"Sodbuster7!" wrote in message
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Lawrence, last year I had a terrible time with my seed germinating,
and what did germinate damped off. It turned out , in my opinion,that
it was the peat cups and peat pelets. It was the first(and last) year
I had used them. Another thing is the potting soil. I purchased the
best potting soil I could find (I thought) Miracle-grow. Why did
mushrooms sprout in all my pots?????(because they used mushroom
compost (a bi-product of muhroom production) and did not sterilize it.

On the issue of water, a couple bucks will buy you 2 gals of distilled
water, and will be more than enough to get your seedlings going.

The way I sprouted my seed this year is, I have a glassed in
entertainment center. I set me a thermometer on one of the vacant
shelves, Overnight (with nothing operating) thetemperature remained
above 70 degrees. In short I sprouted my seed there with near 100%
germination. Okra sprouted in 3 days, tomatoes in 5. The only
problem is that as soon as the first start to sprout you have to get
them out of there and to a good light source.

Have a good one. SodB!


Thanks for the ideas. Much appreciated. Given the content of some of the
responses, I guess I did not make clear that the seeds that did not sprout
indoors with the 'city' water have indeed sprouted once I moved their
containers outside and used stored rain water on them. The newly emerged
plants are thriving.