Finished reorganizing the seed stand. Culled all the broken flats. Organized the cell packs. All this for the master seed starter, not me. My eldest daughter does most of the seed starting. I taught her everything I knew, and she improved upon it. So I just get everything back in order after a winter of neglect.
Seedling light stand cleanup
. . . We gardeners needn't have a siege mentality toward frost. It's not a villain, holding us hostage in some pitifully short growing season. Jack Frost is simply one more character in this dazzling, sometimes perplexing, and wonderfully rewarding practice we call gardening.
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p.s. I didn’t sow anything that requires cold stratification. All that was planted germinates (relatively) easily at 68º. I’ll cover em up if it freezes, but besides that, they’re on their own.
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Hmmm, another post about needing the light setup to do seeds properly, and I know it, but rather than make something to live in the nasty basement, I sowed my NARGS seeds as instructed for growing under lights and then just put them outside. I know, sketchy. The 2 flats are both covered with a “humidity dome” that will keep out the rain and wind, and, yes, they will need monitoring. I figured that since it was too late to cold stratify, maybe it was still early enough to cool stratify
Hope it works for at least some of them. For veggies, I’m either going to direct sow (leeks and greens already in) or buy at the Ithaca Plant Sale, now that we will be in town. Cannot wait!
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