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i'm so glad you stared this again. i meant to, but got booted after i locked the first one, then with the pooch and everything else...
and my egg is a NOT. i have enough seeds to try one more time. but i am not going to until i have all my other seedlings taken care of.
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I keep saying I'm going to start mine, and want the kids to help with the jiffy pot, *watch it* and we all get side tracked by something, but I'm going to have to start mine sooooooon, or I'm going to have "frozen wonder eggs"
I've been busy sifting compost, and sifting more compost and even more compost!!
Weezie
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went to wal-mart saturday and LOW AND BEHOLD I FOUND A WONDER EGG PLANT KIT it came with some kind of super quick growing cherry tomato(i have never done tomatos from seed before) i love the little egg shaped "greenhouse" to start the seeds in since the plant is in the eggplant family are the "eggs" edible? or just ornamental?
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I didn't think they would still have them out now that easter is over! and I really didn't know they would be marked down to a dollar! I'm going to walmart tomorrow so i'll have to check that out!! and pheonix people have said different things about it being edible. Some say it is and some say that it isn't. me personally? I would not eat it. I've read that it's got a bitter taste to it.
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ok - this is my second attempt at writing this - the first time was lost when I entered it!
WOW!!! I cannot believe how many posts there are on this topic!
I am happy to report that the seeds that were questionable from last year's plant are now starting to germinate! I planted some on the top of the soil of the plant I was able to overwinter, and this morning I was pleasantly surprised to find that about 5-6 seeds have popped their bright green heads out of the soil!
Now, if I can only keep Salem away from this pot, all will be well. I don't have anymore window space in rooms where I can close the doors, and yesterday she got into a few trays of 4 inch seedlings while chasing a yellow jack in the window, and knocked the peat pellets out and onto the floor, breaking several of the 4 inch high seedling stems of my cardinal flower vines - they were already on to their 2nd true leaves too! She is definitely in the doghouse now!
How are everyone else's wonder eggs doing? Can't wait to see everyone's pictures...
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well i dont see anything but dirt still, but i just planted on saturday oh no i'm sorry it was on sunday wait no it was saturday so i'm not expecting to see anything for a few days yet. hopefully soon. i get real amzed at how different seeds are as far as germination goes. i stared some seeds that "popped" up in 1 day i have others like mandrake and belladonna that i stared many many weeks ago and they still have yet to make an appearance patience is the key i guess
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well mine have done diddly squat so far but I just planted them like 5 days ago (on april 15th). I planted some outside a couple of weeks ago and they have done absolutely nothing. hopefully they do something soon! oh and I went to walmart today and asked if they had peat pellets (the ones you put in water and they get bigger) and they were sold out! the lady said they were very popular and they didn't have any more...oh well
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Miss Jamie, I was just in Wally~World today looking for those jiffy pot pellets too!!! Twernt any !!! Figures, I wanted a few more for my kids to watch and plant in... Next year I'll have to start earlier I guess!!!
Weezie
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i can go to the wal-mart neaqr me and see if there are any left and maybe i can get some and send them out to y'all that need
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Yep, like Lynne said they take a few weeks to pop up--I checked mine all the time before they sprouted and I was beginning to wonder if they were duds.....they're getting taller now but seem to be pretty slow growing, but they look healthy.
And my walmart has the egg kits for 2 for 5 dollars now on clearnace......not as good as a buck, but better than paying full price.
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well mine are still doing squat but I still have hope lol. pheonix you are a dear!! if you want to you can and I'd be more than happy to pay postage for some! thanks so much! I'm gonna try walmart again next time. oh I wish they could put some on hold for me!! lol good luck on everybody's wonder eggs!
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well, as of last night, mine were still doing squat. then.... this morning, i go out to get something out of the car, and WOW a set of leaves. only one set, and not "true" leaves, but that jiffy pellet had been sitting there, in my starting tray for weeks! in fact, i gave up on the original seeds i put in it and put some more so now, i don't know which set is the set that germinatied! but, if i get one plant out of it, i'll be happy. so now, i have most of what i have planted up and running.
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I HAVE PROGRESS!!!yay!!!! I took a peek-a-boo at them earlier and only 1 of them is barely popping up outta the soil!! thank goodness! I have 5 little peat pellets that I got at big lots (these are a bit smaller than the regular ones) so I'm REALLY glad one's coming up!
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OK - since my questionable seeds from last year have had a high germination rate , I do have some that I can spare. There are probably enough seeds for maybe 8 packs of more than you got in the wonder egg at WalMart - I could probably do about 15 seeds in each.
If anyone is interested in doing a SASE with bubble wrap for these, or if you have some seeds to trade for them, please PM me.
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wow that's a great offer! I might have to take you up on it if (knock on wood) these that I have now don't do anything. they seem to be doing ok right now atleast one of them does anyway but for some odd reason when I looked earlier at it I saw that the sprout was up and outta the soil (finally!!) and the seed is for some reason up on top of the sprout? where the leaves are supposed to open?? what should I do just pick the seed off or just leave it alone? does anybody know why it did that?
What you are seeing is the seed SHELL. I would leave it alone - it will fall off by itself as the plant grows. I have this on all my seedlings, and am always tempted to pull it off, but experience has taught me that sometimes you also pull the entire seedling out of the soil, or worse yet, sometimes the top of the seedling breaks off.
