Wednesday, January 21, 2015

First sprouts of the year!

Arugula and mustards have sprouted already... are these not the cutest baby plants ever?  Well, they're cute to me.

It's ALIVE!!

The flat light held up by bricks is an actual plant light, given to me by a friend who was throwing away a broken growth chamber, and it is on for 18 hours a day to encourage sprouting and give a boost to the winter light filtering in through the solarium's roof.  The big light bulb is a heat lamp that I used for my iguanas and geckos, and it is just there 24 hours a day for warmth 'cause those tomatoes won't come out until they think winter is over.

The cells that are empty are for future arugulas and mustards... technically ones that I should be planting within a day or two.

I am just barely beginning to see some roots poking out from the tomato seeds too.  So far, so good.  Let's keep our fingers crossed!


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