Seed Starting Recipe
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The majority of our seed at Nodding Onion Gardens spend the winter outdoors in small cold frames, however each season we grow a few species indoors under florescent lights. This is done for several reasons; first it provides the opportunity to learn the idiosyncrasies of new plants, second observing how they change and mature makes identifying weeds vs. young seedlings that much easier. Most importantly it is FUN! Poking around in seed trays, transplanting seedlings when the days are short, cloudy and cold puts a song in my heart and dirt under my finger nails!😂
So why after 14 years did I need a new seed starting mix? Necessity! This spring my faithful pre-mixed potting soil wasn't available. Darn! I was both familiar and comfortable with: the amount of water, ideal house temperature and fish fertilizer dilution seedlings required to thrive.