Getting Some Greenhouse Work Done Today on the Homestead- Weekend DIY

Today was a beautiful Sunday on Hive account@run-a-muck-farms, so I had to take advantage and get some work done in my little homestead greenhouse. It's time to get some seeds started so that I can have some plants ready to go in the raised beds, or into some other pots. I needed to do some reorganizing to make room for another table that will be used to place a Gro Logic Solutions Hydro Garden, as well as some of the Sprout Boxes for microgreens.

I have a ton of my GroLogic Solutions Sprout Boxes, which are my 3D printed seedling starter or microgreens box, so I am going to put them to good use and get my seeds started.

The plan is to sprout a seed in each of the little cups in the Sprout Box. This will give me 9 plants per box, which is perfect for the plants that are being seeded here and my raised boxes outside. I have one box that has 9 Nepal Heirloom tomato plants, one box with 9 watermelons, and one box with 9 cantaloupe seeds.

After I fill up each cup of the Sprout Box with dirt, I then poke a little hole in the dirt for the seed to sit, plop the seed in, then cover it back up with dirt. It's a fairly simple process. These cups will let you easily replant the seedlings when they are sprouted and the root systems are setting in place.

Once you have the seeds all planted, it's time to water them. Yes, I use a 3D printed water spout for a milk jug. A simple design I found on Thingiverse. But here, you make sure all the cups get ample amounts of water. Don't worry about over watering because the big base is a reservoir that holds the water. So as long as you see water in the front cup, you are good. If the water looks low, then it's time to give the plants what they need. They will absorb the extra as they need it.

Once they are all planted and watered, I pop on the lid that was also 3D printed and put them on the shelf to germinate and start sprouting. I will check the water over time to make sure they are good. The lid helps with the humidity so it will help keep the top of the dirt moist as well. It's already getting hot in the greenhouse, so I am going to just let nature and science happen at this point, haha.

The great thing about these little modular things is that you can stack a bunch of them next to each other on smaller shelves to maximize your space and have different setup for different plants instead of big flats that can be difficult to work with without making a mess. So here I have the tomatoes, watermelon, and cantaloupe seeds all getting started! Next up will be to get a bunch of lettuces going for the hydro towers, then onto to the microgreens!

Until next time...

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