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Posted by mlarsen_grower Alabama (My Page) on Sat, Mar 8, 08 at 14:01
| I need some help with my lettuce germination. I start my head lettuce in a 72 cell flat. I am having trouble getting good germination. I use a fairly fine potting mix and cover the seeds with vermiculite and place under grow lights. I am getting very uneven germination. Some flats all the seeds come up, some flats less than half. Any suggestions or resources y'all know of. Thanks. |
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RE: lettuce germination
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| I don't cover lettuce seed, it needs light to germinate. I plant lightly water and than cover the flat with a piece of plastic (can be any color or clear) to keep moisture in. I check the flats daily making sure they do not get dry. I generally get great germination unless the seeds are more than 3 years old. |
RE: lettuce germination
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| Ditto on 3 years for lettuce seed, sometimes only 2 . Another thing I noticed is that poor germinating lettuce also grows poorly . I plant inside and out and as long as its not too deep it should come up easily light or not . I cover all my seeds the same and use the same depth setting for all the spring seeds on my 2 seeders and plant 1000's of row feet each year |
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