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Seedling Progress Report

Posted on November 18, 2010 at 10:28 PM

The seedlings growing in the shop (under grow lights and on a heat mat) are coming along well.   I started the seeds October 24th so they are about 3 weeks old now.   The true leaves are formed so I gave them a drink of dilute kelp emulsion tea this past weekend.   I prefer this organic fertilizer for seedlings and young plants.   When I started these seedlings, I put them straight away into larger sized pots and used potting soil rather than germinating mix so I can easily just keep these under the lights for quite a while if needed.   However, my intention is to plant them up in containers in the greenhouse after the first part of the new year, assuming the winter is not excessively snowy or gloomy that is.   Unfortunately the long term forecast models predict a wicked winter, and if that should turn out to be true I will just leave them where they are until February and then plant them out in the greenhouse.                      

                           

 

  

  

 

  

     

I will start some more seedlings around the first part of December to follow behind these for early spring greenhouse plantings.                      

    

Laura

kitsapfreedomgardener

Categories: Seed Starting, Season Extension, Vegetables

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8 Comments

Reply Daphne
05:54 AM on November 19, 2010 
Such nice little seedlings. I'm not even done with my garden, but I can't wait for seedling season. I start my first onions in January.
Reply hsheather
08:17 AM on November 19, 2010 
It looks just like spring!
Reply kitsapfreedomgardener
08:55 AM on November 19, 2010 
Daphne - I start my main crop of onions in January too. These are a day neutral variety that I am trying to push the envelope with a bit - to see if I can get some earlier (bigger) onions. The greens are just for fresh eating during the lean season - (January - March).

hsheather - It does look like spring time (if you are only looking at the seedlings!). We have a cold snap hitting us starting later today - down into the mid to low 20's at night for a few days. I may lose a few items in the grow tunnels and unheated greenhouse as a result - so having these coming along behind will be good insurance.
Reply Thomas
04:04 PM on November 19, 2010 
I started some Asian greens the other day under lights. I'll probably transplant them into the hoop house at the end of December. I doubt they will survive (or grow much even if they do) but I wanted to see how far I can push this winter gardening thing.
Reply Mike
08:45 PM on November 19, 2010 
Your seedlings are looking really good. I'm curious, and I know that you have mentioned it before, what zone are you in over there?
Reply GrafixMuse
08:50 AM on November 20, 2010 
Seeing your healthy seedlings is tempting me to get something growing under lights in the basement. I want to see if I can grow some lettuce at least so we can have some fresh greens over winter. I am planning on doubling the amount of onions grown next year too.
Reply kitsapfreedomgardener
12:12 PM on November 20, 2010 
Thomas - Half of the fun of gardening is pushing that envelope a bit on each end of the garden season. If done really artfully, the season has no beginning or end... just a low spot in production!

Mike - We are in zone 8b. I can smell the sea air from my back porch from the Hood Canal and hear the fog horns in my bedroom from the Hood Canal bridge. We are very much influenced by the Puget Sound and the Canal on our weather.

Grafix Muse - I think my total amount of onions is going to be roughly the same in 2011 but I am trying to increase the size of the bulbs from the past year's. I am going to get Leeks back into the garden in 2011 again too.
Reply vrtlarica
03:26 AM on November 23, 2010 
Seedlings look very healthy! I don't think that my seedlings that I grew under lights ever looked this nice.