More Germination and Sowing of Eggplant Seeds

Germination:

White Lisbon Onions
Tropiana Onions
Walla Walla Onions
Lobelia
Impatiens
Red Romaine Lettuce
Red Sails Lettuce

Sowing of Seeds

Eggplant, Shooting Stars
Eggplant Long Purple
Eggplant, Aswad
Eggplant, Ping Tung
Eggplant, Diamond

Sowing Seeds

Eggplant
Alyssum
Portulaca
Vinca
Black Eyed Susan
Echinacea
Petunia

Germination

Lettuce, Red Sails
Onion, Ailsa Craig

Germination

The following seeds germinated on March 18:

Onions, Sweet Spanish
Lettuce, Buttercrunch
Kale, Winterbor

Sowing a Few Seeds

Coleus

Germination:
Peas, Dwarf Gray Sugar

More Sowing

Parsley
Impatiens
Lobelia
Pansies
Lettuce
Potentilla
Kale, Winterbor
Peas, Dwarf Gray Sugar

Sowing Onion Seeds

Sowed in 4"x8" containers onion seeds, approximately 30-50 seeds per container:

Ailsa Craig
White Lisbon
Sweet Spanish Utah
Walla Walla
Tropeana Lunga

Preparing Seed Starting Mix From Scratch This Year

8:2:2 - Spaghum Peat Moss: Vermiculite: Perlite

STRATEGY - Double recipe in large bin, use hot water to mix and moisten, place into containers, lay seeds, top with moistened mix, don't cover, place in 70 degree room, watch moisture level carefully until seeds germinate. Once germination occurs, place containers under light and begin fertilizing once first true leaves appear. 

More economical, more control over materials, fun to get "hands dirty". 

Organizing Seeds

Organizing seeds into categories.  Pulling those seeds with earliest sowing dates, onions, pansies, lobelia, celery, parsley, etc.

Began Hoophouse Clean Up

Better organized hoophouse for spring use. Gathered materials for seed starting mix including containers, trays, peat moss, vermiculate and perlite. Place new shelving unit in rear.  Noted that spinach, kale and parsley have begun a second season of growth.