John Wilsoncrazybutable@mastodon.social
Apr 20, 2026, 10:00 PM@MLE_online I was going to give you figures but my kids took the digital calipers and nobody knows where they are
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Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 20, 2026, 10:02 PM@crazybutable that,s ok. I measured with my calipers and im printing something now
- John Wilsoncrazybutable@mastodon.socialApr 20, 2026, 10:05 PM
@MLE_online cool
I got the seeds by the way. I’ll put the tomatoes in a seed starter when I am done with work.
Should the squash go into seed starters, or right into the ground?
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 20, 2026, 10:06 PM
@crazybutable I would put them in starters, especially if there's any risk of late frosts that might kill them while they're babies. If you have cutworms, they might also just chop the seedlings off while they're tiny if you put them in the ground
- John Wilsoncrazybutable@mastodon.socialApr 22, 2026, 1:34 AM
@MLE_online so you soaked these seeds a bit and they are ready to germinate?
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 22, 2026, 1:35 AM
@crazybutable i didn't soak them. I left them in the squash too long, and when i cut it open, most had already germinated inside. This ones are probably just a little slower, but also ready to go
- John Wilsoncrazybutable@mastodon.socialApr 22, 2026, 2:00 AM
@MLE_online gotcha
I’m not sure what to do with them as I usually do winter sowing - dump the seeds in a plastic milk jug in March or April, the seeds decide when to start themselves
I’ve got four in a plastic milk jug right now and I’m debating if I put the other 4 in a jug or if I try to do an indoor setup. I looked and my seed starting lamp is not turning on (don’t know why, it worked last time I used it a few years ago) so I don’t know about my ability to give them enough indoor light
- John Wilsoncrazybutable@mastodon.socialApr 22, 2026, 2:05 AM
@MLE_online the weather is not too bad next two weeks actually
I’m going to think about it while I plant the tomatoes. I have the remaining seeds sitting in damp paper towels
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 22, 2026, 2:14 AM
@crazybutable I am starting mine in containers right now, but the weather is a lot warmer here.
I don't know what condition theyre in after the abuse of leaving them in the squash too long and then mailing them, so maybe try to start them all and see how many actually sprout? Maybe you'll only get a couple plants out of the bunch
- John Wilsoncrazybutable@mastodon.socialApr 22, 2026, 2:25 AM
@MLE_online I’m gonna start them all I just don’t know how yet
Did you put them in biodegradable containers?
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 22, 2026, 2:31 AM
@crazybutable No, because I have a bunch of old plastic containers already on hand. I should get biodegradable ones though. It would make things easier
- John Wilsoncrazybutable@mastodon.socialApr 22, 2026, 2:33 AM
@MLE_online the internet is recommending too many different things at once
- John Wilsoncrazybutable@mastodon.socialApr 22, 2026, 2:33 AM
@MLE_online and I don’t have much time because the hardware store closes soon
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 22, 2026, 2:35 AM
@crazybutable if you just want to germinate them, put them in a folded up paper towel, dampen it, and put it in a zip loc bag. Then just put it somewhere it won't get too cold
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 22, 2026, 2:36 AM
@crazybutable You can let them grow in there for like a week as long as their roots don't get too tangled up
- John Wilsoncrazybutable@mastodon.socialApr 22, 2026, 3:52 AM
@MLE_online define too cold
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 22, 2026, 4:04 AM
@crazybutable i dunno! Frosty?
- John Wilsoncrazybutable@mastodon.socialApr 22, 2026, 5:41 AM
@MLE_online okay just checkin
If you woulda said 60 degrees I would have a problem with them in my basement
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 22, 2026, 2:07 PM
@crazybutable I'm sure that's fine. They'll probably just germinate more slowly. When i do this, i just leave them on a shelf next to my desk, and the temperature probably swings between the mid fifties to the low eighties