Around where I live its still too cold to start most plants outside. We are still getting freezing days and will probably happen for another few weeks. But once the risk of frost is over, these seedlings will go outside. Either out into the green house to get bigger. Or straight into the planters. But for now I will grow them indoors where the cold will not affect them.
I set up some tube lights in my mechanical room, here I have the water heater and HVAC for the house, there was a little space for some shelves, so figured this would be the perfect place to start seeds indoors.
Still have some plants from last autumn I never planted, they have been getting quite big and will be happy to get their roots in the dirt. Here we have some Orka growing.
Brusell sprouts are growing as well, just the leaves but maybe they will produce once outside.
Many seeds were started as well, with plans on filling a third acre with plants I need a lot of them.
The tray above was just started yesterday, so it needs time to sprout. Many kinds of spices and herbs are in this one.
Carrots are filling the tray above. Scarlet Nantes is the type.
We want many carrots, as unlike lettuces once you take their goodness they are done growing.
In the tray above I have some spinach growing, peppers that have not emerged yet and some cauliflower.
The spinach is growing fast! Some are slow but others grow quite rapidly.
I had to take the domes off some of the seedling trays as the plants are already touching the dome tops.
Above we have some broccoli and paris island lettuce.
Romane is filling up this tray.
Swiss chard is doing well, getting quite tall as well.
Lavender seeds have been started, hoping the best for them.
Raddish and onions are coming up in the above tray.
A few cantaloupe seeds have been started as well.
Many seeds started, but I have room for a couple more trays, so I am not done yet germinating all of them.
I have a few more trays ready to go.. Just waiting for the seeds to arrive.
All and all its a nice place to start seeds, out of the way but they still stay warm and I check on them daily to make sure they do not need more water.. or if I need to treat them for gnats. Do not want those larva trying to eat the roots of freshly planted seeds, so using bti seems to be the way to go with dealing with them. I have been soaking misquito bits in water and then feeding the plants using that. I also have some lighted sticky traps for the gnats that work well. So hopefully between those two things I can keep them at bay.