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I thought I was in the clear.. but I put them out today for thier daily dose of sun & breeze, and of course, it was only in the 40's. They were only out there a couple of hours when kiddo stated it was starting to rain some, & also, the wind blew the door open. Soooooo, I am thinking, gosh, I better bring them in before they blow away..
They didn't like the chilly temps. They shriveled up.
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Lynne, thank you.. I may take you up on that.
Weezie, I know. They weren't even out that long today. They've been enjoying thier daily dose of fresh air & sunshine.. but there's a bit TOO MUCH COLD AIR & not enough sunshine today I guess. *sigh* So far, I brought them in earlier today, and put all my plants back under thier lamps.. and seem to be responding. The leaves are still a bit curled on the ends.. but they are standing up again.
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wow that's great that they are back up! ok gang let's cross everything and hope that they make it through this time and meg! don't ever do that again to them babies! lol
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yahooooo!!! wonder egg seedlings have sprouted thru the dirt i've got three of them
(and 1 tomato ) i'm so excited and very happy i was able to find the kit. i just wish my mandrake and belladonna would sprout
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hi everybody! I've had 3 more sprouts since the last time I posted on this topic so I'm doing very well right now :-) so now I have 4 sprouts! on the tops of 3 of them the shells from the seeds but hopefully they'll be ok! so how are everybody else's doing?
We got an extra Jiffy Pot too, so one egg has 3 Jiffy Pots in it and one only has two...
And I went and bought some other Jiffy Pots and put the other seeds in those, couldn't bring myself to be double planting the seeds and then having to snip one if they do sprout!!!
5~14 days to wait now.. Oh Geeeesh, the suspense is already k*llin' me...
Weezie
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HI ALL mine died i set them out to early and we had some cold weather and it got them.but not to worry got some seeds on the way.from a good friend on the fourm.hope all yalls make it ok.your friend in gardening.mike57
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hi all!! my wonder eggs are doing TERRIFIC!! (knock on wood ) I now have 5 seedlings and this time I didn't put them in the plastic egg green house thingie :-) so hopefully that'll help with the mold and hopefully this time I won't get mold on them!! I was in my room looking for something yesterday and looked under my desk and there I found a pack of 25 jiffy pellets!! yay!!!
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congrats missjamie, mine are comming along nicely. soon they will have some true leaves and i can transplant into individual pots keep us informed on how they're doing
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thanks pheonix :-) I think I'm going to keep mine in a pot outside but I'm not sure yet I guess we'll find out when it happens hope yours keep doing ok :-)
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So glad to hear that everyone's seedlings are coming along nicely now!
Definitely grow them outdoors in full sun, once they are established, but be sure to acclimate them to the sun slowly first - a few hours for the first few days, with indirect sun the rest of the day. They need the full sun for the flowers to grow.
Have fun! Lynne
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I like to EVER-SO-CAREFULLY peel the mesh away from the pellet. I find that the roots can expand better when not bound by the mesh which never really seems to disintegrate. Some people say that by peeling it away you are disturbing the roots, but I haven't had that happen.
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miss jamie, i have 4 or 5 of them still in the peat/net pot. 1 of them has some true leaves developing on it so i think its time to transplant(ya think ) im giving a couple away as mom day gifts to a couple of my girlfriends that have children(hence them being mom day gifts) so i think tonite or if i can get out of going to work tomorrow i'll do it then
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yeap i'd say that it's time to transplant it lol but what i'd do is when transplanting it try to be careful and take the mesh plastic thingy from around it because it may smother it or strangle the plant that's a great idea to give them to people for mother's day
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Got the first real set of leaves on mine today.
The other day I finally decided to pinch off the second larger plant that was growing right next to the largest one. Well, I wanted to see what would happen if I kept what I pinched off in a small container of water...maybe it would grow roots?? So, I filled a shot glass half full of water and stuck it in there. Today I looked at it....its still alive...and it looks like there are 2 tiny roots growing out of the bottom of the stem!! Cool! My first......ummm.....transplant!
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the one that I pinched off and stuck in the shot glass looks better than the one that I left to grow in the jiffy pot. It isn't shribbling up, but its not standing up straight....it looks tired! It just got it's 3rd new leaf.....it's about 2 inches tall....is it time to plant into a pot with some miracle grow, do you think????? Help!! Quick!!
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I have 3 more seeds, though, so I will try, try again.
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away from this pot, all will be well. I don't have anymore window space in rooms where I can close the doors, and yesterday she got into a few trays of 4 inch seedlings while chasing a yellow jack in the window, and knocked the peat pellets out and onto the floor, breaking several of the 4 inch high seedling stems of my cardinal flower vines - they were already on to their 2nd true leaves too! 
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so i'm not expecting to see anything for a few days yet.![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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and hope that they make it through this time and meg! don't ever do that again to them babies! ![[lala]](graemlins/lala.gif)
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congrats missjamie,![[Smile]](smile.gif)
well, i have 2 sprouts that have made it a week now...
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) im giving a couple away as mom day gifts to a couple of my girlfriends that have children(hence them being mom day gifts) 
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