lavender Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Here are a few seed starting charts if you are a newbie at starting seeds or if you have some weird seeds this year. What I find handy is the time it takes to germinate column. At least you know when seeds are way past their date to germinate so you can evaluate your options. (Dump them or pray! Or maybe go look to see if you should have done something different) The first two are your average seeds. The third one is the best but you have to know the Latin names of the plants. I downloaded it and printed it years ago for fear it would disappear but it is still there although I think this is an updated version. Happy planting! Can't wait for my seeds! http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/landscap/h1139w.htm http://www.savvygardener.com/Features/seed_starting_calendar.html http://earthnotes.tripod.com/seeds.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eimilesmom Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 DONE! Whew. They had better produce, or else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 Still waiting for mine! It is taking an awfully long time this year. I went out yesterday and bought some just so I have something to play with. I'm going to try getting some of the annuals in a little early this year just to see what happens. Going to plant the leeks tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 Got them! Forgot to order late cabbage though, dang! I only order the tried and true varieties that I like and a few odd things. The rest I buy locally. No point in ordering Blue Lake bush beans from a catlogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildflowerpa Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 We started our seeds last Sunday. By wednesday they were all coming up even the peppers!!! Today they are at least 3" tall. If it keeps this up we'll have to transplant them in the bathtub til planting lol. We planted, peppers, tomatoes,cabbage, canteloupe and flower seeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 If you are in the DuBois area you may want to move them to a very cool high light area. If they get too tall and spindly they will just fall over and your seeds will be wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 We started our seeds last Sunday. By wednesday they were all coming up even the peppers!!! Today they are at least 3" tall. If it keeps this up we'll have to transplant them in the bathtub til planting lol. We planted, peppers, tomatoes,cabbage, canteloupe and flower seeds. I've got a crazy and thoroughly unscientific theory about seeds. They are like Punxsutawney Phil; seeds popping up in just a few days means there is going to be an early spring. When they drag their feet (roots?) spring drags along as well. Looks like your seeds are predicting an early spring! Tell them thank you from me. I put in leeks and some perennial seeds last night. Going to do some annuals tonight and then that is it for a couple of weeks. I find that plants that are too big when I put them out don't do as well at first as the smaller ones but then I have to carry water for a long way and I don't do too much of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marbek Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Got them! Forgot to order late cabbage though, dang! I only order the tried and true varieties that I like and a few odd things. The rest I buy locally. No point in ordering Blue Lake bush beans from a catlogue. My Blue Lake bush beans didn't come in with my order I got today. Would you mind sharing where you get yours in case I don't get them from the company I ordered them from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Agway has the biggish (half pound, I think) bags of them and Kohlhepp's usually has them in bulk. They sell them by the scoop. Hanzley's has bulk seed too but I wouldn't swear to the Blue Lake bush beans. Usually any place that sells veggie seeds will have the small packets as they are the standard bean for this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSTeach Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I am hoping t get ours started this week. Maybe we can get to it tomorrow. Geeze Louise, I can't belive my son hasn't been bugging me!! We forgot all about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marbek Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I am hoping t get ours started this week. Maybe we can get to it tomorrow. Geeze Louise, I can't belive my son hasn't been bugging me!! We forgot all about it! What will you be starting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSTeach Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Probably the broccoli and cauliflower this week. In another week or two we might start some of the other things. My MIL just built a greenhouse last year, she has had a few strawberries and my son has a pretty big sunflower plant. They are just experimenting with last years leftovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 Help! I need therapy. I just realized that I have 6 kinds of tomato seeds and 4 kinds of cabbage. I can't stop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mcac Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Help! I need therapy. I just realized that I have 6 kinds of tomato seeds and 4 kinds of cabbage. I can't stop! glad i am not the pnly one!LOL i am gonna trade plants with my mom and sister.plus i can sell a few @ work.my hubby says my dining room looks like a greenhouse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSTeach Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I think I am going to need a whole acre this year, lol. Our broccoli is getting really tall and spindley. I should have taken it to my MIL's, she has the lights. But I wanted to let the kids watch it grow daily, since they did the seeds. Will it still get thicker and be plantable?? (My mother in law said she thought it was growing up to get to the light.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 It's probably too late to save them now so start a few more Broccoli and keep them in a really cool room once they sprout. They need a lot of light but you can buy a shop light and put one gorw light and one fluorescent in it. Maybe your basement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 You only put them in a few weeks ago, yes? I'd say get them under lights and they should be OK. Even if they fall over they will continue to grow from the top part once you give them enough light. Then you put them in deeper when you put them outside. I'm going to have enough broccoli and cauliflower for half the town so not to worry. The first batch of Snow Crown Hybrid and Premium Crop Hybrid are starting to sprout. I put in the Farmer's Extra Early and the Hybrid Green Magic in today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eimilesmom Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 My seeds are coming along slowly. My daughter planted one soybean and it is huge. Go figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 My seeds are coming along slowly. My daughter planted one soybean and it is huge. Go figure My daughter is still telling me about the year she tossed baby's breath seeds along the edge of my veggie garden and had them germinate and bloom. I'd been trying for years to get them to grow. Then there was the raspberry bush she insisted on having. Bramble diseases from the wild ones had polished off everything I ever tried to plant. Hers is still growing and thriving. It has sent up runners all over my spring garden and produces quarts of raspberries every year. It's kind of like the Luck o'the Irish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSTeach Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 My son has about 30 moon flowers started from his seeds from last year's plants. He and his grandma have a sunflower (the 18" kind) with a bloom on it. We started our cabbage today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 The kids have planted sunflowers over the years and they never grew. But just let a squirrel bring one seed up into our mulch by our bushes and a few years ago we had a giant sunflower where we didn't want it....lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eimilesmom Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I left my terrarium lid on too long and basically everything but the soybean and the tomatoes got fungus and fell over and died Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 I left my terrarium lid on too long and basically everything but the soybean and the tomatoes got fungus and fell over and died Sorry to hear that. I don't remember those big terrariums getting that humid. I always sprinkle some peat moss on the surface of my flats. It keeps the damping off fungus in check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eimilesmom Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 It was hot in there, you could put your hand down in and feel it. Lesson learned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 Oh my! Did you have it in the sun? You should never keep a terrarium in the sun. And those plastic boxes or freezer bag covered containers that are so good to start seeds in should never be in the sun either. Gives the seedlings the plant equivalent of a heat stroke. I spent most of Sunday opening the bags and boxes and moving them to a sunnier spot. The Osage orange seeds that I planted have come up. I'm so excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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