OF never makes good carpals at my house, so the method I used was to use OF as a pollen parent. Which means knowing a friend who lives somewhere where the season is much earlier than in my (quite late) area where I can get pollen, and then...

I must say that I grow all my seedlings in potting soil, 24 seeds to a #3 pot. I keep them in pots for two seasons, before planting them out in the fields. My working space makes it convenient for me to do it this way.I'm...

I can't speak much about the "stimulating" properties of any of these products, but my sense is that the bacterial and fungus based products hold the most promise. My only personal experience is with Actinovate, a strain of streptomices bacteria, which is used to prevent root-rots...

I've grown quite a number of peonies in pots, and grown them to the point where I'll get herbaceous types with 3-4 blooming stems, growing in a #3 pot.But these are peonies that I've grown from seeds, and potted them along to larger pots every year. As young...

Interesting to see your results, and to see that you've gotten germination so quickly ! I'd be interested in knowing what your temperature routine was, and if you used this year's seeds ?I have my ways of doing it, but I can't say that I've...