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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Seedling progress

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     It has been 18 days since I’ve sown my seedlings and they are making nice progress. The heating wire and the lights are warming up the shelf without any problems. Until 3 days ago, they were both turned down during…

  • Garden planning: How much sun is too much sun?

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     Gardening tips and articles on the amount of the needed sun can many times be very confusing and misleading for a new gardener. We follow the tips that we find in books and online, read the labels on seed bags,…