Diggin' In: Progress Journal (2/25-2/28)
02/28/2012
2/25/12. Sprouts Appear! (3 days after planting)
This morning I see sprouts! The 1st and strongest seem to be arugula. Both M and mine, even though M’s arugula got stomped on by Bella.
Here’s what’s poking through this morning: The soil is staying moist and I moved the bench with the trays into the sunshine of our room.
This morning I see sprouts! The 1st and strongest seem to be arugula. Both M and mine, even though M’s arugula got stomped on by Bella.
Here’s what’s poking through this morning: The soil is staying moist and I moved the bench with the trays into the sunshine of our room.
2/26/12. More Sprouts!
They’re growing! More sprouts peeking through today. Very cool.
2/28/12. Sprouting Differences
More growth! Interesting how some big differences between M and mine - most ovcious are the beets. Mine are growing like crazy and hers hasn’t sprouted yet. Same with her lettuce, where mine is on fire!
Almost all of mine are really growing except leek, onions, and scallions that just started sprouting today it looks like. And cilantro that shows no sign.
I’m curious to make correlations between vegetable type, leaf/sprout appearance, and sprout growth time.
The instructions from class say that once they germinate to put them outside in the day and in at night. (Definition of Germinate: Begin to grow and put out shoots after a period of dormancy)
Watering is to be cut back to once every other day, then every 3 days when seeds come up. When a second set of “true leaves” arrives, then they are ready to transplant. M started putting her tray outside today, I will tomorrow.
*Book says celety, parsley, leek and onion seeds take a long time to germinate*
Idea! Going to put the sprouted light-hungry seedlings in the aquarium outside to sit in the sun protected from wind, critters, and rain. Our room window isn’t south facing, it’s more south east and quickly loses sight of the sun. The aquarium on the roof patio will hopefully mimic a green house for the babies to germinate!
~Dani
More growth! Interesting how some big differences between M and mine - most ovcious are the beets. Mine are growing like crazy and hers hasn’t sprouted yet. Same with her lettuce, where mine is on fire!
Almost all of mine are really growing except leek, onions, and scallions that just started sprouting today it looks like. And cilantro that shows no sign.
I’m curious to make correlations between vegetable type, leaf/sprout appearance, and sprout growth time.
The instructions from class say that once they germinate to put them outside in the day and in at night. (Definition of Germinate: Begin to grow and put out shoots after a period of dormancy)
Watering is to be cut back to once every other day, then every 3 days when seeds come up. When a second set of “true leaves” arrives, then they are ready to transplant. M started putting her tray outside today, I will tomorrow.
*Book says celety, parsley, leek and onion seeds take a long time to germinate*
Idea! Going to put the sprouted light-hungry seedlings in the aquarium outside to sit in the sun protected from wind, critters, and rain. Our room window isn’t south facing, it’s more south east and quickly loses sight of the sun. The aquarium on the roof patio will hopefully mimic a green house for the babies to germinate!
~Dani
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