It's official, I can't wait anymore I'm going to plant inside

[brownfoxfarm]

I really want to start some as well... But if I don't wait, my tomato and pepper seedlings will get all leggy and crazy.

Joyce Brandon
http://brownfoxfarm.weebly.com

 

[1MrsMagoo]

I really want to start some as well... But if I don't wait, my tomato and pepper seedlings will get all leggy and crazy.

Joyce Brandon
http://brownfoxfarm.weebly.com

If your tomatoes get leggy, transplant them deeper. Since tomatoes root along their stem, you can bury up to 2/3 of the plant. This does two things: Reduces the height of tall, leggy plants, and makes a much larger, stronger root system.

 

[3forfree]

I got some tomato and squash seeds in the mail for some reason and did an experiment with them. I soaked a paper towel with water and wrung it out, set the seeds on the towel and folded it until it would fit into a ziplock sandwich bag and put the bag on top of my boiler in the basement. Flash ahead 2 days and I looked at them today and the seeds had sprouted, I transplanted them into seed cups, in this case it was a muffin tin, filled with a soilless mixture, covered it all with saran wrap, and put them back on the boiler. I won't start my garden seeds until the first of march as the snow and melt keeps me out of the garden until about the middle of may, but I just wanted to see how this was going to work.

 

[cmcanallen]

I'm getting my tiller this week so I'll be planting this weekend! Can't wait. I've been driving my husband nuts with all the seedlings around the house and plans for so much more.

 

[1MrsMagoo]

I'm getting my tiller this week so I'll be planting this weekend! Can't wait. I've been driving my husband nuts with all the seedlings around the house and plans for so much more.

 

[Carebearsmiles]

My seeds are doing great. Have lots of sprouts.
And I'm loving my new mini green house from Atwoods.

 

[3forfree]

I got some tomato and squash seeds in the mail for some reason and did an experiment with them. I soaked a paper towel with water and wrung it out, set the seeds on the towel and folded it until it would fit into a ziplock sandwich bag and put the bag on top of my boiler in the basement. Flash ahead 2 days and I looked at them today and the seeds had sprouted, I transplanted them into seed cups, in this case it was a muffin tin, filled with a soilless mixture, covered it all with saran wrap, and put them back on the boiler. I won't start my garden seeds until the first of march as the snow and melt keeps me out of the garden until about the middle of may, but I just wanted to see how this was going to work.

my experiment didn't work, none of the seeds grew after putting them in the seed cups. Can anyone help me out on starting seeds. Thanks

 

[cmcanallen]

my experiment didn't work, none of the seeds grew after putting them in the seed cups. Can anyone help me out on starting seeds. Thanks

It may be that the seeds were not good seeds, since you got them randomly in the mail.

I don't sprout or soak my seeds. I take a bag of garden soil and:
1 cut the top off an old plastic bottle
2 Fill it half full of soil
3 drop the seed in
4 cover with 1/4-1 inch of soil
,5 water until the soil is good and wet
6 cover with seran wrap
7 tape the wrap down
8 put in a warm, well lit location for 2-3 weeks
By this point, all the seeds that are going to germinate have sprouted. I toss out the dead ones and start again. Also by this point I can take the seran wrap off and just let the seedlings grow.

 

[3forfree]

I'm going to try this. Last year I started some seeds late in the growing season in seed cups that I made from newspaper. I watered them from the bottom and this seemed to work real good.They were outside all the time they were in the seed cups. I have a heat lamp that I put a 25 watt light bulb in and set it real close to the plastic bin I have the seed cups in hoping to keep them warm. When I put the lamp on them the temp was 71 degrees, I just looked at them and the temp is 85 at the top. hope this isn't too hot. We'll see what happens.

cmcanallen, thanks for the help. If this fails I'll go your route.

 

[erinszoo]

Well most of my plants are doing great. I've uppotted all of my tomatoes, eggplant, melons, squash, artichokes and herbs. Most isdoing great even though I'm still hauling everything out to the greenhouse everyday and back to the house at night. The one exception is my artichokes ... which were apparently so good that my chickens decided to help themselves. I was so mad and now don't have time to start over and get them chilled right to produce this year. Aaaauuuugggghhhh!!!! Between the cats and birds its pretty amazing that I can grow anything.