PLANTING SEEDS
11 days after planting and 99% of my plants are up. I took a few minutes to clip off all of the extra sprouts leaving one seedling per cell. Each cell contains a special foam grow plug that wicks water from the tray. This seems to produce very healthy root systems…
I recently found covers that are made to fit over commercial shelf units that I use as plant racks for starting seeds indoors. I couldn’t be more satisfied and they are silver coated inside and made in different sizes to fit specific shelf units…
I believe the Number 1 cause for spindly weak seedlings is not enough light. I was using 4 florescent - T8 or T5 bulbs in shop fixtures over each shelf and have now switched to all LED Grow Lights to save on power and they are on for 16 hours each day…
My 2014 tomato seedlings are up and looking good. I can almost taste the first fresh tomato of the season…
The calendar may say April, but I still have at least a foot of snow covering my garden and our big Spring thaw is taking longer than usual this year. It is still too early to move any plants out to my greenhouse…
I have about 35 tomato seedling potted so far and I still have a few left. I am always looking for cold climate varieties and many come from Russia and Northern Europe. I am also trying many dwarf or bush varieties…
It is now the end of March and my seedlings are coming along just fine. I have my seedling rack pretty full and hope to move some of the larger plants out to the greenhouse in a few weeks…
Well, I may be a few weeks late getting this posted, but I started some of my vegetable seeds a few weeks ago and today I potted up my tomato seedlings. This year I am trying Oregon Spring and Beaverlodge Plum tomatoes again, along with the hardy Glacier tomato that has done well for me in the past…
I use a special seed starting system from Park Seed Company called the Bio Dome that worked very well for me last year. I had nearly 100% germination…