Greetings!
It has been a long time since I first planted Snow Cabbages on pots (If I remember it right it was in 2018). Growing Snow Cabbage is a lot of fun since you only make them grow healthy there will be no fruit to wait but I do know that it produces flowers as well for its own reproduction. My first attempt was when I am still living in Quezon City (when I am still working as an I.T. Professional on a private company).
This time, instead of germinating them directly from pots I am going to germinate the Snow Cabbages on used egg trays. I got the idea of using used egg trays from (I saw
and
did it also). And since I got lots of unused egg trays on our house I decided to also use them in germinating my crops.
The packaging of my Snow Cabbage seeds says that I have to sow them on or before December 2019, it is 2022 now, making the seeds very old and well past their ideal time of sowing. If I remember it right on my first try of germinating Snow Cabbage they did germinate in as early as three days.
On my first attempt, I used a starting mix that I bought from a local gardening store. But today, I am going to use black soil that is readily available near our house. And as far as I remember I immediately planted the seeds on pots and then I just wait for them to germinate and grow.
I hope the seeds will germinate because they are very old.
First, I have to find the unused egg trays in our warehouse just outside our house. After I found them I cleaned them and ready them.
Next, I also have to find the remaining Snow Cabbage seeds that I have kept on a cabinet inside our bedroom.
Then, I dug some black soil around the house that I am going to use as a starting mix.
Then I plugged a hole on all the sections of the egg trays for good water drainage (I used a screwdriver in plugging a hole on each section of the egg tray).
Below is what it looks like after plugging a hole on some of the sections of the egg tray.
Then I put the black soil in the egg tray (almost full).
Then I put three pieces of snow cabbage seeds on each section of the egg tray.
And then I put black soil on top of the seeds on each section of the egg tray.
Finally, I water them well gently so that the water will not erode the soil and the seeds.
And here's how it looks like, I hope they do germinate. Good luck to me (_)
By the way, the egg tray that I used turned very soft after watering. So, if you use this kind of egg tray and you are planning to move them after watering make sure to put it on top of a solid base such as plywood or wood (you will use the wood of plywood on carrying the egg try).
I am a Computer Engineer, blogger, farmer, father, and husband. I love countryside living, nature, farming (rice/vegetables), and has two decades of experience as an I.T. professional

