looks like weather is going to be cooperative for the next few days, so I took the time to transplant some more seedlings to the outdoor garden.
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looks like weather is going to be cooperative for the next few days, so I took the time to transplant some more seedlings to the outdoor garden. I laid plant food and bonemeal at the base of each hole I made. I also did the extremely painstaking work of separating out the root systems of the plants in order to be able to plant them all separately. I also thinned out the plants in the planters, and put plant food and bone meal in their now separated holes to promote growth until I think they are mature enough to head outside.
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looks like weather is going to be cooperative for the next few days, so I took the time to transplant some more seedlings to the outdoor garden. I laid plant food and bonemeal at the base of each hole I made. I also did the extremely painstaking work of separating out the root systems of the plants in order to be able to plant them all separately. I also thinned out the plants in the planters, and put plant food and bone meal in their now separated holes to promote growth until I think they are mature enough to head outside.
I was initially dismayed with the outdoor garden, everything looked like it was dying two days ago, but it turns out that a HUGE temperature swing to 80 degrees was the culprit. I had assumed that the rain we got the day prior would be enough to see them through, but seedlings are VERY unhappy with temperature swings and need to be kept watered.
So... I'm cautiously optimistic right now.
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I was initially dismayed with the outdoor garden, everything looked like it was dying two days ago, but it turns out that a HUGE temperature swing to 80 degrees was the culprit. I had assumed that the rain we got the day prior would be enough to see them through, but seedlings are VERY unhappy with temperature swings and need to be kept watered.
So... I'm cautiously optimistic right now.
the two planter pods have:
On the left - bell peppers and chili pepper seedlings
On the right - one prominent, very green bell pepper seedling, and a bunch of extra tiny carrot seedlings
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I was initially dismayed with the outdoor garden, everything looked like it was dying two days ago, but it turns out that a HUGE temperature swing to 80 degrees was the culprit. I had assumed that the rain we got the day prior would be enough to see them through, but seedlings are VERY unhappy with temperature swings and need to be kept watered.
So... I'm cautiously optimistic right now.
@da_667 we keep getting rain on the forecast but it’s either no rain, or just a little piddle
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I was initially dismayed with the outdoor garden, everything looked like it was dying two days ago, but it turns out that a HUGE temperature swing to 80 degrees was the culprit. I had assumed that the rain we got the day prior would be enough to see them through, but seedlings are VERY unhappy with temperature swings and need to be kept watered.
So... I'm cautiously optimistic right now.
@da_667 These swings are crazy. I just kicked the heat back on compared to Sunday when I was running the AC.
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the two planter pods have:
On the left - bell peppers and chili pepper seedlings
On the right - one prominent, very green bell pepper seedling, and a bunch of extra tiny carrot seedlings
not pictured: the mini greenhouse has more peas, green beans, zucchini squash, pepper seeds, and carrot seeds.
These batch has been extremely slow to germinate, but then again, maybe the previous batches I did were outliers. They all germinated in about 3-6 days. This batch? Its been four days, and I think a pea pod seedling is breaking ground. Maybe.
They say typical germination phase is 7-10 days, so we'll see.
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looks like weather is going to be cooperative for the next few days, so I took the time to transplant some more seedlings to the outdoor garden. I laid plant food and bonemeal at the base of each hole I made. I also did the extremely painstaking work of separating out the root systems of the plants in order to be able to plant them all separately. I also thinned out the plants in the planters, and put plant food and bone meal in their now separated holes to promote growth until I think they are mature enough to head outside.
@da_667 fr try seed snails next year. Less root separation required and the starts go crazy - these have been sitting outside to acclimate while we get the raised beds finished
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@da_667 fr try seed snails next year. Less root separation required and the starts go crazy - these have been sitting outside to acclimate while we get the raised beds finished
@lapt0r are yours made of cardboard there?
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@lapt0r are yours made of cardboard there?
@da_667 dog food bags - plastic is an ideal material because it keeps roots sorted. There's soil all the way through so you can just stick em in a tray with water and let it wick up
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@da_667 dog food bags - plastic is an ideal material because it keeps roots sorted. There's soil all the way through so you can just stick em in a tray with water and let it wick up
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@0x00string @da_667 my spouse did this and she had a self-described "black thumb" before she met me. Seed snails stronk
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R relay@relay.infosec.exchange shared this topic
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@0x00string @da_667 https://hartley-botanic.com/magazine/seed-snails-welcome-in-the-greenhouse/
Notable improvements:
Seed before you roll. This lets you measure depth nicely (and you can pre-space your seeds - no thinning required)
