Quick start, they're already up!

It has been three days since I placed the seedlings by a heater in the living room in front of the windows. They get moderate, indirect sunlight throughout the day.

The temperature of the house stays around 65 during the day, up to 68 in the evenings. It is likely a bit warmer, around 70, where they sit due to their proximity to the heater itself.

The seedling tray is currently covered with its greenhouse plastic cover. I covered the planter containing the radish seeds lightly with plastic wrap.

Now a mere few days since planting, the Sweet Peas and Bachelors Buttons have started to poke more than their heads up! Even the radishes are making an appearence. I hadn't realized their germination period was so short. I expect that the Straw Flowers will take longer. I believe that their germination period was several weeks.



Close-up on the radish seedlings:

Seedlings Planted - Garden 2008 Begins!

Alright, so this weekend I got started on my 2008 garden!

I picked up a seed starter kit by Jiffy (72ct) and some seedling mix plus extra potting soil. If you're unfamiliar with seed starter kits, they contain these peat-packed circular coins that when you add warm water expand into a little cylinders of peat. There is a little hole in the top of the biodegradable mesh that you can open up to plant the seeds.









In my seed starter kit I planted: Peas, Hot Pepper mix, Bachelor's Buttons, Straw Flowers and Johnny Jump-Ups.




In a large planter, which I won't transplant from, I sowed radish seeds!