Comments on: Up side down http://www.helenmartin.com/2006/05/13/up-side-down/ Witty brilliance from the lovely Bride of Martinstein Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:20:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: helen http://www.helenmartin.com/2006/05/13/up-side-down/#comment-1356 helen Wed, 24 May 2006 03:18:44 +0000 http://www.helenmartin.com/?p=109#comment-1356 <p>HEY!</p> <p>I don't see a lot of "farmers" nicking and soaking their morning glory seeds after which time they pop nearly half inch sprouts and then machine planting them a half inch under ground.</p> <p>So there.</p> HEY!

I don’t see a lot of “farmers” nicking and soaking their morning glory seeds after which time they pop nearly half inch sprouts and then machine planting them a half inch under ground.

So there.

]]> By: Ken Martin http://www.helenmartin.com/2006/05/13/up-side-down/#comment-1355 Ken Martin Wed, 24 May 2006 03:02:27 +0000 http://www.helenmartin.com/?p=109#comment-1355 <p>Their insertion angle needs to be no greater than 20 degrees variance from a vertical cotyledon, and only after minimal external radicle development (via aqueous initiation of 2-3 days). Radicle pointing down, obviously.</p> <p>Chill, chickies. Do you think farmers are strolling along after their tractors righting errant seeds?</p> Their insertion angle needs to be no greater than 20 degrees variance from a vertical cotyledon, and only after minimal external radicle development (via aqueous initiation of 2-3 days). Radicle pointing down, obviously.

Chill, chickies. Do you think farmers are strolling along after their tractors righting errant seeds?

]]> By: Your Eldest Son http://www.helenmartin.com/2006/05/13/up-side-down/#comment-1320 Your Eldest Son Sat, 20 May 2006 22:41:19 +0000 http://www.helenmartin.com/?p=109#comment-1320 <p>Loser! I hope they grow.</p> Loser! I hope they grow.

]]> By: helen http://www.helenmartin.com/2006/05/13/up-side-down/#comment-1315 helen Sat, 20 May 2006 03:52:40 +0000 http://www.helenmartin.com/?p=109#comment-1315 <p>Just stick 'em in the dirt and see what happens.</p> Just stick ‘em in the dirt and see what happens.

]]> By: Amy http://www.helenmartin.com/2006/05/13/up-side-down/#comment-1302 Amy Fri, 19 May 2006 14:32:20 +0000 http://www.helenmartin.com/?p=109#comment-1302 <p>what sprouts? There are no sprouts.</p> what sprouts? There are no sprouts.

]]> By: helen http://www.helenmartin.com/2006/05/13/up-side-down/#comment-1268 helen Thu, 18 May 2006 04:33:10 +0000 http://www.helenmartin.com/?p=109#comment-1268 <p>You're asking ME? I know nothing, I just looked online for what to do and when I did a search for which way to plant the sprouted seeds, I found nothing.</p> <p>Don't start over, just plant 'em sprout down - or how about sideways, just in case your's are different!?</p> <p>Almost every pot has at least one growing in it, and I definitely did it wrong. (I won't need to thin them, at least.)</p> <p>I started nicking mine but got bored with it after one or two so I quit. And yes - a lot of them were over a 1/4 inch.</p> You’re asking ME? I know nothing, I just looked online for what to do and when I did a search for which way to plant the sprouted seeds, I found nothing.

Don’t start over, just plant ‘em sprout down - or how about sideways, just in case your’s are different!?

Almost every pot has at least one growing in it, and I definitely did it wrong. (I won’t need to thin them, at least.)

I started nicking mine but got bored with it after one or two so I quit. And yes - a lot of them were over a 1/4 inch.

]]> By: Amy http://www.helenmartin.com/2006/05/13/up-side-down/#comment-1266 Amy Thu, 18 May 2006 02:40:08 +0000 http://www.helenmartin.com/?p=109#comment-1266 <p>Can you drown them? I left my sweet peas soak for oh, about several days. Are they dead? I planted a few today and was going to get around to the rest this weekend sometime. I am too lax with it. I should start over from scratch. Now if I start over, they'll ALL come up and kill eachother. WOW yours had already sprouted over 1/4 inch long? Mine hadn't even sprouted, perhaps I knicked them too violently. Some people make gardening look so effortless.</p> Can you drown them? I left my sweet peas soak for oh, about several days. Are they dead? I planted a few today and was going to get around to the rest this weekend sometime. I am too lax with it. I should start over from scratch. Now if I start over, they’ll ALL come up and kill eachother. WOW yours had already sprouted over 1/4 inch long? Mine hadn’t even sprouted, perhaps I knicked them too violently. Some people make gardening look so effortless.

]]> By: helen http://www.helenmartin.com/2006/05/13/up-side-down/#comment-1243 helen Wed, 17 May 2006 04:15:28 +0000 http://www.helenmartin.com/?p=109#comment-1243 <p>I let mine soak for about 24 hours then I had to pour off the water and just put damp paper towels over them so they would neither dry out nor drown. (I thought I'd have time - make time - to plant them sooner, but didn't.) So mine weren't merely seeds when I planted them. Some had sprouts well over a quarter inch long. And I planted them sprout-up.</p> <p>In any case, thank you for the encouragement. I will try to BACK OFF and let them do their thing.</p> I let mine soak for about 24 hours then I had to pour off the water and just put damp paper towels over them so they would neither dry out nor drown. (I thought I’d have time - make time - to plant them sooner, but didn’t.) So mine weren’t merely seeds when I planted them. Some had sprouts well over a quarter inch long. And I planted them sprout-up.

In any case, thank you for the encouragement. I will try to BACK OFF and let them do their thing.

]]> By: Amy http://www.helenmartin.com/2006/05/13/up-side-down/#comment-1242 Amy Wed, 17 May 2006 03:54:52 +0000 http://www.helenmartin.com/?p=109#comment-1242 <p>Please tell me that you CANNOT plant a seed upside down.Doh. I nicked mine with a knife then soaked them in water for,oh, about several hours. If you planted them too thick in your pots, you can thin them out when they get to be a few inches tall, I don't know if the ones you removed will be able to be replanted, but at least you won't have to start ALL over from scratch. p.s. you are watching them WAAAYYY too closely ;)</p> Please tell me that you CANNOT plant a seed upside down.Doh.
I nicked mine with a knife then soaked them in water for,oh, about several hours. If you planted them too thick in your pots, you can thin them out when they get to be a few inches tall, I don’t know if the ones you removed will be able to be replanted, but at least you won’t have to start ALL over from scratch.
p.s. you are watching them WAAAYYY too closely ;)

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