Nasturtiums are up, and cucumber need thinning


Oh boy.. The dreaded thinning event. I’ve already started because a few seeds came up that I knew weren’t healthy so I plucked those early. There are 7 healthy plants out of the 9 seeds that I planted. So now I’ll just let them grow and see which sprout leaves faster, and pluck the rest. I need to get a picture of the nasturtium to put on here, and I’m nowhere near them right now!!

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  1. What kinds of pathogens are cucumber seedlings particularly vulnerable to, do you know? Does germinating (and growing, as you are) in a sterile medium improve viability?

    Oh, and I don’t think you said (or, if you did, I don’t remember), which nasturtium varieties did you choose?

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    • Hi!! I’m growing in half sterile soil, half vermi-compost. A big way to improve viability is to not plant in the same place year after year (wait two years before planting again). I’ve just been using this website.

      Good question!! I don’t know what variety of nasturtium I have in the ground. I’ll add that into my next blog post. Thank you!

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