I’ts still cold outside – in the 30’s. Perfect for planting spinach!

I did a little experiment. I planted some spinach seeds where I will later plant squash and pumpkins. These were planted directly in the ground. I also planted some in a seed-starter-filled egg crate. Since these seeds are just large enough to handle individually, I planted exactly one seed in each section of the egg crate. Modern seed technology seems to make such conservative use of seeds practical. With tiny carrot seeds this would not be practical.

After germination I’ll cut the crate into individual sections and plant them in the ground. We’ll see if this works…

I’m calling this post “Experimentation” although it actually represents another mistake.

Take another look at the photo in the previous post. I like using peat pots to start my plants. The problem is that I bought the little ones and had to re-pot as the plants grew. This can create nasty little air pockets between the little peat pots and the pots into which they were re-potted. Roots don’t like those air spaces. Also, I decided to re-pot some of the plants by inserting them into clay pots. There are a zillion of them I inherited from the previous owner of our falling-down-greenhouse so I thought, “why not!” Maybe I’ll find out “why not”.

Next year I’ll plant all my plants in the larger 3″ peat pots.

Anyone that would like some clay pots, please come by and help yourself.