Not essential, but a seed heating mat is very nice to have if you are starting tomatoes, peppers or (especially) eggplant from seed in the Maritime Northwest. It is important that your seedling’s first exposure to airflow isn’t a 45 mph wind gust just after your transplant them outside. I have a little soft bladed fan like this: Second, constant light air movement forces seedlings to grow stronger and tougher, and put a bit more energy into growing a nice sturdy stem.
First, it reduces the possibility of soil fungus and whitefly buildup around your seedlings. If you are starting your seeds in an out of the way area, I highly encourage you to introduce some constant airflow around your seedlings. Basically, fish emulsion is like lemon ginger tea: it might not be the exact perfect cure, but it won’t hurt, and it’ll probably make your plant feel better. Cilantro going to seed to fast? Dilute fish emulsion. If your spinach looks at you funny – dilute fish emulsion. Once your crops are up and growing outside, if something looks like it needs help – dilute fish emulsion. I dilute to ¼ the recommended strength and bottom water seedlings with it every week or two, depending on the crop. This is the perfect liquid fertilizer for seed starting. Here, let me say it again: fish emulsion. It is worth paying a bit more for a really heavy duty tray that will last.įish Emulsion. If you buy propagation trays, try to get them locally so you can inspect their sturdiness. If you can find a bunch of old metal sheetpans with a sturdy, high lip all the way around, or have some plastic shoeboxes that will hold water, those all work well too. However, it is good practice to bottom water your seedlings, and I love the heavy duty solid trays for this. Anything that can hold a bit of soil and a seed can be used as a pot, including newspaper, toilet paper tubes or old yogurt containers. Although the inserts are space efficient and I use them, almost any container can be modified into a seed starting container. I love solid, heavy-duty plastic propagation trays. You’re going to be spraying water around this thing, after all. Make sure you get one with a grounded plug. If you are going to put lights on your seedlings, you want a little robot who will turn your lights on at 5 am and off at 10 pm without you having to remember. Don’t forget that with lights there is an upfront budget and an operating budget, and in the long run it pays to get a more energy efficient setup. Make your grow light decision based on what it right for you based on your space available, energy cost, and budget. We upgraded to these T5 fluorescent grow grow lights in 2014 – they are a dream – and are currently (2018) trialing LED lighting options to see if it finally makes financial sense for the home gardener to switch to LED grow lights . See last year’s comparison between window-grown starts and grow-light starts for proof. Here in Rainyside, grow lights will give a far superior result. Start your early seeds on the kitchen windowsill? Maybe in the Southwest.
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For more info, or if seed selection is overwhelming you, check out my post on How to Pick Your Vegetable Seeds Without Going Crazy. Otherwise, less expensive open pollinated varieties are a fine choice. I feel hybrid seeds offer an advantage for cauliflower and brussels sprouts, and in cool areas like the NW if you aren’t seed saving, you might opt for hybrids for the warm season crops like eggplant, peppers, and melons (because we need all the help we can get for those crops). In general, OP seeds cost less than hybrid seeds. It should go without saying, but I’ll pound the point home anyway: better seeds make better seedlings. Worth Spending Your Money On Quality Seeds Here’s my opinionated opinion on what should get your money and what shouldn’t. Take seed starting – what do you really need? Are those peat pellet kits really worth it? Can you start your seeds in yogurt tubs, or is that somehow not….
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