The seeding mat was a bit too warm, with a brief period up to 100F earlier this week. For most of the seeds, it does not seem to have hurt them and many are germinating earlier than expected. Not all are growing yet. So far, most of the tomatoes, the basil, and French marigolds are growing. The marigolds were first. The basil and marigolds were seeds I saved from my plants last fall, and the marigolds were from volunteer plant, so now 3rd generation in my garden.
Basil seedlings. There are a "typical" basil - not one of the fancy big leaf or Thai varieties. Last fall I cut off the seed heads, and stored them upside down in a brown paper bag in my home office. Last week, I crushed the dry seed heads in my hands, transferred to a bowl, used my fingers to separate the chaff. it was very easy to get a large amount of seed, and the process smelled very nice, like basil.
Tomato Seedlings. Only two have not germinated yet, one of the Moskovic and the home saved volunteer yellow cherry tomato.
Marigold Seedlings - not pictured but similar to the tomato seedlings. I still have the original plant, blooming in the sunroom. It's a nice, reddish brown color with orange edges and centers, only about 9 inches tall after a year.
Plus, some of the earlier seedlings are doing very well so far. First, the shallot seedlings are growing nicely. Germination was poor, but the plants that did grow are doing well. I also have a shallot bulb that I planted in the garden last fall. It will be interesting to compare how they do.
This container has peppers, on left is Banana pepper and with the reddish-leaf apple seedling is Thai pepper. Those will get separated when I repot the apple plant.
More seedlings under LED lights.
There are also storage onion seedlings and some of the peppers, eggplants, and apples, on the top shelf under the sunroom top window.
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