heating mat empty spots...
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:58 am
So you get your flurry of early starters that HAS to get done, like tomatoes and peppers sprouted, and even the eggplants are starting to grow. You sow the seeds and put them on the mats to germinate, and diligently move them under the lights one after the other in a production line... And realize, HEY, I've no more seeds planned to start, but there are a couple of empty spots on the heating mats... Such a waste not to be making use of that....
Do you feel like that at some point during the spring seed starting chaos?
If I were smart, I would tell myself, "Job well done! First phase is winding down."
Instead, I'm casting around and checking my garden planting map for this year, wondering if there might not be a scrap of space left to plant something else, or to see if I may have forgotten something that should have been started. If I wait another week or two, I could potentially start watermelon or squash... Maybe. So many people talk about starting them inside, but I decided that I'd rather DS them under a cloche, so why now? 
Well, that's OK, I found Purple Passion Asparagus berries still on the stalks. I guess I'll try starting those. Even though I have absolutely no place to grow another asparagus bed, I've never tried growing them from seed so it's an experiment (...or so I convince myself). And Eric/DD mentioning TPS got me wanting to grow them so even though it's a bit late, I'll grow a few of those as well. Heh.
Do you feel like that at some point during the spring seed starting chaos?
If I were smart, I would tell myself, "Job well done! First phase is winding down."
Instead, I'm casting around and checking my garden planting map for this year, wondering if there might not be a scrap of space left to plant something else, or to see if I may have forgotten something that should have been started. If I wait another week or two, I could potentially start watermelon or squash... Maybe. So many people talk about starting them inside, but I decided that I'd rather DS them under a cloche, so why now? Well, that's OK, I found Purple Passion Asparagus berries still on the stalks. I guess I'll try starting those. Even though I have absolutely no place to grow another asparagus bed, I've never tried growing them from seed so it's an experiment (...or so I convince myself). And Eric/DD mentioning TPS got me wanting to grow them so even though it's a bit late, I'll grow a few of those as well. Heh.
