After all the cells are planted and labeled, water your seeds. You can use a spray bottle or a dropper or turn the sink on “trickle” and dribble a little water in each cell. You want to get the soil moist so the seeds will germinate, but not too wet. Some seeds are high mainten...
Peas, carrots, lettuce, parsley, swiss chard, spinach, bok choi, broccoli, broccoli raab, brussels sprouts, cabbage, calabrese, cauliflower, chinese cabbage, collards, cress, daikon, horseradish, kale, kohlrabi, mustard, radish, rutabaga, swede, tatsoi, turnip, wasabi, watercress onion, garlic, ...
Here are the steps I use to winter sow onion seeds: Poke three or four 1/2″ wide drainage holes in the bottom of the plastic container (I use clamshell-type take-out containers or empty plastic lettuce packages). Also make two 1/2″ wide ventilation holes in the top of the lid. Op...
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Plants that you can start indoors from seed include: Broccoli Brussels sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Eggplant Lettuce Peppers Pumpkins Swiss chard Tomatoes Watermelon When should you transplant seedlings? One of the most important components to starting plants from seeds is timing. Knowing when to move ...
10. Lettuce: Plant your Lettuce 4-8 weeks before the first frost. Deep frosts will kill your lettuce, but you can enjoy lettuce up until that point and past that if you protect it with row covers. Learn more about Lettuce here.
Scatter spinach or lettuce seeds around emerging bulb foliage to make wise use of your garden space, and have a leafy green crop at the ready to cover the bare spots left by deadheaded spring flowers. Pests/Diseases Spinach Pests and Diseases Pest/DiseaseTypeSymptomsControl/Prevention Aphids Inse...
While the seeds are germinating indoors, place black plastic sheeting over the growing bed to warm the soil in advance of transplanting starts. Bean seeds will rot in cold, wet soil, and frost will kill seedlings; there is little advantage to putting beans in the garden until the weather ...
Spring is here, well, almost. Gardeners begin to plan for the season, staring seeds indoors, and getting flower and vegetable beds ready for summer season. Along with planning for flowers and vegetables, gardeners should take into account our other garden neighbors. Pollinators. Bees, birds, an...