historically, i've had a pretty rough time with starting plants from seed - they always are smaller and weaker than their seedling counterparts from nurseries and farmers' markets, and often die young or don't really produce. i'm going to try to take this year to make a few seed experiments, trying out the same seeds with different starting soils, different light conditions, and see what works best.
also, since our season is so short up here in maine, i'm trying to start some that would generally be sown (sowed?) right outdoors a few weeks ahead of time indoors, to give 'em a head start. we'll see what happens.
below is a list of all the seeds we've got started so far. those in italics have shown their faces, those not in bold are still percolatin' in the soil:
- hopi "red dye" amaranth
- arugula
- bicolor corn
- black seeded simpson lettuce
- bright lights chard (though all but one of the seedlings has since died...)
- chinese lantern
- dahlias
- eggplant
- hungarian hot wax pepper
- long pie pumpkin
- luffa gourd
- sugar snap peas
- sunflowers (various)
- vermont cranberry bean
- watercress (tons of lil' sprouts, but they all look so weak!)
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