Today I sorted out the seeds that will be started indoors and checked that the grow lights and heat pads were working. I'll bring in the shelving in the coming week and get the six and nine cell planters cleaned and ready. I'll need to clean the catch trays with the plastic domes and make sure none of them have cracked over winter and will leak. It's getting time to start herbs and a few vegetables. I love baby plants! Anyone else getting ready for spring gardening?
Ah MH!!! You are ahead of me, but i must say i have been thinking about starting seeds again. I just collected some marigold seeds from outside the other day. I particularly liked this marigold: tall, large flowers that lasted well into the fall. I'll be sure to start some for the spring.
The will is there, but the seasonal weather isn’t. We ordered our seeds and manure and so forth two or three weeks ago. We will be able to pick the order up the end of february. I would love to begin with cleaning up of the various plots, but the soil is far to wet at the moment. There may be other things like the paths and clematises that I can work on, however.
Our greenhouse is frozen shut so I can't get in for my pots, compost etc. The garden earth is so solid it would be like trying to dig through stone. To top it all - just when I thought we'd have a thaw - it's snowing again. Temperatures tonight are well below freezing again.
It's several months yet before I'll be able to do any seed starting here in zone 5. BUT I have placed 2 seed orders and am busy planning my 2021 garden!
Laid cardboard from the last shopping trip for new paths in the front yard; did a tiny bit of weeding; trimmed the leaves from the hellebores in the front yard. Everything else will wait until the torrential downpours stop. Any veggies this year will be up to others to plant. Still need to finish the berry patch for stakes and weeding. Much smaller amount of gardening this year.
I started gardening (literally) a couple months ago at the end of the wet season. Since then I've sowed around thirty different types of seeds. Most of them sprouted but many didn't make it due to damping off. I'm in test and trial phase. Temperatures here are usually 75 at night and 92 degrees during the day. Humidity 98% at night 72% during the day. Although it can stay around 90% for days. My beefsteak tomatos Pomegranate. I have no idea if this will be successful in my climate but I'll try anyway.
We start a lot of our vegetable garden inside. I've prevented damping off by spraying a solution of one tablespoon of baking soda in a quart of tepid water on the seedlings as soon as they emerge. Damping off is a soil-borne disease, so make sure your potting mix is sterile and the pots are clean and sterile also. We use plastic pots, year after year, but styrofoam is fine, also.
Some more tomatos . These are younger than the beefsteak. The seeds were labeled as Calypso tomatos. I purchased them because they are good for hot climates and are resistant to disease. I don't know if this is true. Maybe someone here knows more about this tomato. And some Sage and Zinnias.
Hi Everyone!!! I finally got some toms started..on the heating pad as we speak. Waiting for amazon with a delivery tomorrow of labels and the sowing will continue this weekend.
up north in canada's frozen wast land, it's still way too early, but it might be time to start planing and order some seeds. last year I started many seedlings too early I will not do the same mistake again this year. I will be posting another "Garden Log" thread like I did last year, once I get started in about a month.
