Greenhouse
Have you opened up your greenhouses and begun your spring plants? We will be Saturday. Our newest group, "THE" Group, will be out at 2 p.m. to start seeds in the greenhouse. They will learn all the parts of a greenhouse and how it works. They will be making a special mix to help the seeds succeed in germination. This mix helps hold moisture in around the seeds to encourage germination of each and every seed. Each time we do it this way, we have a higher success rate. Would you like that secret? It may not be much of a secret, but several people I have shared it with, are unaware of it. We mix peat moss (that has been moistened ahead of time), vermiculite, and perlite. We line our trays with this mix, sprinkle the seeds across the top, then top with a light layer of moss. These items provide high moisture content for the seeds. Each of these are used to absorb the moisture and release it as it becomes dry. What better way to start seeds. With planting the seeds directly into potting soil, the soil dries out much easier and quicker than this mix. Now, we do not keep the seedling sprouts in their very long. They are in there just until the seed leaves come in. Then we move them to our potting mix. Our potting mix will be the next layer of talk about the greenhouse. Until then, our seeds will sit in this special mix under our misting water system that will ensure the mix stays moist until they sprout and get transplanted into their nutrient rich soil mix.
