Show OFF your Seedlings ..2017

Cole_Robbie · February 16, 2017

I dropped my first seeds last night: dwarfs, microdwarfs, compact determinates suitable for containers, and high tunnel candidates. I thought I was really holding back this year, but I counted about 40 varieties, and I haven't yet gotten to the ones that will go in the outdoor garden.

This year's seed-starting mix was my regular pro mix combined with extra perlite and some mycogrow, then a handful of Light Warrior, seeds on that after being saturated, then finally a layer of vermiculte, which is what shows in the pic. I sow densely and transplant quickly after sprouting. Just what is in the pic below should make a few hundred plants. They are incubating nicely right now under a 1000watt metal halide light.

JosephineRose · February 25, 2017

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

I dropped my first seeds last night: dwarfs, microdwarfs, compact determinates suitable for containers, and high tunnel candidates. I thought I was really holding back this year, but I counted about 40 varieties, and I haven't yet gotten to the ones that will go in the outdoor garden.

This year's seed-starting mix was my regular pro mix combined with extra perlite and some mycogrow, then a handful of Light Warrior, seeds on that after being saturated, then finally a layer of vermiculte, which is what shows in the pic. I sow densely and transplant quickly after sprouting. Just what is in the pic below should make a few hundred plants. They are incubating nicely right now under a 1000watt metal halide light.

What date do you think you will plant these out? Will all of these plants be in a high tunnel or greenhouse?

I'm itching to start my tomatoes but we are still in this bizarre weather pattern of a few days of sun followed by a week of deluge. Overnight temps appeared to be marching back to the 50s, but this week we backtracked to the low 40s. So I'm holding off until the second week of March for my tomatoes. Peppers are up already, but they will be in containers only this year.

Cole_Robbie · February 25, 2017

My plant-out date is different every year, as I seem to have very inconsistent spring weather. Usually I plant the high tunnel in the first half of April. Outdoor gardens here get planted in May.

Here's a pic from today. They are ready to go into 6-packs.