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Germinating Onion Seeds

Feb 26

Photo by tanakawho.

It’s February and it’s time to start germinating onions around here. Old plastic boxes that were used for storing candy have proven to be very handy for starting seeds:

I use special mould for germination and mark where I want the seeds to go in. In this case it’s 4 x 4:

To get the most out of my bag of seeds I use a pair of tweezers to put in the seeds:

I’ll spray the mould with water and place it in a windowsill and wake up excited each morning to see, if the small fellows have decided to live
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1. Kiku said on September 26th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
  
  Those plasticboxes, clever!
  But I assume you don’t let them grow in there? There’s no holes in the box as far as I can see, so I imagen that’d be a nice fundation for different moulds and diseases (:
2. Thomas W. said on September 28th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
  
  @Kiku: When the seedlings start to form the real leaves I move them into small pots with drain holes in the bottom, and another type of growing medium containing all the good stuff not present in the germination medium.
  I have found that the windowsill is actually too hot for the seedlings. The light/heat ratio is too low, so I’m planning on installing a grow light instead. Don’t know where to mount it though, due to space requirements, but I think it’s the next the step to take in order to raise more plants.
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Who Else Wants Free Sticks For Row Marking?

Feb 24

I have this bamboo growing like crazy on a south facing wall. I cut it down every year, but it keeps coming. I thought about removing it completely, but it turns out to be pretty useful:

I cut down all the shoots at the ground and cut them into smaller lengths. They’re perfect for marking your rows after sowing seeds, and for some reason they’ll last several years. Bamboo sticks are quite expensive in our local supermarket, so I’ll leave the bamboo where it is for now.
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Chitting Potatoes The Easy Way

Feb 16

A tip on chitting potatoes: Use egg trays to keep the potatoes in place. They’re much easier to handle this way, especially if you need to move them around.

What kind are you growing?
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1. vegmonkey said on March 9th, 2009 at 12:14 am
  
  That’s the best way to do it! I popped down to the local greengrocer and he gave me a load of old apple trays, so that i could chit mine.Check out the blog for what i’m growing. I think it’s foremost, winston and fabula but i can’t remember which are earlies etc
2. Thomas W said on March 9th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
  
  Old apple trays, good idea! They should be easy to get hold of too. I like Asparagus, Bintje and Sava potatoes.
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