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Re: Starting seeds

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In a message dated 1/16/01 1:32:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, JoOhio1@aol.com 
writes:

<< 
 Would love to hear how everyone starts their seeds.  I've tried different 
 methods, but haven't really found one yet that is both easy and effective.  
 What I'm asking about, more specifically, is:  What kind of soil do you 
start 
 your seeds in and what type of set up...cups, purchased flats, containers, 
 etc., do you use for planting them?
 
 Thanks...
     Jo
  >>

I use about 8 purchased flats, assorted food cans, disposable beverage cups, 
clear salad or date containers for seed starters.  I plant in new sterile 
seed starting mix only.  Transplant in a mix of compost, local soil and dried 
grass clippings for continued growth until I am ready to plant out in the 
garden.  Flats are nice and easy to use and good for starting seed with the 
clear dome and all.  The food cans have the tops and bottoms cut out and 
filled with the transplant mix, when planting out in the garden I just push 
the plant and soil out the top and plant it, when the can gets too decrepit 
to use I chuck it out but I can use one can for at least 3 plants in one 
season.  I buy little clear boxes of dates or salad things since I can reuse 
the container for many years if careful.  I have a gross of 2" pots and 
another gross of 4" pots.  This year I want to purchase a gross of 6" pots to 
add to my collection.  I use disposable beverage cups as I run out of other 
things to use to grow things in.  Be creative and let your imagination flow 
and you will see many things around you that you can use to start plants in.  
Even those pesky toilet paper rolls can be used to start peas and beans in, 
just cut them in two in the middle and fill with the seed starting mix, imbed 
your seed and stand up in a flat keeping in mind that the roll will start to 
come apart very soon so this is used only for starting the seed.  When the 
first 2 or 3 true leaves appear plant out in the garden roll and all.

Lisa
Toledo ( 46.4400°N, 122.8460°W)
Hardiness Zone 7
Heat Zone 4
5887.06 Miles to go


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