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re: 2019 Garden Thread
Posted on 3/11/19 at 11:34 am to PillageUrVillage
Posted on 3/11/19 at 11:34 am to PillageUrVillage
any tips on growing from seeds this year? i'm trying that instead of the direct transplanting
focus is on tomatos and hot pepper
focus is on tomatos and hot pepper
Posted on 3/11/19 at 11:56 am to HailToTheChiz
Buy a good seedling starter soil. I buy off amazon and also make my own sometimes. Don’t go cheap. You’ll have great results. Get a couple cheap halogen shop lights. Set them inside. You want the lights 2” above the plants. I usually give the plants 18 hours of light and 6 hours of dark. I water them daily with an eye dropper so I don’t over water. As they grow, raise the lights. Wants they are established I move them to bigger pots and then outside. Let them adapt a few days to harden before transferring to the soil. Make sure you loosen the roots before transplanting. With tomatoes you can berry the stem deep with just the upper stems showing. That will create a better root system. I also add gypsum and nitrogen to the soil. Once they start growing flowers don’t give them any nitrogen.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 12:35 pm to HailToTheChiz
I buy a big bag of perlite,a cube of peat moss or coconut coir, ad a bag or two of compost.
I also bought a soil blocker press so I’m using that instead of pots, but I also use the same method for plastic pots.
I mix 2-1 peat and perlite to compost. I use some oversized cup and pour it into a bin through a 1/4 inch screen to pull out all the big sticks, rocks, and crap.
I’m still on my first bag of perlite and peat and it’s year 3, but I will get more next year.
Then when you go to plant I thoroughly wet the mix a day or two before you put it into trays and get a cup full of perlite and fill it with water to let soak.
The day before you plant the seeds, soak the seeds in water at least 8-12 hours. You should see them swell up when you go to plant.
Then when I go to put my seeds in instead of using soil on top I put perlite from the cup that’s been soaking in water. In the past I just used wet soil mix, but it seems to harden as it dries making it difficult for the seedling to pop up.
I usually don’t have to water until after a week and to water I put the tray into a bin with about 1-2” of water on the bottom so it wicks up from below.
If I notice it’s real dry, then I might put a few drops on the perlite where the seed is, but usually I don’t do much.
This year I didn’t do many - maybe 50-60 tomatoes and pepper plants. Last year I did too much - like 50-60 plants plus a few hundred flowers.
I also bought a soil blocker press so I’m using that instead of pots, but I also use the same method for plastic pots.
I mix 2-1 peat and perlite to compost. I use some oversized cup and pour it into a bin through a 1/4 inch screen to pull out all the big sticks, rocks, and crap.
I’m still on my first bag of perlite and peat and it’s year 3, but I will get more next year.
Then when you go to plant I thoroughly wet the mix a day or two before you put it into trays and get a cup full of perlite and fill it with water to let soak.
The day before you plant the seeds, soak the seeds in water at least 8-12 hours. You should see them swell up when you go to plant.
Then when I go to put my seeds in instead of using soil on top I put perlite from the cup that’s been soaking in water. In the past I just used wet soil mix, but it seems to harden as it dries making it difficult for the seedling to pop up.
I usually don’t have to water until after a week and to water I put the tray into a bin with about 1-2” of water on the bottom so it wicks up from below.
If I notice it’s real dry, then I might put a few drops on the perlite where the seed is, but usually I don’t do much.
This year I didn’t do many - maybe 50-60 tomatoes and pepper plants. Last year I did too much - like 50-60 plants plus a few hundred flowers.
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