re: 2019 Garden Thread

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.