Hi everyone Thanks to the kindness of a good friend, I´ve got seeds fourth months ago. Now, after all this time in fridge, some of the seeds have sprouted. In some of them already the cotyledons are seen. I need your advice and expertise with respect to the type of soil, light and adequate temperatures so that they grow. Cotyledons are still closed, do I have to wait until they are fully open? Regards from the far South Carlos Mar del Plata, Argentina.
congratulations! you need to wait until the cotyledrons open because they start the photosynthesis - they are like sails that catch the sun. I don't know how you germinated whether it was in plastic bags with moist peat or in trays in a seed starter mix which is the method I do. When the seedlings are an inch or 2 tall and have their first real leaves open & spread, I transplant them into 4 inch pots in faqst draining good potting soil. 1 question, Carlos, aren't you in later summer now and if so how will you keep the seedlings healthy when your cold weather comes in a few months? Good luck!
Thanks Katsura for your help. Seeds are in plastics bags with moist peat, thus I have to transplant and this is what makes me to doubt about the soil type to use. On regards of the weather, yes we are now in early autum and I think of to move the pots indoor where temperature is about 18ºC and I have good natural ceiling ligth. Could be work?
if u have a good nursery nearby, buy a good potting soil mix with peat, sand, fir bark, etc so it has nutrients yet drains water fast. give them as much natural sunlight as possible. 18C is 65F which is OK but not really warm so if you can give the pots some warmth underneath that wud help. you have to be careful with limited sunlight that the seedlings do not become "leggy", ie the stems get too tall & narrow. remember you are germinating out of natural season so you are going to have to simulate Spring & early summer as much as possible. Good luck
