http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Fri, 16 May 2008 19:02:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-19450 Ten-day leeks | Tiny Farm Blog Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:33:30 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-19450 [...] every one popped up. The first parsley just appeared, and a second set of arugula is already blowing in the wind. Things are slowly getting…busier. Tags: leek, seed Somewhat related posts: None [...] [...] every one popped up. The first parsley just appeared, and a second set of arugula is already blowing in the wind. Things are slowly getting…busier. Tags: leek, seed Somewhat related posts: None [...]

]]> http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-18866 Christine Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:06:05 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-18866 I have been starting seeds indoors for years, and I have never heard of this. Wow, it makes sense, though. Love the pictures of your seedlings. I have been starting seeds indoors for years, and I have never heard of this. Wow, it makes sense, though. Love the pictures of your seedlings.

]]> http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-18857 tech_sam Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:30:34 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-18857 Excellent stuff! We have a ceiling fan, which might be good enough for circulation, but I will set up the clip on fans to stimulate stem strength. Excellent stuff! We have a ceiling fan, which might be good enough for circulation, but I will set up the clip on fans to stimulate stem strength.

]]> http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-18849 Mike (tfb) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:03:23 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-18849 Gillian: The wind should help! You may also need more light. I've noticed that some plants like coriander, parsley, and lettuce that stretch in the first week or two from not enough light, will flop down, the stems are too thin to ever pick it up again, and as they grow, you get this tangled, viny mass of stretched stems that's hard to transplant. So you may want to experiment by giving a few seedlings lots of light right from the start, like, if you're using fluorescents, keep it only three inches or so from the leaves. Plus the wind! Don't forget, wind also dries out plants really efficiently, so make sure they're well watered. Then, see what happens! :) Gillian: The wind should help! You may also need more light. I’ve noticed that some plants like coriander, parsley, and lettuce that stretch in the first week or two from not enough light, will flop down, the stems are too thin to ever pick it up again, and as they grow, you get this tangled, viny mass of stretched stems that’s hard to transplant. So you may want to experiment by giving a few seedlings lots of light right from the start, like, if you’re using fluorescents, keep it only three inches or so from the leaves. Plus the wind! Don’t forget, wind also dries out plants really efficiently, so make sure they’re well watered. Then, see what happens! :)

]]> http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-18822 Gillian Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:48:12 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-18822 Thanks Clemmons! :) Thanks Clemmons! :)

]]> http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-18812 Clemmons Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:10:51 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-18812 Gillian, the fanning will toughen them up and make them thicker and less spindly. I have always used a fan like this and it works. I daily rotate the plants or move the fan around so it isn't always blowing from the same direction. Gillian, the fanning will toughen them up and make them thicker and less spindly. I have always used a fan like this and it works. I daily rotate the plants or move the fan around so it isn’t always blowing from the same direction.

]]> http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-18805 Gillian Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:56:51 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-18805 Will this stop the sprouts from looking so spindly? I tried growing herbs from seed indoors a few years ago and a lot of them - particularly the cilantro - grew so tall and thin that they looked sickly. Many of them died during the transplanting. I am worried that I will have the same problem this year and won't know how to fix it. Will this stop the sprouts from looking so spindly? I tried growing herbs from seed indoors a few years ago and a lot of them - particularly the cilantro - grew so tall and thin that they looked sickly. Many of them died during the transplanting. I am worried that I will have the same problem this year and won’t know how to fix it.

]]> http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-18801 VP Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:39:32 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/09/seedling-treatment/#comment-18801 This is a great idea Mike! I brush my seedlings once a day to do the same thing but I don't have to do it on an 'industrial' scale like you do :) This is a great idea Mike! I brush my seedlings once a day to do the same thing but I don’t have to do it on an ‘industrial’ scale like you do :)

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