Tomato, eggplant and pepper seedlings heading out from the Milkhouse (seedling room) to the unheated hoophouse for some real sunlight and a taste of the harsher field conditions, before transplant time in a couple of weeks. The small riding mower does double duty, mowing the paths and ferrying around seedlings, tools, harvests.
- Seed starting tools
- Seed starting tools II
- Return to the trays
- Seed starting station
- The watering tray
- Bare root seed starting
- Bare root Brussels sprouts
- Editing onions, counting peppers
- Seeding as we go…
- Early spring rounds
- Plug sheet action
- True leaves
- Seedling treatment
- Grow racks in action
- Jostling tomatoes
- Seedlings continue to grow…
- Getting busy
- Grow racks at night
- 1440 onions
- To the greenhouse
- Seedlings away!
- More seedlings to the greenhouse
- Greenhouse filling up
- Early lettuce heats up
I’m actually starting about 4000 tomatoes, peepers and eggplants indoors right now. This is my first attempt at growing seedlings, and my plan is to move the plug trays out to the unheated hoophouse before potting up before selling them. My question is: When you move the seedlings out to the hoophouse, how do you harden them, off? (the same as regular hardening off, or can you just throw them in there and leave them). I love your blog, and I’de really appreciate any advice – as I’m starting to have small panic attacks when I think about killing all these plants after moving them from the safety of my seed room!)
Thanks!