I’m looking forward to using these websites for reminders, advice and encouragement. Record when you planted or last watered, diagnose problems and see how much you've harvested. Take photos outside, then upload along with written notes right from your mobile or tablet device. Now that we’re a week past the Spring Equinox, indoor planting is underway with tomatoes, onions, peppers, eggplant, broccoli, cauliflower and lettuce for my kitchen garden growing under lights and in flats in the greenhouse, but as soon as the soil dries out a bit, outdoor planting can begin. The Journal makes keeping track of your progress quick and easy. They also offer a Garden Planner that I haven’t explored but that one day could replace all the sheets of paper I shuffle around each year. The format is more table-like than the narrative format that West Coast Seeds uses but equally useful. Their Growing Guides link to a planting calendar and to extensive planting, growing and harvesting information for each vegetable. Territorial Seed Company has a similarly useful website. You can access West Coast Seeds’ growing information for all vegetables, not just those to start in March, from this link: And this additional link takes you to their very useful planting charts. I’m a long-time kitchen gardener, but I learned something new or was reminded of something I’d forgotten from each article I explored. Both lists are useful, but the even better part is that clicking on any flower, herb or vegetable on the lists takes you to a page of information with everything you need to know about planting, growing, harvesting, diseases and pests. What followed were two lists of flowers, herbs and vegetables, one for seeds to start inside and the next for seeds to start outside.
#TERRITORIAL SEED FULL#
Other seeds actually benefit from cool weather and the risk of frost, and they are shown below for direct sowing in March.Ĭlick on the links below for full planting instructions. Seeds started in March will be ready for transplanting into the garden by the time the nighttime temperatures have warmed up in May. I was prompted to explore West Coast Seeds website by emails from the company that showed up in my box with titles like “Seeds to Sow in February” and “Seeds to Sow in March.” Clicking on March, I opened a site with this introduction:īelow is a list of seeds to start in March. The websites of two of the bigger pacific northwest seed companies, Territorial Seeds and West Coast Seeds, contain the advice from their seed packets and catalogs, but they contain a great deal more advice because there is so much more space.
Recently, though, I’ve found another source of advice that is even more useful: seed company websites.
#TERRITORIAL SEED TRIAL#
The advice is always useful, and I still double-check these sources to be sure I haven’t forgotten some particular detail. Unique to Territorial Seed Company is their 44-acre trial grounds and organic research farm, located in London Springs, Oregon. When to plant, how deep, how far apart, how long to germination and to harvest. Some of the plants will inevitably die, and if they do, there are amazing local nurseries with increasingly diverse varieties of tomato starts to choose from.Over the years, seed catalogs and seed packets have been my quick go-to sources for planting advice.If possible, keep the plants in a highly visible spot so you can keep tabs on how they’re doing and not accidentally forget about them.If you order seeds from Territorial (or other big seed companies) and want to. Ideally, keep seedlings in a south-facing window that gets a lot of direct sunlight that can be supplemented with LED grow lights (Madeline: Sleeping kitties like this, too). Have settled down with my seed catalogs and am making final selections for. Later in the season, pot up any seedlings (again, in potting soil) that have outgrown their pots and begin the hardening-off process.Once the seeds have a set or two of true leaves, gently divide the seedlings and transfer them into their own small pots filled with potting soil, then occasionally water with diluted fish fertilizer.Tomato seeds need humidity and a heat source to germinate, and then access to lots of light, nutrients and consistent moisture afterward.Sow a few tomato seeds per cell to ensure seeds germinate from each variety (this is especially important for older seeds).Unpack and disinfect any growing cells that were used the year before, purchase (or mix) sterile seed-starting medium, and make sure you have grow lights and heating pads.
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