Golden Jubilee Seedlings

This is my first year WS and I am doing pretty good thanks to the help of my mentors. Thanks ladies. :) Anyway question for the experts. I have a couple of jugs of Golden Jubilee seedlings that looked to be doing well until this past weekend. The true leaves came up and quite a few seem to be taking on a light brown color which really stands out from the bright green. Is that normal for this type of plant? We have been getting a lot of rain lately so I dont know if that could be the problem. Would really appreciate any guidance. Will try to take pics tonight if needed.

Melissa, Golden Jubilee tomatoes? What kind of Golden Jubilee are we talking about? I don't know what type of plant it is!

I think she may mean agastache, carrie.
I have that plant but don't know anything about the seedlings. You might try your question on the salvia/agastache tread, melly..If I am correct about which plant you're asking about. Some very experienced folks over there!
Bev

Yeah, that was going to be my second guess, but the tomatoes came up first on the PlantFiles search.

Never heard of the tomatoes...Hummmm. Might just have to look those up:-)

You know I am pretty sure they are not tomatoes. I got the seeds from a trade and the only thing it said was Golden Jubilee. I am going to assume that they are agastache. The seedlings are a bright green and there are a lot of them all which are bright green. I have the digital camera charging and take pics as soon as I get home tonight.

Hummm, I ws those too, Melly. Haven't seen any brown leaves yet. Mine are still small but have completely covered the meatloaf pan I have them in. I'd love to see a picture of yours. Surely they'll recover.

I have some golden jubilee tomatoes planted out in my garden so it could be that. Looks like you have surprise. I've never raised these before but the greenhouse had them, so I'm trying them.

Melly, if yours are like mine, you have sooo many seedlings! I suspect they might be too wet. Put them in the ground if you haven't done so already.

If you are going to the RU, I can bring you a gazillion seedlings if you need them.

Golden jubilee seedlings?

Yep - my agastache has sent out a gazillion seedlings into the garden - how many do you want? They are quite puny right now, but if you take a bunch, probably several will survive.

I think you are right about them being too wet. I put them into the ground a couple of weeks ago and they are doing much better now. I broke the jug that I had into 3 squares since they were so tiny when I planted them out. Of the 3 squares one isnt thriving very well. Hoping that it will perk back up once this heat has passed.


Now back to the real task at hand and that is to figure out what the heck I planted in some of these jugs that labels didnt hold up too well.
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Ohhhhh so familiar Melissa!!!!! I wrote everywhere "permanent waterproof ink is not permanent OR waterproof!" NOID threads . . . . I still have some containers that look like they are SOMETHING, but who knows what, exactly?

Michaela, are you offering agastache seedlings? Golden jubilee agastache? Sure, why not, I'll probably kill them but DH bought me a lot of perlite today for a quick-draining bed!

Pain pens are permanent for me so far- some 1 and 1/2 years old are still completely legible.

Karen

Karen,

I learned about the paint pens on my second batch and they are holding up great. Its the first 20 or so that I did that I have no clue what they are.

Melissa, you obviously did not read any of MY lessons learned for next year - that was the number one lesson, the number two lesson, the numbers 3 - 10 lessons, "use a paint pen (and find out what they are by next winter)." I didn't know then. I think there was a whole NOID thread just for my seedlings. Of course, I was no good, still am not any good at taking close-ups of seedlings. I brought a few to the RU and people said "Oh, that's some kind of ___".

Remember all my noids, Karen?

Yes, I do.

In my first year I used a Sharpie which quickly faded. I was able to write over them before the names were gone. Last year, my 2nd, I used paint pen. Those in-ground markers are as clear as the day I made them. I broke one of my 2- somehow the tip just fell out and disappeared into the yard somewhere. I will replace that when I'm near Michael's crafts. I do have one other, but I misplace the paint pen quite often so do better if I have 2 of them.

Karen

An old fashion number #2 lead pencil works for me for the past 3 years without fading. The markers that get direct sun written with paint pens have faded but not the back side. I do write on both sides. I keep one in my garden apron and do re-write on my markers from time to time.

Are the paint pens acrylic or oil, or does it matter? I would think acrylic would wash off in the rain.
Kathy

I'm not sure Kathy. I looked on the pen label. It only says Opaque Paint Marker. Mine is the DecoColor brand. I've bought a few from a coop and several from Michael's craft store. The rain's not the problem once the writing is dry. It's the sun that eventually fades the paint/ink.

Kathy: Like you, I live in Ohio. My Deco brand paint pens haven't faded at all in a year, some are a year and a half. I think Cordeledawg has hotter sun in Ga. After all, we hardly even see the sun all winter. I don't think you'll have a problem up here. I haven't.

Karen

Yep, I do think that's it too. The writing on the back with the pens where the sun doesn't hit it is still legible.

okey doke, ,thank you.