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cornykev
Hectare
Posts: 9,893
Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: pre-chitting sweetcorn, pumpkin and winter squash
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Reply #40 on:
April 15, 2008, 20:22:12 »
Cheers Jeannine. :-* ;D ;D ;D
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Orfy
Not So New ...
Posts: 46
Re: pre-chitting sweetcorn, pumpkin and winter squash
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May 05, 2008, 20:20:57 »
Is it too late to start the chitting now?
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Orfy
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thespade08
Quarter Acre
Posts: 96
Re: pre-chitting sweetcorn, pumpkin and winter squash
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Reply #42 on:
May 05, 2008, 20:26:06 »
All this talk of pre-chitting,i am growing sweetcorn,pumpkins and squashes for the first time i never pre-chitted mine
and have had 100% germination i,m wondering whether its worth it,or it was begginers luck ???
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jennym
Hectare
Posts: 3,329
Essex/Suffolk border
Re: pre-chitting sweetcorn, pumpkin and winter squash
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Reply #43 on:
May 06, 2008, 00:01:16 »
Haven't ever pre-chitted sweetcorn & squash I don't think, and they have usually germinated well. Think if the warmth & moisture is right for them they come up fine.
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Jeannine
Hectare
Posts: 11,447
Mapleridge BC Canada
Re: pre-chitting sweetcorn, pumpkin and winter squash
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Reply #44 on:
May 08, 2008, 20:11:47 »
I never pre chit actually, other than parsnips. I find the corn and squash grow just fine without as long as they are not kept too wet. XX Jeannine
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GrannieAnnie
Hectare
Posts: 3,017
in Delaware, USA growing zone 6 or 7
Re: pre-chitting sweetcorn, pumpkin and winter squash
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Reply #45 on:
May 08, 2008, 20:16:35 »
I've been converted to pre-chitting many things after joining this site. It seems like less bending over, no thinning, plus things get started earlier and don't rot in the cold ground before they germinate.
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caroline7758
Hectare
Posts: 7,267
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Re: pre-chitting sweetcorn, pumpkin and winter squash
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Reply #46 on:
May 09, 2008, 09:07:09 »
Orfy, I pre-chitted corn, squash, and courgette earlier this week and sowed them yesterday. Had a problem I hadn't had before- the little shoots grew through the kitchen roll and I'm worried I may have damaged them as I separated them.
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Deb P
Hectare
Posts: 4,730
Still digging it....
Re: pre-chitting sweetcorn, pumpkin and winter squash
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May 09, 2008, 09:12:37 »
I have tried pre-chitting parsnips, needed to last year as nothing sown direct came up, so all of my crop came from pre-chits. This year, had good germination from cloched seeds sown direct! I did a few pre-chitted seeds just in case, so used them to fill a gap.
I've never pre-chitted sweetcorn; the best advice I was ever given was to just push the seeds into the soil with the tops uncovered, I use root trainers for these. I had 100% germination within 2 days last week! ;D
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adeymoo
Quarter Acre
Posts: 62
Re: pre-chitting sweetcorn, pumpkin and winter squash
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Reply #48 on:
May 09, 2008, 10:34:24 »
On a note of transplanting sweetcorn beyond 3 weeks after being planted in pots causing problems: are the problems reduced by planting in fibre pots that are put in the ground and rot so sweetcorn never knows its moved house.
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daileg
Hectare
Posts: 717
Re: pre-chitting sweetcorn, pumpkin and winter squash
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Reply #49 on:
May 09, 2008, 10:41:03 »
i planted my sweetcorn out in the ground some 3 weeks ago all doing fine south wales
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caroline7758
Hectare
Posts: 7,267
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Re: pre-chitting sweetcorn, pumpkin and winter squash
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Reply #50 on:
May 09, 2008, 11:31:37 »
I've always done mine in loo roll centres and never had any problems after transplanting (just leave the loo rolls on.)
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