seeds

  • Seedling progress week 6: sunbathing first seedlings

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     It has been a very very long time since we had a February as warm as this one. Over the past decade, February was usually the coldest month of the year, with constant cold winds, temperatures below zero, and snow…

  • Seedling progress week 5

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     A month after the new seedling season started, the seedlings are making good progress. The issue I thought I’d have with too cold shelves turned out to be a completely different issue: my shelves are too hot. Conditions are almost…

  • Seedling progress week 4

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     It has been 4 weeks since I’ve sown my first seeds for this year and a week since I’ve sown my tomatoes. The seedlings are showing and there aren’t many problems with the growth. The seeds sown in the last…

  • Seed stratification

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     Winter is the time when most of the plants in the Northern hemisphere are dormant. The plants stop growing, some lose foliage, and others disappear completely. The seeds that were dropped during the summer, are also dormant, and once the…

  • Starting tomatoes

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     It’s been a very cold week, temperatures have dropped well below zero again and are keeping us indoors most of the time. Soil is completely frozen for days now, so there is no way to do any gardening work.  This…