 still left. I'm thinking I might try more Mikawa seeds