This weekend we sent up our new little portable greenhouse. I’m growing seeds for my Zinnia garden, and Maria is planting some seeds for our other gardens.
We got these papier mache plant boxes that can go right into the soil – they disintegrate as the seeds go. I have about 50 sprouts now I’m hoping for about 100 zinnias and one or three other kinds of flowers, as well as Basil and Cilantro.
The greenhouse has a zipper that comes down on chilly nights. If it’s really cold we’ll bring it into the farmhouse.
I’ll spray water the seeds two or three times a day, they are already shooting up much faster than we thought.
I’m into my raised wooden garden bed, straight from Canada. Hopefully, the seeds will flourish in the little greenhouse, and I’ll get a big job on the gardening season.
We worked all afternoon together stuffing the seedboxes, tamping them down, spraying them. It was all fun, every step of the way.
lovely
Would love to get one of these zippered covers for a friend’s birthday; he has a bunch of seedlings, too.
Great idea—well done, Jon!
Love that portable greenhouse! I’m going to find one too.
Jon, your last frost/freeze date is about the same as mine, then end of May. On the back of the seed packs it should say how many weeks from the last frost date to start your seeds or to plant directly in the ground if they germinate quickly or do not like to be transplanted. Several of what you have started germinate very quickly (zinnia, sunflower, nasturtium, etc.. These area also very sensitive to cold (below 50 degrees ). I hope you saved some seed as you will most likely need to plant again. Live and learn, especially in horticulture.
Seed is plentiful Marianna, thanks for the advice..
That is so neat!
Please check the instructions that came with the pots. (Yes, I have used them also, including for a elementary school campus garden.) There “should” be a directive like, “When planting seedlings in peat pots, tear away the edges of the pot and make sure none of it is exposed above the soil.” The reason is that if that edge is exposed above the soil, it will wick out the soil moisture away from the roots. What “Should” happen doesn’t always make it, of course.
Thanks we’ve read the instructions…we’ve used them before..
Jon we have a little reen bouselikeyours. While we found it very usefulit deteriorate d very fast when left out in the elements. The company rrplaced the cover, but we had aproblem with the second one too. My probably unneeded advice would be to take the cover off when not in use.