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#StartingSeeds at Home with #UMaineExtension

Mar 3, 2021

"You can get a big jump on #Maine’s short #gardening season when you grow your own #seedlings. Instead of waiting for the ground to warm up enough to sow seeds outside, start enjoying flowers and harvesting vegetables four to six weeks earlier by starting seeds at home.

Starting your own plants from seed also allows you to choose from the much broader array of varieties offered in seed catalogs.

Using transplants instead of direct-seeding is especially important for plants that take a longer time to mature or are sensitive to frost."

Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da1gOgjaqaM

Find more research-based information about home #gardening in Maine from UMaine Extension:
https://extension.umaine.edu/gardening/

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Starting Seeds at Home with UMaine Extension

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donkey herder, fowl friend Mar 29, 2023

I’m learning from at least some of last year’s mistakes. I got the early seedlings thinned almost as soon as they sprouted, and today I up potted about half of them to 4” pots. I remembered to use proper potting soil for their second homes, and I even pre-moistened the soil with some gentle fertilizer! And, most impressive of all, I actually labeled all of the seedlings!
Now that I’ve learned to make hoop frames, I should be able to glue up two more beds’ worth tomorrow and get them installed and covered with poly tarp the day after. Then I can evict these babies to a warm outside hoophouse bed to grow a little bigger. #Gardening #StartingSeeds