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how to start seed indoors
21.07.2023 - 22:38 / awaytogarden.com
NO GREENHOUSE, a tiny house, and various other obstacles notwithstanding, I’m madly coaxing along one crop after another of seedlings over here. Want a little tour of how to start seed indoors (well, at least Margaret’s improvised method, that includes some outdoor steps, too)?My house is too small for make room for grow-light stands and seedling flats, and you wouldn’t want to even think of climbing down the ladder into the cellar here a couple of times a day to care for seeds. No matter:
I improvise. My “potting bench” (above) is the backyard on a fair day, where it matters not whether potting soil goes astray. I simply bring all my supplies out, sit on a footstool and make my mess.Important: I lightly pre-moisten the germinating mix right in the bag a day or two before, massaging it and turning it a couple of times to let the water I’ve added absorb evenly.
If I’m re-using nursery pots, flats or cellpacks, I wash them first in soapy hot water or a 1:10 bleach:water solution (above, cellpacks soaking).
Once the flats are filled with the barely damp mix and the seeds are sown, I let the sown flats, fiber pots or cellpacks wick up more moisture from below, setting them briefly in a dishpan or roasting pan of water. Seeds want to be very moist to germinate.
The electric germination mats and lights are waiting in a nearby shed that has just the tiniest amount of electric baseboard heat. The heat mat set-up (below) is simply a partial piece of plywood balanced on top of a storage bin, set underneath a table. On top of the table: a light stand, one of two I own (the smaller one is two photos down below). I keep the shed in the low-60s F at this time of year. Primitive at every step, perhaps, but effective.
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