When is the best time to start seedlings?

[PanterA666]

Cool, Got all my soil ready today, gonna start planting some seeds

[stuyvesant]

Best of luck vege, mine are 2 weeks in

[smashed1]

dont plant em in the ground yet !! panter id start em in cups an just bring them in of a night for a few weeks first , to early in the ground yet

[stuyvesant]

thanks for your concern smashed, but the babies are indoors under lights for some kick-start to the season. Its still a few weeks till I will plant them outside

[PanterA666]

Hey guys here's the latest pics of my plants, the one in the pot isn't growing so well

 

[canetoad]

OK pants, I can see you are a meticulous gardener. Plants mulched and weeded.

 

I also see a shitload of wood chips and hope you have given you dirt a big serve of dolomite (lime) to counteract the acidic nature of the decomposing wood.

 

They are lovely looking plants, sturdy and green. I'm guessing that they are newly transplanted?

 

As an outdoor grower, I prefer not to mulch my plants when they are young. The mulch can stuff up your soil balance very easily. Instead, I prefer to plant very close together (30cms), turn over the soil by trowel if it gets too weedy while the plants are young. Once they have grown to 30cm or so in height, the fan leaves tend to keep down any weeds growing between plants.

 

The two main benefits of mulch are: a)keep weeds down b)hold in water. IMO if you tend your patch and water every day, woodchip mulch does more harm than good.

 

cheers

cane

[billygoat]

Forget aboit the plants, more boob shots please !

 

[Faith]

Tidy garden there Pantera Nice little heads up thanks c'toad. Plants look well cared for, very nice!

 

Peace to you and good growing. v

[Naycha]

In ground plants are looking very good Pants.

 

Still getting off on pretending to be a girl I see

 

Naycha

[PanterA666]