The garden took on a new form last weekend. I also planted 13 different varieties of tomatoes. I used peat pots filled with peat moss and vermicullite. It took less than 72 hours for all of the seeds to germinate. I placed them outside in partial sun yesterday. Because of rain I brought them inside and placed them under grow lights this morning. As soon as the sun comes out I will again place them outside in the sun again. I have tried both under lights and in full sun and have gotten better results with the sun. I have placed a 16 day old Roma seedling into the Squarefoot garden as well as one in a homemade soiless self watering planter. I will give them both 15 days to decide what the best method of growing will be. Just in one day I have already seen growth in the SFG.
Self made planter. Cost $12.00. Check out this website on how to make a simple self water planter. I am going to try the global bucket method next. The bucket method would be cheaper than the container method that I used.
http://www.globalbuckets.org/ The guys at global buckets have a self watering system that blew my mind.
Can I pinch the suckers when the plant is this young?
I transplanted both of the seedlings at the sametime and you can see the plant in the SFG is growing a little stronger than the one in the planter. Its only been a few days since the transplant. Its still to early to tell but I will keep everyone posted on the difference in growing patterns with the two methods.
Seedlings all under grow lights until sun comes out again. This is the first time that I have used peat pots to start seedlings. I am keeping water at the bottom of the tray so the pots can sponge up what ever water evaporates from the heat of the lights. So far its working rather well. I had an old book shelf in the garage that I turned into a grow chamber.
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