Property News · January 28, 2017

Alys Fowler: how to give your seedlings the best start in life


Growing with the season rather than trying to jump ahead can make a lot of senseIt’s the sign of a new season, the first glimpse of hope that the days are lengthening and it is all beginning again. Perhaps more importantly it is a sign of a happy gardener; I know of many who find a great sense of satisfaction from a windowsill full of seedlings. But what happens if you can’t fill your home with the little darlings?For the majority of vegetables and hardy annuals, it could be argued that the march you try to steal on time is often futile. Windowsill-raised seedlings are inherently weak, however full of life they look. They are always straining to a light source even if you turn them every day, they grow leggy, they are often too warm and too mollycoddled, so that the hardening off process is a shock and the first taste of real soil too much. All those seedlings that so quickly become slug fodder are harbouring some flaw that is not perceptible to our eyes. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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