With only a few weeks at most left of the frost season we are starting seeds indoors. Besides what is direct sow, we can start most of what we want now for the garden outside. In a few weeks these seedlings will be big enough to plant outside in beds and hopefully produce lots of tasty greens throughout the summer. Waiting to see the roots come out of the bottom of the trays and I will know they are fully grown in their little trays.
So far just brussells sprouts and spinach is in the ground, but soon much more will be going outside.
Not everything has come up just yet, but most have. Took about a week for most of the seedlings to start showing life.
We can see the different colored lights between the front and back rows.
Many of the berry bushes are not waiting to be planted and are just going ahead with flower production. Not sure if they will get pollinated or not inside but funny to see.
Hoping once planted they stick around and keep growing so I can get fruit really soon.
My pea plants are coming up nicely. Put a stick in the pot so they can grab onto it for more support.
Two of them came up, looking forward to more though.
One of the broccoli plants is much bigger than the rest..lol
Looking at the back row the color of the lights change, so everything looks a reddish pink. These are lavender seedlings coming up.
I have a whole other row of trays with lavender seeds, hoping they come up soon.
Really need to get these plants outside, I can tell they are getting stressed. But with mornings still in the 20s and 30s I cannot risk it just yet. Only the most hardy of plants can be outside at this point.
The roses have really taken off in their new pots.
Looking forward to planting all of them. I have almost a dozen that need to go in the ground now.
The herbs from last years black Friday sale are doing great, I trimmed them back and now they are bushing out all over again.
These roses are not as happy as the others, so I keep them separated in case I find mites on them or something. When I do I move them outside.
Many of the plants barely fit under the shelves now. But they do not need to wait much longer, hopefully in a couple days I can see the forecast through later April and decide to plant or not yet.
Looking forward to growing nasturtium plants again. Got a few seeds going already.
We have some more annual seeds growing in trays as well.. will need a few weeks to get them big and strong.
The elderberry plants are holding on too, but I can tell the small pots is making them upset. Soon they will be able to stretch their legs in some good soil with lots of room.
Some more of my pine seeds are now coming up as well. I failed to remember to soak them last time before planting, and seems it helped a lot doing that. As now more are coming up.
Really excited to put them out in the green house. I just need to finish wiring it up so its functional. And to wait for the freezes to end.
So lots of seeds coming up, right now I am checking on them daily and giving them water and feeding them once in awhile. But soon they will go outside and hopefully really take off in growth.