Gardening

[JBen]

My pepper seeds do well with the heat mat and dome. If on average her hack ( pretty smart) saves 4-8 days.............not sure I'd qualify that as anything great. So she starts 1 week later? If she procrastinates, which the same for everyone. Theres still 8 weeks or so until frost risk is past.

Those that I move to the garden, the big deal for me anyways is hardening them off. Saw a hack last year that said leave them outside all day but on the north side of house/shed etc. Where there will be shaded all day and not getting cooked.

[smitty55]

My pepper seeds do well with the heat mat and dome. If on average her hack ( pretty smart) saves 4-8 days.............not sure I'd qualify that as anything great. So she starts 1 week later? If she procrastinates, which the same for everyone. Theres still 8 weeks or so until frost risk is past.

Those that I move to the garden, the big deal for me anyways is hardening them off. Saw a hack last year that said leave them outside all day but on the north side of house/shed etc. Where there will be shaded all day and not getting cooked.

Be careful leaving them out overnite if it gets too cool, specially peppers and tomatoes. Plus you want to slowly acclimatize them to the sun over the days, I start them in dappled shade.

[fishfood]

Wouldn't want to my expensive seeds in the insta pot lol.

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[WillieBeno]

I germinate them on the hot water tank with varying degrees of success, hot and sweet do good the bells not so well, takes 3 or 4 weeks. I cooked a bunch of tomatoes in the sun last year hardening them off, it didn't take very long. I plucked some tomato seedlings that had started growing from the compost and was surprised to find they caught up to the ones in no time to the ones I started 8 weeks earlier. This is my second time starting from seeds.

[fishfood]

My daughter just planted peppers, watermelon and a mixed flower this evening with her brownie group . They went straight into the soil in little pots . I'll post back when they sprout . Can't wait to start tilling up some soil the warm temps last week was a tease with more than a month to go before we get things in the ground.




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[JBen]

Essentially that’s what it combats. If you don’t have time to bring them back in after a few hours. Out in the am, bring them in after dinner.

As a photographer where you are shooting the light. Overcast days are great for a lot of stuff. Even diffused light. Not direct, at times harsh light. So the north side of your house.

I’ll see if I can find the video on it. Not ready to risk all my seedlings first go, but some. Sure

[fishfood]

I generally just buy everything when it's ready to go in the ground. If it can be planted directly outside into the ground when the weather permits I'll also do that. But buy the peppers, tomatoes a few herbs and what ever else from the market. Sometimes I splurge and will pick up a few big tomato plants with some fruit and flowers already on it. About 20 bucks each tho lol.


I Will try the insta pot method just to see what happens.


With the bigger seeds and germination I usually just go paper towel in a bag moist and tuck it away untill roots appear. Near a window or some place not chilly. Or just soak in a cup of water 12 to 24 hours then put into the dirt a few days later it's up .

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[fishfood]

A few pics that I have from last year.


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[JBen]

My neighbour doesn’t seed anything. She just plants directly. Usually last week of may. Her crops, while a little behind do well. Makes you wonder. But part of it is the journey. No different than hunting or fishing.

Peppers are little tougher to germinate. Tomato do ok, last year my cherry didn’t so I bought a wee one. Others things like cucumbers, melons, peas and beans. Almost always 90-100%.
Pak Choi. Lol. Not possible to grow enough but instead of tossing the crown, place in some water. A couple days later replant in dirt.

Avacado.
I must have tried 12 pits to get to sprout before finally getting a seedling. 1 year later (it’s been in my grow room since July) it’s pushing 3 feet. Will it fruit in 6 more years? Doubt it. But it’s fun all the same.

and there is no comparison store/GiY when it comes to taste/texture. We had friends for a short visit Sunday. Used a couple tomatoes out of my grow room. Neither could believe how much more “dense” and flavourful they were. Neither they nor my peppers grow quite as large. Fruiting vegetables need way more energy. Kind of hard to replicate the sun. But Heat, humidity/moisture, light and CO2.....

[410001661]

Due to being in sand I use raised beds and they work pretty well - mostly tomatoes, lettuce, hot peppers, kale, and cucc's. I made this one a couple of years back U shape and a smaller rectangle off to the side of my deck for herbs and spices. I grow my hot peppers from seed - germinate in moist paper towel in zip lock bags then plant in soil.

Every fall I bring home a couple of garbage bins of manure from the farm and spread on the top of the soil after the gardens are cleared out. In the spring I turn over the soil mixing it and then plant.