I'm trying to grow a few things from seed. Some I will sow in pots outside, but I decided to start some lettuce and basil inside.
I picked up a "professional greenhouse" from Rona when I was in there buying my tomato buckets. It comes with these little peat-moss pellets that you soak in water and they expand into little pots. Then you plant a few seeds in each one.
Day 0: April 29th - 11pm. Seeds are planted.
Day 3 : May 2nd - 1pm
From Left to Right: Baby Green Lettuce, Siam Queen Basil, Red Sail Lettuce, Arugula
The Arugula is doing the best...and no signs of the Siam Queen.
Day 9: May 8th - 10am
Siam Queen (basil) makes an appearance. The rest have sprouted like crazy.
Hmmm...when to transplant to a bigger pot? I think I might pot them inside, and wait a few weeks before moving the pots outside, after my failed tomato experiment.
I'm impressed! Good progress so far!
ReplyDeleteYou are making the most of your little sweet little patio. We got some dirt today so are thinking about gardening. It will be a while before anything gets in the ground here. brrr.
ReplyDeleteI've got a new upholstery project planned...I'll blog about it tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI did lettuce in container gardening before. I just planted a whole pot of it and it worked really well. You can just pick the leaves as you want to eat it (don't pull out the roots) then it keeps on growing.
ReplyDeleteGreat. I'm glad to hear that you've had success with container lettuce...that gives me hope!
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