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Step 4The end result
Once you've watered and assembled your Ghetto Greenhouse it's time to put it in the right location. I place them outside in the back yard in a very sunny spot and let them get rained on so I don't have to water as much I just make sure to check that they're not drying out or staying too soggy.
This is how I start all my seeds that require a cold dormant period (called stratification) and when the weather warms up it is how I start my seeds that don't require cold to germinate. You can also place them inside in a sunny window if you don't have yard space or you're trying to grow something like Citrus seeds in the middle of winter.
Once my seedlings have emerged I'll take the top off for about an hour a day for a week to get them used to the outside world. Then I'll plant them in containers or in the ground or I'll pot them up and share with friends and neighbors anything I have extras of.
This method can be used to start off anything from Perennials, to Annuals, to Edibles. You can even use this if you're growing under light indoors. Take your seedlings and grow a beautiful garden or plant up that ugly empty lot down the street for you. If you can't bake to save your life, consider a plant sale to raise money for your charity. You can find seeds really cheap in a lot of places like garden centers and even big box stores, like that place everyone hates. Or save the seeds from the foods you buy from your organic store and grow your own tomatoes, onions etc. And it won't cost you an arm and a leg to buy a seed starter and you'll save money buy growing your own.
Questions, comments, feel free to ask.
http://mrbrownthumb.blogspot.com
This is how I start all my seeds that require a cold dormant period (called stratification) and when the weather warms up it is how I start my seeds that don't require cold to germinate. You can also place them inside in a sunny window if you don't have yard space or you're trying to grow something like Citrus seeds in the middle of winter.
Once my seedlings have emerged I'll take the top off for about an hour a day for a week to get them used to the outside world. Then I'll plant them in containers or in the ground or I'll pot them up and share with friends and neighbors anything I have extras of.
This method can be used to start off anything from Perennials, to Annuals, to Edibles. You can even use this if you're growing under light indoors. Take your seedlings and grow a beautiful garden or plant up that ugly empty lot down the street for you. If you can't bake to save your life, consider a plant sale to raise money for your charity. You can find seeds really cheap in a lot of places like garden centers and even big box stores, like that place everyone hates. Or save the seeds from the foods you buy from your organic store and grow your own tomatoes, onions etc. And it won't cost you an arm and a leg to buy a seed starter and you'll save money buy growing your own.
Questions, comments, feel free to ask.
http://mrbrownthumb.blogspot.com
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Look at mine ^^ (still have to cover the earth)