Bonnie Plants

[Midwestnoob]

Hello all.

I an fairly new to this gardening thing and i was wondering what experience people have had with Bonnie Plants. Ivr had 99% failure with seeds since i have started this spring and have taken a short cut with live plants. I purchased a variety of starter plants from the Bonnie Plants line. I have some herbs, peppers, tomato, leeks and a strawberry plants. I am using containers for all of it. I have started basil sprout and am getting ready to put it into a hydroponics system.

I just wanted to know if anybody else has any experience with the Bonnie Plant vegetables and herbs.

I live in 6b if that helps

 

[marlingardener]

I've purchased Bonnie starts for years. I find that the plants are the most popular varieties. It is hard to find something that doesn't cover the spectrum of "home gardening". If you want something a bit less common, you need to purchase at a nursery, on-line, or start it yourself (we can help with the seed starting failure you experienced--just describe the problem and conditions you have, and we'll do our best for you).
Bonnie plants are fine, well rooted and healthy. I have a limited space for starting seeds and growing seedlings, so I buy the more common and start the less common varieties myself.

 

[Midwestnoob]

I honestly don't know what I did wrong when starting my seeds. I started off with seed starting putting soil, a heat mat and fish tank water and my South facing window indoors. After some research I'm pretty sure it was a combination of things. My fish tank water is about 7.2ph. I probably over watered or under watered the plants.

But so far my live plants are really doing well.

 

[Kallie]

I honestly don't know what I did wrong when starting my seeds. I started off with seed starting putting soil, a heat mat and fish tank water and my South facing window indoors. After some research I'm pretty sure it was a combination of things. My fish tank water is about 7.2ph. I probably over watered or under watered the plants.

But so far my live plants are really doing well.

I try to use rainwater...however I use tap water too and my seedlings are fine. They are in Jiffy pellets (the ones where you add water and they expand) in my south facing window.

 

[Fernsdaddy]

I don't think is your fish water, I use the water from my tank to water some of my orchids and the do well, so you might be over watering them.

 

[InvasiveCreeper]

Midwestnoob,

I honestly don't know what I did wrong when starting my seeds. I started off with seed starting putting soil, a heat mat and fish tank water and my South facing window indoors. After some research I'm pretty sure it was a combination of things. My fish tank water is about 7.2ph. I probably over watered or under watered the plants.

Skip the fish tank water (just to keep things simple), use water out of the faucet from your sink. Cover the tray with a clear dome of some sort. Mist the soil every morning, do not water it. Keep the tray on a heat mat that is made for germinating seeds (the warmth is low and gentle). Take the dome off once you see plants coming out of the soil.