I did manage to sow my tomatoes and peppers in peat pots today. DH
bought some of those little peat disks that expand in water...I don't
know if I will like these or not-first time I've used them...do any of
y'all use/like these little pots? To me, the big advantage might be the
plastic lid which acts like a mini-greenhouse. What say ye?
Anyway, I planted mostly paste tomatoes, Roma, Opalka, and Sausage, but
I also planted one slicing variety, Mortgage Lifter, and quite a few
tomatillos, Green Husk.
Here's a question for those of you who sow seed indoors like me..
Do you use a special plant fluorescent bulb or just the regular type
fluorescent? Being cheap, I have always just used the regular bulbs,
but am thinking of buying the blue plant lights. DH wants to make a
dedicated plant stand so that I can get the plants directly under the
light and closer to it. No way I will buy one of those stations like
they sell in the catalogs...yikes the price! My brassicas are still in
the house, in the kitchen, and they, as usual, are rather leggy even
though they are within inches of the light. My windows are north
facing, so that doesn't help. Once they get to the greenhouse-probably
next week(I like to see true leaves before they leave the house) they
get plenty of sun but I am trying to prevent this initial legginess and
was wondering if blue lights might be what I need.
You guys would laugh if you saw my contraptions...
I have fluorescent under cabinet lighting in the kitchen..my seed trays
are sitting on top of the bread machine, the toaster, and a big
tupperware type container I store my hot chocolate mix in...lol...I've
created planks up near the lights using my various assortment of cutting
boards and I put the seed trays on that. It works, however unsightly
and inefficient it is. I'm quite sure there are much better ways...I am
just cheap. However, now that DH is interested, maybe he will build
something...and if he builds it, I want blue<g>.
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