The Endzone Garden Thread

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VolNExile said:
Well, there goes the electricity bill…

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I do love the wiring...I see a moment coming from either Christmas Vacation or A Christmas Story.

Looks like a good set up though. Out of curiosity, how big can your seedlings get in the that before they really have to go to the garden. And how much can you get started there?
 
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GVF said:
I do love the wiring...I see a moment coming from either Christmas Vacation or A Christmas Story.

Looks like a good set up though. Out of curiosity, how big can your seedlings get in the that before they really have to go to the garden. And how much can you get started there?
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Ah yes, electrical outlets in a 1923 house...

The first year (2020), I started way too early. I potted the tomatoes up (put them in larger and larger pots, burying the stems each time) 3 times before setting them out. As long as they're in fertile potting mix (I had to fertilize) and keep moving the lights higher, they did fine. They were about 2 1/2' tall when they finally moved to the great outdoors. Similar for the peppers, although I didn't bury the stems.

The trick is to keep the lights close enough that the seedlings don't get straggly reaching for the light. Plus good soil or soilless planting mix.

You can start as much as you have real estate (and heat mats and lights) for. So far I've started nine 10x20 flats, most with 18 3 1/3" pots, two with 48 4-cells, and I have about 5 to go. (That's for ~200 plants to donate for the plant sale plus maybe 70-80 for us? --this isn't just vegetables, but also herbs and pollinator flowers like borage and lavender hyssop.) If I ever get everything started and the spreadsheet completed, I'll update. A lot of the vegs will need to be repotted into larger pots. The trick is having enough space on the heat mats for the bigger pots, meaning the other stuff needs to have germinated first. The only things I keep on heat until planting are tomatoes, peppers, okra, and, umm, something. Uh-oh. Anyway, things that like warm soil; summer stuff.
 
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Long sory short...Planted 4 each of 6 different types. After a week there were 7 out of 24. I dumped the other 17 and replanted using different soil.

These peppers are a pita. I'm not happy, but I'm doing better than last year and I ended up being very happy.

This morning..yes that's an empty Metamucil container. It's the perfect height for the lamp.

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Behr said:
Long sory short...Planted 4 each of 6 different types. After a week there were 7 out of 24. I dumped the other 17 and replanted using different soil.

These peppers are a pita. I'm not happy, but I'm doing better than last year and I ended up being very happy.

This morning..yes that's an empty Metamucil container. It's the perfect height for the lamp.

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Nice! I finally have some popping up. They’re so much slower than tomatoes!
 
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I plant my pepper seeds in cups in December. They are slow growing, even in front of my sunniest south facing windows. I start feeding them in March. They should be ready to go into the garden by the last week of April.
 
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Yikes. I saw those advertised. Someone spent their tax refund.

Very nice set up.
 
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