topic Re: Seeds in Garden

Seeds

Pooky1 — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:04:34 GMT

I had read that starting seeds veggie and flowers that its good to put the trays on the refrigerator so it keeps the tray and soil warm. I put a tray of different veggies and a tray of zinnia flowers and within 3 days all the flowers had come up and by the 6th day almost all of the veggies have come up too. I had to take clear dome covers off because plants ere already touching the tops.

Re: Seeds

cheriere — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 01:03:21 GMT

@Pooky1 wrote:
I had read that starting seeds veggie and flowers that its good to put the trays on the refrigerator so it keeps the tray and soil warm. I put a tray of different veggies and a tray of zinnia flowers and within 3 days all the flowers had come up and by the 6th day almost all of the veggies have come up too. I had to take clear dome covers off because plants ere already touching the tops.

Wow! I didn't know that putting seeds there would help them along. I grow a lot of flowers and too many vegetables from starting seeds, but I never did this. Thanks for the tip.🌺

Since I have so many I'll have to pick a few to start this way lol. It'll be tough deciding who makes the cut lol.

Re: Seeds

PINKdogWOOD — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:40:15 GMT

@Pooky1 Yep, it's the warmth that gets the seeds going. You can go to a good local nursery or full-blown garden store and hopefully find heat mats that you can also use to put your trays on. This is what we use sometimes. You can also purchase a small grow light to help the sprouting process. This also works.

Re: Seeds

gardenman — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:49:06 GMT

By and large, seeds love bottom heat. Warm moist soil motivates them to sprout.

Re: Seeds

Yahooey — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 19:27:50 GMT

i tried for the first time - on time of the cablebox

it worked also - a very small tray obviously

that was in Feb - now it is warm enough with just the cover on top

i'm in zone 7B