Greens/lettuce seeds started inside 1 June 2025

Yesterday I planted some lettuce and greens seeds . Here ’s how I did it :

I issue this tray into thirds but you do n’t have to . you’re able to keep the tray intact .

I care shallow container to set out little seeds as it is soft to get the right soil temperature postulate for germination and I can implant a lot of seeds in a small space . Bigger mountain for little seeds are harder to get the soil temperature correct . optimum source germination temperature for commons and lettuce it is 65 - 70 ° F and it should take between 7 - 10 Clarence Shepard Day Jr. to develop .

seed germination tray

I cut this tray into thirds but you don’t have to. You can keep the tray intact.

I mark each row every column inch and establish a seed there

Before I put in the semen , I label each row with a dot ( I used a silverish sharpie ) one inch apart so I could equally space the seeds and that way I can also see if a seed shoot by that pane . I practice Metro Mix 360 soil for set out seeds . I per - wash the dirt .

Put kiddie ( play ) Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin on top after arrange seeds in row .

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I mark each row every inch and plant a seed there

I used a pencil to make a small mess in the Metro Mix and put a seeded player in it . Afterwards I put ‘ kiddie ’ flirt sand over each row to cover the seeds and dab it down . Small seed can easy break through the grit when germinating . I would practice large mess for gravid seeds . You must keep the soil moist at all time till they evolve . Because the trays are so shallow , I only have to becloud the pre - moisten grease with a nebuliser , sometimes several times a solar day . You could put a clean top on it till sprouting happens . I never put the trays under a spigot to water as that could move the seed around .

Here I have them sitting on a heating system lusterlessness but Idon’tturn the mat ‘ on ’ for leafy vegetable .   For greens / wampum I put the investigation in the grime to see what temperature it is at with the thermoregulator . I line up for greens / lettuces the visible light above the seed trays provide all the heat needed to outride in that temperature cooking stove .   Here the thermostat reads 66 ° F . I ’ll reverse seedling heating plant mats on later for quick time of year crops like tomatoes which like the soil temperature much ardent for germination . The thermoregulator is enceinte for controlling the temperature .

Write down what variety each row is in a notebook

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Put kiddie (play) sand on top after putting seeds in rows.

I identify each row with a numeral and then keep a platter of what each numeral interpret instead of trying to write down what it is on that fiddling piece of tape . There are 12 dots so that means since there are 6 row in each ‘ mini - unconditional ’ that there are 72 seeds in this flyspeck space ! After they germinate and their first two true ( cotyledon ) leaves appear , I will transplant them each industrial plant into a 4 pack and from there directly into a cold-blooded systema skeletale , crushed burrow or nursery . Still too former to   throw them outdoors without protection .

Here is what I planted:1 - Yugoslavian crimson loot - butterhead type2 - Santoro lettuce - butterhead type3 - Slow - Bolt Cilantro4 - Carmel Spinach5 - Baby Pak Choi6 - Forellenschuss ( trout ) lettuce - cos

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seed starting tray with thermostat

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Write down what variety each row is in a notebook