Just like the title says, how many of you started your seeds for this gardening season?
I just got mine started last Tuesday and I already have about 80-90% germination rate with the tomatoes! I highly recommend if you need to order seeds to go through ww.migardener.com ... that's where I get my seeds from now on and I haven't had a bad batch yet. Luke( owner of migardener) started as just a hobbyist, making YouTube videos (that's how I find him) about gardening and as his channel grew he saw more and more potential. he eventually opened his seed shop and is growing bigger and bigger every year. One thing that is cool about his seed shop is, all seeds( well 99.9%) is just $0.99 for a pack! This is from his website " All our seeds are sourced from small family seed farms throughout the United States and are grown and packed with pride. We never sell GMO seeds and have always prided ourselves in offering the highest quality heirloom and organically grown seeds possible. All our seeds are packed in-house and packed in packets printed and manufactured here in the U.S. using 100% post consumer waste paper." He has a couple videos about them being only $0.99, and basically his view is that he wants everyone to be able to get affordable Good seeds to garden with and not have to pay the big corporations $$ for the same thing. Now you only get like 25 seeds per pack but the fact is at a 80% successful germination rate, that's 20 plants for $0.99 which as a home gardener, 20 of one type of plant/ tomato is a lot! Lets say you plant 20 tomato plants and each produces 5 lbs worth of tomatoes( which isn't a lot) that's 100 lbs worth of tomatoes for only $0.99. I'm not paid, partnered or have any type of connection with him expect for just watching his videos and buying seeds from his store, but I still want to see him succeed.
Here's my set up:
its literally just PVC pipe for the framing and two 4ft t8 fluorescent light fixtures with 6500k bulbs
I keep the set-up roughly between 4 and 6 inches away for the plants( a hand's width) so they don't "burn" but yet close enough that they get the most intense light that the set-up can produce
tomatoes:
I have 200 cells planted, 7 types of tomatoes, and 4 types of peppers( including ghost). Pepper plants always take longer to germinate but I'm expecting them to pop this week some time. I know 200 plants is a lot, but I always give away a lot of them and its better to plant more than you need anyway. this 200 cell flat is strictly for just starting the plants and will be replaced with bigger cells in a week or two. But this is a super simple and fairly cheap set up, if you are looking into getting into seed starting for your own garden.
Let me see what you all have going on with your set up and what you have started!
-Smokinq
I just got mine started last Tuesday and I already have about 80-90% germination rate with the tomatoes! I highly recommend if you need to order seeds to go through ww.migardener.com ... that's where I get my seeds from now on and I haven't had a bad batch yet. Luke( owner of migardener) started as just a hobbyist, making YouTube videos (that's how I find him) about gardening and as his channel grew he saw more and more potential. he eventually opened his seed shop and is growing bigger and bigger every year. One thing that is cool about his seed shop is, all seeds( well 99.9%) is just $0.99 for a pack! This is from his website " All our seeds are sourced from small family seed farms throughout the United States and are grown and packed with pride. We never sell GMO seeds and have always prided ourselves in offering the highest quality heirloom and organically grown seeds possible. All our seeds are packed in-house and packed in packets printed and manufactured here in the U.S. using 100% post consumer waste paper." He has a couple videos about them being only $0.99, and basically his view is that he wants everyone to be able to get affordable Good seeds to garden with and not have to pay the big corporations $$ for the same thing. Now you only get like 25 seeds per pack but the fact is at a 80% successful germination rate, that's 20 plants for $0.99 which as a home gardener, 20 of one type of plant/ tomato is a lot! Lets say you plant 20 tomato plants and each produces 5 lbs worth of tomatoes( which isn't a lot) that's 100 lbs worth of tomatoes for only $0.99. I'm not paid, partnered or have any type of connection with him expect for just watching his videos and buying seeds from his store, but I still want to see him succeed.
Here's my set up:
its literally just PVC pipe for the framing and two 4ft t8 fluorescent light fixtures with 6500k bulbs
I keep the set-up roughly between 4 and 6 inches away for the plants( a hand's width) so they don't "burn" but yet close enough that they get the most intense light that the set-up can produce
tomatoes:
I have 200 cells planted, 7 types of tomatoes, and 4 types of peppers( including ghost). Pepper plants always take longer to germinate but I'm expecting them to pop this week some time. I know 200 plants is a lot, but I always give away a lot of them and its better to plant more than you need anyway. this 200 cell flat is strictly for just starting the plants and will be replaced with bigger cells in a week or two. But this is a super simple and fairly cheap set up, if you are looking into getting into seed starting for your own garden.
Let me see what you all have going on with your set up and what you have started!
-Smokinq
