Comments on: Seed Starting Lessons I Learned the Hard Way

By: BriAnn, Team Floret

BriAnn, Team Floret — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 19:27:23 +0000

In reply to Maegan Yeary. Remove any water in the bottom tray and let the soil dry out a bit before watering them again. Hope this helps!

By: Maegan Yeary

Maegan Yeary — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 00:09:30 +0000

I’m worried I overwatered! How should I fix this without having to transplant my little seedlings that just germinated?

By: BriAnn, Team Floret

BriAnn, Team Floret — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 22:51:21 +0000

In reply to Sara. Cut some siran wrap and put it over the ones that haven't sprouted yet. You could move the cucumbers when they've developed a couple sets of leaves on them so they handle the transplant better.

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 22:28:32 +0000

So I definitely made most of these mistakes. The biggest one I’m worried about is mixing trays. So my cucumbers have sprouted but my carrots have not. I even mixed carrots and zinnias together, ha.

Not sure how to deal with the humidity dome on the ones that have sprouted versus the ones that haven’t.

Should I try moving them into a new tray?

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 12:57:04 +0000

Help! I have a nice set of yarrow that sprouted and has been under the grow light for weeks but they are not growing past their first set of true leaves. I thinned them to two per cell but they really aren’t growing. Still green, but still tiny. Any advice?

By: PopPop

PopPop — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 20:45:21 +0000

Wow what a difference this made. I always lost about half my flower seedlings before they made it out side then I lost half again when I transplanted in the garden. For my Zinnias I start 110 seeds to get 25 plants in the garden and they are always too tall. Thanks to you I lowered my lights witch gave me strong compact growth like the stores sell. It is close to time to transplant my Zinnias and I am not sure were to put them all. I have 101 Zinnias ready to go outside 109 popped up and I only lost 8. Changed how often I feed and water from the bottom up what a difference it made.

By: BriAnn, Team Floret

BriAnn, Team Floret — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:48:45 +0000

In reply to Stephen Romano. I'd suggest letting the soil wick up the water for 20-30 minutes and then dumping out the extra water.

By: Stephen Romano

Stephen Romano — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:23:15 +0000

I used a seed tray for the first time this year and ran into an issue where none of the middle cells germinated for the first 3-4 weeks. I *think* I figured out why – the middle of the bottom tray (which holds the water) isn’t perfectly flat and so when I started watering from the bottom, the middle cells didn’t get any water. I filled the bottom tray a bit more than usual this past week and now the middle cells are finally showing growth… but the perimeter cells are drenched!

Any advice on how to best flatten the bottom tray so the cells are all watered evenly?

By: BriAnn, Team Floret

BriAnn, Team Floret — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:44:19 +0000

In reply to Craig. Once the seeds sprout then you can place the lights above them and remove the dome lid. However, some seeds require to light to germinate so having a ceiling light turned on during the day for light germinators would work fine.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 01:46:57 +0000

I just planted a variety of vegetables in the trays located in liners and acclimated in my basement. I am utilizing heat pads underneath my tomatoes and peppers. I also put domes on and just finished setting up a 4-ft light with chains so I can adjust it. My question is having just planted the seeds today when do I begin to add light? When the seeds sprout or do I add it today while they are still under the soil? And does the dome play a role in any of that? I realize the dome has to come off once the majority of the plants sprout but I read somewhere that someone said you should never do lights and a dome at the same time. Thank you in advance for your response