spring is around the corner and i am getting ready for veggie garden with seed starter. i used to wonder why anybody wants to start from seed when there are garden centers full of plants.
what do i know, right? after i started my tiny veggie garden in my backyard about 2 years ago i realized the lack of variety in those garden centers, started gardening 2 years ago with one tomato plant, last year i added 6 varieties now i am planning 24 varieties, and yes! i am a freaky gardener now. since i am from India i don't find any of my Indian veggie plants in local garden center.
i have to buy seeds and in mini greenhouse i have to grow them indoors, when warm outside i transplant them in the garden, it's a lot of work and planning but i AM a gardener and i hooked with just putting a seed in the ground and getting abundance out of it is a overwhelming joy for me.
today is march 11th and in Cleveland the temperature is 61F and it is beautiful outside, but at night temperatures are dropping and not good for heat loving plants and most Indian veggies require warm climate. so if i start from seed right now indoors, when the ground get warm through out night in May, i am good to go with grownup plants and ready to plant in the ground. head start a month or two early and get the veggies one extra month later, that's the idea :)
all winter i saved my kids cookie boxes with lids to recycle as seed starters. all i need is seed starting soil mix and some
seeds, peat pots- very cheap, {i bought 5 strip pack for $ 2.oo in wal-mart and they are biodegrades made from compressed peat and entire pot can be planted in the ground and they eliminate transplant shock.} and watering can.
if you are organized and head to store as early as March you could get all things in discount prices to start planting seeds. back of the seed packets they give the suggestions how early you have to start indoors and calculate according to that to your local weather. some seeds you could sow directly in to the ground so read carefully and follow that.
i have to buy seeds and in mini greenhouse i have to grow them indoors, when warm outside i transplant them in the garden, it's a lot of work and planning but i AM a gardener and i hooked with just putting a seed in the ground and getting abundance out of it is a overwhelming joy for me.
today is march 11th and in Cleveland the temperature is 61F and it is beautiful outside, but at night temperatures are dropping and not good for heat loving plants and most Indian veggies require warm climate. so if i start from seed right now indoors, when the ground get warm through out night in May, i am good to go with grownup plants and ready to plant in the ground. head start a month or two early and get the veggies one extra month later, that's the idea :)
seeds, peat pots- very cheap, {i bought 5 strip pack for $ 2.oo in wal-mart and they are biodegrades made from compressed peat and entire pot can be planted in the ground and they eliminate transplant shock.} and watering can.
if you are organized and head to store as early as March you could get all things in discount prices to start planting seeds. back of the seed packets they give the suggestions how early you have to start indoors and calculate according to that to your local weather. some seeds you could sow directly in to the ground so read carefully and follow that.
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