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Old January 26, 2017   #57
MuddyToes
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Originally Posted by oakley View Post
I've helped two friends recently and the same happened. One gave up right away.
The other is planning on doing trials with a row of clamshells to find what works at his place. He seems determined having bought a lb of broccoli seed from his Coop.

It has been a dreadfully dreary overcast Winter. Seems 4 hours of sun a week since Thanksgiving. So it is not the light.

Like many things plant...learning curve. And many ways to get the same outcome.
Thanks for the advice, Oakley. I don't know if I am stubborn or persistent, but I am not ready to give up.
I didn't know peas like the dark. I will look at some of the videos that have been posted.

I've gotten pretty good at germinating lettuce. Talk about temperamental...needs light and has a fairly narrow temperature range which is not easy to achieve here in the summer without a serious AC bill.

I think the tomatoes I started from seed last year must have been beginner's luck. I had no trouble at all with trays of those. Had more tomato plants than I knew what to do with.
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