I am looking for hosta seed growing people that would be willing to send me their 'seed growing metods" "tips" or also share their story with me as to why they grow hosta seeds?
I will be posting these on my website to share with others your name will appear with your story or tips if that is O.K.
so please e-mail me or put your tips , methods or story here and let me know that I can share these.
I did check with Chris about posting this and my site is a non selling site just some addicts hang out there.
Thanks Rod
Seed Growing Story? Tips?
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eastwood2007
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Hey Rod!
I don't want you to feel bad about this - I would love to contribute, but I am only in my second year of seed starting, so my experiences (and stories) are very limited.
I will share the following though, a tip for what NOT to do!
Last year in an attempt to cut corners, I decided to mix mostly "seed starting mix" that comes commercially packed in the red bag with some left over "potting mix" that comes in the green bag with the time release fertilizer (about an 80% to 20% mix). Since I wanted to be sure it was sterile before putting my precious seeds into it (the ones marked Rods Streaky Mix) I decided to dampen it and put it in the microwave.
Those little fertilizer pellets that look like slug eggs in the potting mix make an amazing mess in the microwave when they pop. I spent a good 30 minutes cleaning various forms of "dirt" from the fan, lights and crevices that are inside the microwave.
Alexa
I don't want you to feel bad about this - I would love to contribute, but I am only in my second year of seed starting, so my experiences (and stories) are very limited.
I will share the following though, a tip for what NOT to do!
Last year in an attempt to cut corners, I decided to mix mostly "seed starting mix" that comes commercially packed in the red bag with some left over "potting mix" that comes in the green bag with the time release fertilizer (about an 80% to 20% mix). Since I wanted to be sure it was sterile before putting my precious seeds into it (the ones marked Rods Streaky Mix) I decided to dampen it and put it in the microwave.
Those little fertilizer pellets that look like slug eggs in the potting mix make an amazing mess in the microwave when they pop. I spent a good 30 minutes cleaning various forms of "dirt" from the fan, lights and crevices that are inside the microwave.
Alexa
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eastwood2007
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sorry for this duplicate....for some reason it won't let me delete it... 
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Charla
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eastwood2007
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Alexa, that is a very good "what not to do" story. I'm glad you posted it, cuz it does seem like a good idea to microwave the soil! 
Rod, I did email you a seed starting story to your website as I saw it there before. I thought it was kinda long for the forum post. Not sure if you can use it, as it is my first year....did you get it?
Rod, I did email you a seed starting story to your website as I saw it there before. I thought it was kinda long for the forum post. Not sure if you can use it, as it is my first year....did you get it?
Charla
Latitude 38.57N; Longitude -94.89W (Elev. 886 ft.)
Latitude 38.57N; Longitude -94.89W (Elev. 886 ft.)
Hej Rod
Nothing special to say. I do all the lazy way
Just get a new fresh bag of coconut fibers maybe add a bit of seedstarting mix, put the mix in containers add a bit of grit on top... I have poored boiling water over it and in a good year it have had the time to dry
Put the containers in a tray, put some plastic on top of it and then when there are enough sprouts I put it under light 24/7 and in the first days keep the plastic on and off.
After some weeks I start fertilize and culling
Realy nothing special
Sometime in May I put them- slowly- out door in the shade and now the problem start... I have no space
so I have found out how extremly hardy they are.
They sometimes get in new containers, read tiny containers 2-3" or so each, sometimes they have just been standing in the trays for a winther
So here is the only knowledge I have: Most of them are, as 2. jear seedlings, hardy enough to live a winther outside in a tiny pot, halfway in a frozen tray (filled with frozen water) and with icy snow on top
Don´t kick me
I tell myself I do not want any fuzzy hostas 
Pia
Nothing special to say. I do all the lazy way
Just get a new fresh bag of coconut fibers maybe add a bit of seedstarting mix, put the mix in containers add a bit of grit on top... I have poored boiling water over it and in a good year it have had the time to dry
Put the containers in a tray, put some plastic on top of it and then when there are enough sprouts I put it under light 24/7 and in the first days keep the plastic on and off.
After some weeks I start fertilize and culling
Realy nothing special
Sometime in May I put them- slowly- out door in the shade and now the problem start... I have no space
so I have found out how extremly hardy they are.They sometimes get in new containers, read tiny containers 2-3" or so each, sometimes they have just been standing in the trays for a winther
So here is the only knowledge I have: Most of them are, as 2. jear seedlings, hardy enough to live a winther outside in a tiny pot, halfway in a frozen tray (filled with frozen water) and with icy snow on top
Don´t kick me
I tell myself I do not want any fuzzy hostas
Pia
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