It's record-keeping time!
The first seedlings to be planted are labeled with the following numbers:
Here's the current "greenhouse" setup:
It's just the dining table covered with plastic tablecloths, with a light we found in the garage (which used to hang from chains somewhere, apparently) propped up on bricks. As the plants grow, the light will be raised by using more bricks. The table is wedged up against the windows like that to keep the light out of the toddler's reach.
You'd think that the glass ceiling of the solarium would give plenty of light, but it's definitely not enough during winter for the seedlings because they get far too leggy, so hopefully this will give them enough of a boost. In an ideal world I'd have that light fixture hold both cool and daylight bulbs which are less than 6 months old, as I did in the environmental rooms at the lab... but hey, these lights were free.
Maybe next year I can figure out a way to suspend the light from the ceiling.
A little about the seeds:
Last year I temporarily lost my key for all the seedlings, which was slightly terrifying. If it happens again, at least I will have this blog note to remind me.
All the varieties after #13 are also being planted directly into the garden right now, but I am addicted to sprouting things, and just wanted to do some extra indoor seedlings for fun.
The next batch of indoor planting in a few weeks will include squash, basil, sunflowers, and cucumbers. I've simplified the process from last year and am mostly just doing 1-3 plantings of each type instead of a new one every week, because I really didn't notice any difference between the batches of tomato seedlings that were a variety of ages.
The first seedlings to be planted are labeled with the following numbers:
- Super Sweet 100 Hybrid Tomato
- Sun Gold Hybrid Tomato
- Gold Rush Currant Tomato
- Black Vernissage Tomato
- Tigerella Tomato
- Green Zebra Tomato
- Amish Paste Tomato
- Egg Yolk Tomato
- Black Plum Tomato
- Lemon Squash
- Early Golden Summer Crookneck Squash
- Biquinho Hot Pepper
- Chinese Five Color Hot Pepper
- Wild Thyme
- Sage
- Basil, Genovese
- Cilantro, Calypso
- Purslane, Green
- Spinach, Red Malibar
- Collards, Georgia Southern
- Swiss Chard, Vulcan
- Kale, Tronchuda
- Arugula
- Beet, Bull's Blood
Here's the current "greenhouse" setup:
It's just the dining table covered with plastic tablecloths, with a light we found in the garage (which used to hang from chains somewhere, apparently) propped up on bricks. As the plants grow, the light will be raised by using more bricks. The table is wedged up against the windows like that to keep the light out of the toddler's reach.
You'd think that the glass ceiling of the solarium would give plenty of light, but it's definitely not enough during winter for the seedlings because they get far too leggy, so hopefully this will give them enough of a boost. In an ideal world I'd have that light fixture hold both cool and daylight bulbs which are less than 6 months old, as I did in the environmental rooms at the lab... but hey, these lights were free.
Maybe next year I can figure out a way to suspend the light from the ceiling.
A little about the seeds:
Last year I temporarily lost my key for all the seedlings, which was slightly terrifying. If it happens again, at least I will have this blog note to remind me.
All the varieties after #13 are also being planted directly into the garden right now, but I am addicted to sprouting things, and just wanted to do some extra indoor seedlings for fun.
The next batch of indoor planting in a few weeks will include squash, basil, sunflowers, and cucumbers. I've simplified the process from last year and am mostly just doing 1-3 plantings of each type instead of a new one every week, because I really didn't notice any difference between the batches of tomato seedlings that were a variety of ages.
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