Comments on: Transplanting Seedlings – Cabbage http://geekgardener.in/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/ Terrace, Container, Rooftop, balcony, Kitchen gardening and Hydroponics Fri, 18 May 2012 09:21:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chitra Vaidya http://geekgardener.in/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-2371 Chitra Vaidya Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:14:43 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-2371 Hi GG, This time a question about cabbage. I recently got a packet of red cabbage seeds and sowed them imagining to be eating home grown red cabbage sald in a few months time. Counting my chickens before they hatch! the seeds did not germinate at all.:( 15 days and not a spot of green in the pot. What could be the reason? I have sowed them in a mix of cocosoil and vermicompost and also tried to induce germination by the tissue paper method. Please help. The seeds are from Pocha Seeds of Pune Regards, Chitra Hi GG,
This time a question about cabbage.
I recently got a packet of red cabbage seeds and sowed them imagining to be eating home grown red cabbage sald in a few months time. Counting my chickens before they hatch! the seeds did not germinate at all.:( 15 days and not a spot of green in the pot.
What could be the reason? I have sowed them in a mix of cocosoil and vermicompost and also tried to induce germination by the tissue paper method.
Please help. The seeds are from Pocha Seeds of Pune
Regards,
Chitra

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]]> By: geekgardener http://geekgardener.in/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-687 geekgardener Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:44:54 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-687 Hi Indrani First I make a drill using a hole saw cutter that can be attached to a drill machine. Once the appropriate sized hole is made the tank joint just fits properly. I collect all the water through a tube and bring it to a common place. You can also attach a used water bottle and periodically use the drained water. For germination, I have used cocopeat. Its cheap and best. But if the quality is not good they you will run into issues. Perlite and vermiculite work like a charm. No damping off etc. Price is the catch. Coriander can be grown in 6" tray. If you have a smaller container the yield will be less for larger plants. Its better to go for containers that 12" dia and 12" deep for larger plants like okra, tomato, brinjal. etc gg Hi Indrani

First I make a drill using a hole saw cutter that can be attached to a drill machine. Once the appropriate sized hole is made the tank joint just fits properly. I collect all the water through a tube and bring it to a common place. You can also attach a used water bottle and periodically use the drained water.

For germination, I have used cocopeat. Its cheap and best. But if the quality is not good they you will run into issues. Perlite and vermiculite work like a charm. No damping off etc. Price is the catch.
Coriander can be grown in 6″ tray. If you have a smaller container the yield will be less for larger plants. Its better to go for containers that 12″ dia and 12″ deep for larger plants like okra, tomato, brinjal. etc

gg

]]> By: geekgardener http://geekgardener.in/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-686 geekgardener Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:32:27 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-686 Hi Goodearth, Thanks for spending time reading my posts with patience. Glad to hear you are into gardening. Earliana can be found in Lalbagh nursery men co-op. ( double road entrance). Lalbagh doesn't many of the varieties you see here. Most of them are Dept of Hort( Hulimavu), Annandana and some varieties are from Blog Friends. Enjoy! gg Hi Goodearth,

Thanks for spending time reading my posts with patience. Glad to hear you are into gardening. Earliana can be found in Lalbagh nursery men co-op. ( double road entrance). Lalbagh doesn’t many of the varieties you see here. Most of them are Dept of Hort( Hulimavu), Annandana and some varieties are from Blog Friends.

Enjoy!
gg

]]> By: GoodEarth http://geekgardener.in/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-685 GoodEarth Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:29:03 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-685 Hi GG, i have been digging ur archives for the past 3 days... and completed reading all posts from Jan 2008 to Mar 2010 :) and i must admit ur blog is an eye opener, a great inspiration for newbies like me. Actually, a fully grown amaranthus in one of my pots was the reason behind my budding interest in container gardening.. and ur blog just multiplied this interest a dozen fold :) GG, can u tell me where i can get these "Earlaina" cabbage seeds at Bangalore? Also, does Lalbagh sell seeds of diff varieties of tomatoes? Thanks! Hi GG,
i have been digging ur archives for the past 3 days… and completed reading all posts from Jan 2008 to Mar 2010 :) and i must admit ur blog is an eye opener, a great inspiration for newbies like me.
Actually, a fully grown amaranthus in one of my pots was the reason behind my budding interest in container gardening.. and ur blog just multiplied this interest a dozen fold :)
GG, can u tell me where i can get these “Earlaina” cabbage seeds at Bangalore? Also, does Lalbagh sell seeds of diff varieties of tomatoes?

Thanks!

]]> By: indrani http://geekgardener.in/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-684 indrani Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:31:36 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-684 Hello, Hope u are doing well. My query this time is about the tank joints. I want to know how they are fitted into the plastic buckets? When a hole is being bore into the plastic, wont the bucket break? And after the joints are fixed, how do you handle the excess water that comes out? Especially when there are a couple of buckets with tank joints. For germinating the seeds, Just coco peat is sufficient or cocopeat+perlite or cocopeat +vermiculite? which of these is better? When planting coriander, how deep should be the container? And generally for growing vegetables how deep should the containers be, and how wide should they be? please give the measurements in inches. Im sorry for bothering you with so many questions. And also a big thank you for answering my previous queries. Regards, Indrani Hello,

Hope u are doing well. My query this time is about the tank joints. I want to know how they are fitted into the plastic buckets? When a hole is being bore into the plastic, wont the bucket break? And after the joints are fixed, how do you handle the excess water that comes out? Especially when there are a couple of buckets with tank joints.

For germinating the seeds, Just coco peat is sufficient or cocopeat+perlite or cocopeat +vermiculite? which of these is better?

When planting coriander, how deep should be the container? And generally for growing vegetables how deep should the containers be, and how wide should they be? please give the measurements in inches.

Im sorry for bothering you with so many questions. And also a big thank you for answering my previous queries.

Regards,
Indrani

]]> By: Srikanth http://geekgardener.in/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-683 Srikanth Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:04:16 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-683 Thanks a lot for that link. Thanks a lot for that link.

]]> By: indrani http://geekgardener.in/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-682 indrani Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:01:09 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-682 This might be comming a bit too late... some of the online stores which ship seeds : http://www.biocarve.com/ Hope it helps. This might be comming a bit too late… some of the online stores which ship seeds :

http://www.biocarve.com/

Hope it helps.

]]> By: Shashank http://geekgardener.in/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-681 Shashank Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:02:19 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-681 Thanks gg Thanks gg

]]> By: geekgardener http://geekgardener.in/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-680 geekgardener Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:51:56 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/transplanting-seedlings-cabbage/#comment-680 Hi Shashank, Tank Nipple is available in Avenue Road. Ask any Shop that deals with PVC/fittings. A piece costs somewhere around 8-15 rs. Thanks gg Hi Shashank,

Tank Nipple is available in Avenue Road. Ask any Shop that deals with PVC/fittings. A piece costs somewhere around 8-15 rs.

Thanks
gg

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