As the title implies, I got off the line a bit slow. Owing to this, only having one seed tray, and no knowledge of my seeds viability/age (given by very generous users here, I thank ye) I took a shotgun approach and planted all seeds of a variety per cell. It worked out well as some varieties haven't hit 10% germination (yet). This'll likely be pilot error as I've never planted anything from seed except grass (of the lawn variety)!
The tray, uncovered:
My chicken scratch chart:
Unintended consequence of shotgun technique. Peruvian purples that were literally heaving the soil into the air as they all emerged at once. I had to push them back down multiple times. Still ended up with some helmet heads and a crowded mess:
Habanero in a cold room over the garage. South facing window was enough to let it hold onto two leaves before bouncing back (the leaves are still there looking rough, cat bite marks and all). This is the one that survived my failed attempt at low stress something or other training and was basically ripped in two when it was 6" tall. It's going ape sh*t now, at least 15 open flowers and many more buds:
Have a great season everybody!
PS ideally no one that contributed seeds to me sees this as wasteful. I know its not the best way to sow, but I panicked when I saw the calendar. Also, I figure if I get one robust plant of a variety, I'll have seeds to spare anyway.
The tray, uncovered:
My chicken scratch chart:
Unintended consequence of shotgun technique. Peruvian purples that were literally heaving the soil into the air as they all emerged at once. I had to push them back down multiple times. Still ended up with some helmet heads and a crowded mess:
Habanero in a cold room over the garage. South facing window was enough to let it hold onto two leaves before bouncing back (the leaves are still there looking rough, cat bite marks and all). This is the one that survived my failed attempt at low stress something or other training and was basically ripped in two when it was 6" tall. It's going ape sh*t now, at least 15 open flowers and many more buds:
Have a great season everybody!
PS ideally no one that contributed seeds to me sees this as wasteful. I know its not the best way to sow, but I panicked when I saw the calendar. Also, I figure if I get one robust plant of a variety, I'll have seeds to spare anyway.
