Hello Garden friends we planted a lot of our cool weather plants a couple weeks ago. Here's how:
What Seeds Should I plant?
Start with cool weather crops. I wrote about cool weather plants here. You can also start getting ready for summer plants. I'll do a round of summer crop seeds this weekend or next.
What should I plant my seeds in?
Get some good potting mix. I explained where to get it and what to look for in my Ft. Thomas Florist post here. Buy something new, this is not the place to go cheap and dig up dirt from your yard. That may work, but your baby plants won't have access to as many nutrients as they want and need. Using yard dirt instead of a seed starter mix is like switching baby formula for Kool-aide.
We used egg cartons to plant in. Feel free to get creative with your container too. Just make sure the container can drain water. The deeper your container, the longer you can wait to transplant.
How wet does the soil need to be?
Combine your potting soil with water. Pick up the wet mixture and squeeze it in your hand. You want it to take a moldable form. Not too wet that it drips between your fingers. Not too dry that it crumbles apart.
How deep do you plant seeds?
Plant seeds 2-3 times their actual size
Each seed is packed with just enough punch to work its way up out of the soil and into the sun. If its planted too deep then it will struggle to make it up all the way. For itty bitty seeds like Thyme, just press them into the surface of the soil. They don't even need to be covered.
Where do we put them when we're done?
Put your planted containers somewhere that they will get enough light. We put ours by the window and added some lights to help out. For cool weather seeds, room temperature around 55-65 degrees is fine. Summer crops will want warmer temperatures to pop up. Put them on heat mat to grow them at the same time.
Tra La! Look at them go! Most of our babies are already coming up to say hello!
Questions on planting seeds? How are your seedlings coming?
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