Comments on: Magic Bean Day 13 – Container Size Matters

By: HappyHermit

HappyHermit — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:25:13 +0000

Thanks , I’ll be waiting !!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:31:43 +0000

I guess that filtered light wouldn’t cause any major problem in germination. Since a sprouting seed works so hard to break the soil and unfold into the light as soon as it can, a bit of filtered light should be fine, in fact may trigger germination and help in seedlings. I could be wrong though… Actually, I can do a small experiment later to find out if colored crystal soil (or jello) makes any difference in germination.

By: HappyHermit

HappyHermit — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:24:02 +0000

I used the Unflavored kind like is used for preserves , there is no sugar and it is placed in sterilized containers , when used in small dishes it is great for sprouting seeds and getting them ready to transplant , any taller than a 1-2 cm and the plants just keep twisting around till they die.

I tried to do a mix of jello , miracle grow and super thrive , i found it caused very quick germination but the the miracle grow caused mold growth , and the auxin in the superthrive caused jello destabilization.

I have tried it a few times , in a few different ways.

I haven’t tried flavored jello’s i would think the sugars would cause bacterial massive growth , but I could be wrong.

I wonder if colors jello and the filtered light would effect germination ?

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:10:31 +0000

Jello?! Do you mean those we have for dessert? That’s interesting. I have never thought about that. But, won’t the jello attract ants and other unwelcome guests to the plants?

By: HappyHermit

HappyHermit — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:36:28 +0000

I was wondering about that , I had encountered that with jello as well.