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Minnesota([email protected])

I'm trying to gauge which day I should start my seeds. I realize there is some variance. In general, what do you estimate the number of days between seed starting, and transplanting out into the garden, to be?

4/19/2006 9:38:29 PM

Ontario, Canada.

5 to 7 days at most in a 4" peat pot. Less is better.

4/19/2006 9:45:07 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

I set mine out just a few days after they sprout. I wait until I see the first true leaf so I have an idea which way the main will run. I want to get them in the ground before the roots start coming out of the peat pot.

4/19/2006 10:58:53 PM

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Watch the tap roots. I use oversized PVC pipes that are 14" deep & the tap is usually visible on the bottom in 5-7 days. The key is to get them in the ground before that root starts circling to avoid establishment issues.

4/19/2006 11:27:50 PM

NEPA [email protected] KB3QKV

How do you know what way the vine will run by the first true leaf?

4/19/2006 11:38:05 PM

Central Oklahoma ( [email protected])

Here is a thread on the subject RootbeerMaker

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/MsgBoard/ViewThread.asp?b=3&p=158454

4/19/2006 11:52:43 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

Thanks for the help! I guess I can wait a few days longer to start gemination; than I had planned. I've grown these things for two seasons already, but never made a mental note of this.

4/20/2006 10:51:10 AM

San Luis Obispo, Ca.

I agree with the first true leaf. Then plant.

4/20/2006 5:32:08 PM