SUCCESSFULLY STARTING SEEDS INDOORS
Starting seeds indoors can be frustrating, exhilarating or sometimes a little of both. Improve your success rate dramatically by using these tips.
• Let There Be Light
For seedlings to grow properly, they need light. And lots of it. Even if you have a south-facing window, chances are that you don’t have enough natural light to grow healthy robust seedlings. If seedlings don’t get enough light they will be spindly and won’t make it to healthy adulthood. Don’t be alarmed though, setting up an artificial light system can be easy and not expensive.
• Use Self-Watering Seed Starting Systems
Never start a seed in a small peat pot. They just dry out too fast. Self-watering seed starting systems are becoming increasingly popular, and there are many to choose from.
• Use a Good Seed Starting Medium
One might think that given all the seeds that grow in the ground and do just fine, that you could grow your indoor seeds in garden soil. Bad idea. Seedlings are very susceptible to a dreaded fungus called “damping off.” You know you have it when all your seedlings are fine one minute and the next day, they are not. With all the work starting seeds requires, it makes sense to give seedlings the best chance for survival by using a sterile planting mix.
Feed Your Seedlings
Most sterile planting mixes don’t have don’t have any built-in nutrients at all. For awhile seedlings get all nutrition they need from the seed itself, but when you start seeing leaves you’ll want to feed your seedlings with a diluted solution of liquidfertilizer.
• Ventilation and Wind
Seeds are really meant to be planted outside in the elements. They are designed to get sun, rain and wind. Not surprisingly, it turns out that moving air is an important factor in helping seedlings to develop a robust root system and strong stems. To approximate wind, try setting a fan on low near your seedlings. If you do, you will get sturdier plants.
• Read the Seed Packet
Most seed packets have some information. First, they will tell you how deep to plant your seeds – a critical piece of information. Most packets will tell you if it’s even ok to plant the seeds you are considering indoors – some plant just flat out don’t like to be transplanted and are better off started in the container garden in which they will live. The packet will tell you how long it should take for the seed to germinate and how many weeks it should take before you start your seeds. Keep the seed packet for the life of the plants. Chances are there will be information that you will need at some point .
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