For home gardeners, small trays for seed starting is good. Because we usually not growing 100 tomato plants. I find that the corners of trays seem to dry out faster than the middle cells, so I pay attention to the corners. I like the tip that I heard this year, you can put something under the tray to raise it up rather than always moving the lights up and down.
Excellent suggestions! Those smaller trays are great for doing small batches. I find I have to watch my corners too, and good point on the lights. Mine are easily changed but if they weren’t this is a great idea. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts and experience!
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Thanks! I looked up and subscribed to your channel! It looks like you have great gardening experience too! There are so many cool things to experiment with. Thanks for the stuff you post and thanks for stopping by with an encouraging word!
What do you guys have started so far? I started some habaneros Lemon Starrburst, and Lesya peppers, along with onions last weekend. Planning a few more peppers this weekend, and the rest the weekend after that. Tomatoes I was planning to wait until early-mid March.
We have started lemon grass, lavender, rosemary, thyme, parsley, chives, spearmint, peppermint and oregano started in herbs. Im ordering onions from Dixondale but they would be in now too. I’m trying a bunch of perennial flowers that are good for herbal teas, hummingbirds or bees that are planted early. I did some more yesterday. Also pansy, petunias, vinca and lobelia for hanging baskets went in early. Peppers so far I have Carolina reaper, habaneros, Scotch bonnet, Ghost pepper Leysa, Aji peppers and some of my cayenne. If it took over 80+ days to mature after transplanting then I started them early. I planted my hanging pot peppers and tomatoes this week and some of the medium ones like guajillo, pasilla, chile de Árbol, Tabasco, hot wax, Thai, Hungarian wax and Havasu. Most of my sweet peppers are only 60 days to harvest from transplanting so I’ll probably plant them up over the next few weeks too. Sweet ones in about 2 weeks. Tomatoes I will also wait for until early-mid March. The Leysa I planted is doing great. My habaneros are growing slow. The lemon Starburst sounds cool! I’ve also planted some lettuce, chard and yesterday some kohlrabi that like the cold and can go out early. Today I’m planting peas inside to give them a quick jumpstart and then I’ll put them into the garden about March 10. It won’t be long now! I just potted up my rhubarb starts yesterday. They will sit under the lights until I need the space and then go out to the greenhouse with the bareroot strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries that I ordered and will pot up in mid March!
I just love listening to you guys talk seeds! 😌🌱
Thank you!!!
For home gardeners, small trays for seed starting is good. Because we usually not growing 100 tomato plants. I find that the corners of trays seem to dry out faster than the middle cells, so I pay attention to the corners. I like the tip that I heard this year, you can put something under the tray to raise it up rather than always moving the lights up and down.
Excellent suggestions! Those smaller trays are great for doing small batches. I find I have to watch my corners too, and good point on the lights. Mine are easily changed but if they weren’t this is a great idea. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts and experience!
i discovered your channels a few days ago and i love it. incredible thorough and great knowledge, delivered in a simple and understandable - often humorous way. you guys are great!
Awesome, thank you!
Lots of wonderful information. Thanks so much 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Nice, a lot of good info. Some things I do are a bit different, but still great stuff.
Thanks! I looked up and subscribed to your channel! It looks like you have great gardening experience too! There are so many cool things to experiment with. Thanks for the stuff you post and thanks for stopping by with an encouraging word!
What do you guys have started so far? I started some habaneros Lemon Starrburst, and Lesya peppers, along with onions last weekend. Planning a few more peppers this weekend, and the rest the weekend after that. Tomatoes I was planning to wait until early-mid March.
We have started lemon grass, lavender, rosemary, thyme, parsley, chives, spearmint, peppermint and oregano started in herbs. Im ordering onions from Dixondale but they would be in now too. I’m trying a bunch of perennial flowers that are good for herbal teas, hummingbirds or bees that are planted early. I did some more yesterday. Also pansy, petunias, vinca and lobelia for hanging baskets went in early.
Peppers so far I have Carolina reaper, habaneros, Scotch bonnet, Ghost pepper Leysa, Aji peppers and some of my cayenne. If it took over 80+ days to mature after transplanting then I started them early. I planted my hanging pot peppers and tomatoes this week and some of the medium ones like guajillo, pasilla, chile de Árbol, Tabasco, hot wax, Thai, Hungarian wax and Havasu. Most of my sweet peppers are only 60 days to harvest from transplanting so I’ll probably plant them up over the next few weeks too. Sweet ones in about 2 weeks. Tomatoes I will also wait for until early-mid March. The Leysa I planted is doing great. My habaneros are growing slow. The lemon Starburst sounds cool! I’ve also planted some lettuce, chard and yesterday some kohlrabi that like the cold and can go out early. Today I’m planting peas inside to give them a quick jumpstart and then I’ll put them into the garden about March 10. It won’t be long now! I just potted up my rhubarb starts yesterday. They will sit under the lights until I need the space and then go out to the greenhouse with the bareroot strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries that I ordered and will pot up in mid March!