Normally when I start my garden I directly sow seeds into my garden plot. This year I thought it would be nice to start seedlings for things that I know I'll have to thin out, or seeds that are tougher to grow.
I started with butter lettuce and cucumber seeds. Because it wasn't very warm when I started these seedlings (Mid April), the cucumber seeds only started to sprout in the last 2 weeks. However, the lettuce seeds came up almost immediately ;)
Below is the progress shots over the past 4-6 weeks.
I planted a lot of lettuce seeds because I wasn't sure how vigorous they were going to germinate. Once I saw how much they loved life, I knew I was going to have to thin them out. I hate waste, so I gently pulled out the excess seedlings and transfer planted them into the pot above. This is a very time consuming way of thinning, but you end up being able to use most of your seedlings :)
Another method in thinning out seedlings is to cut the seedlings you don't want. If you trim off their tops, they will wither and dye.
First 2 weeks, only the lettuce (left) are germinating.
2 weeks ago, I was loosing faith in the cucumbers, but they finally started sprouting.
Full blown cucumber seedlings, I love you :)
P.S. If you go to the garden store and buy a full rack of seedlings, keep the trays so you can create your own. Mine are from the marigolds I bought at the beginning of the season.
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