Hibiscus: Dr. Deno’s Seed Germination Books are now in Public Domain., 0 by Michael_Ronayne

Michael_Ronayne wrote:
Attached is the photograph of the 4 remaining seedlings after 8 days in the Deno Bag. These seedlings have been growing but they are not nearly as healthy in appearance as the first 8 seedlings which were planted on day 4. There is absolutely no tendency for the root hairs to become entangled in the parchment paper. One of the big advantages of the Deno Method is that the seedlings can be evaluated and categorized before planting in dirt. In total, I planted 12 hybrid Hibiscus seedlings out of 20 seeds which were stared. 8 seedlings were judged to be vigorous, 2 were reasonably healthy and 2 were marginal and may not survive. I will post an update in a few weeks.

After the last seedlings were planted, I washed off the parchment paper which cleaned easily. In about 12 hours the parchment paper had returned to nearly its original state with a little bit of crinkling and discoloration in the paper.

I have been thinking about using a Deno Bag to ship seedlings. The seedlings would be started in one Deno Bag and then the growing seedlings would be transferred to a new Deno Bag for shipment through the mails. I need to develop a supporting frame to keep the paper layers from becoming entangled during shipment and have some ideas in that direction but additional work required.

Mike