How to grow seeds indoors with Jiffy Professional Greenhouse and seedling heating mat from www.butterflygardenplan.com. Part 1 focuses on planting the seeds in the peat pellets. Seedlings are a variety of flowers to be planted in a butterfly garden.
Grow Seeds Indoors | Seed Germination | Jiffy Peat Pellets
August 4th, 2010 · 25 Comments · Greenhouses
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“u dont need all that warmer stuff”
No, but it does shorter germination (creates in general healthier plants) and lower the risk of fungi problems.
Also remember that in spring you’ll have maybe about 10-12 hours of useful warmth from the sun, with a heating mat you have it 24/7.
Not wise, unless you know what kind of ink was used, because some ink is harmful to the plants, it might not kill them, but is most certainly not beneficial to their overal health in the long term.
can’t you just germinate the seeds in a cup of water? or do you really need these pellets?
Some seeds with hard outer shells (e.g. peas) recommend soaking in water for a period of time to soften the shell. However, seeds generally need oxygen as well as moisture to germinate. Peat pellets work great because the substance is not too compacted and allows plenty of air to reach the seed. The plastic dome with the Jiffy greenhouse retains the moisture to make it suitable for germination.
well, tried the peat pellets, found its faster, easier to take toilet paper rolls cut in half/kitchen towel rolls cut in 4 pieces & use those instead of peat pellets that dry out too fast. The toilet rolls biodegrade fast, go straight out in the garden. Can label the outside w/a perm. marker what seed it is, put in your potting mix packed down (put them in plastic left over donut or pastry containers that have snap on lid (recycle). They make the perfect germinator and sprout in 2-3 days +FREE!
Thanks for the ideas. Also whenever you buy Rotisserie chickens and other supermarket prepared food they come with a clear lid dome and a black plastic bottom. These are nice because you can save a few to use when starting many kinds of seeds and do them in separate batches. Also Cardboard egg cartons make good seed starters and can be
easily separated into each little pod and and dropped right into the soil. They easily brake apart and let the roots spread .
Your supermarket bakery also will give there 3 & 5 gallon frosting tubs free these sell for 5-8$ at home depot. You do have to clean them out and they usually leave quite a bit of good frosting too.
These tubs can be used to store soil, plant trees and larger plants, set up homemade irrigation or let ing tap water sit without the lid for a day to let the chlorine evaporate. The best time to get them is in the morning before they toss them or ask them to hold onto them so you can pick them up
Excellent step-by-step explanation. THANK YOU. So many gardening videos are useless. Yours is not.
u can germinate in cups but this is better
bought myself the 10 pellet version yesterday! i will plant 2 more chili plants, 2 more honey melon plants and the rest (6) goes out for different types of tomatos. this year i will hopefully be indepented from stores and can eat my own vegetables and fruits.
big help!! thank you
Can I use this method to germinate cannabis seeds?
Man, I got one of those earlier today. I did it all wrong.
Oh bummer, thanks for the viceo but you mean I have to open each of the peat pellets?
Doh not oxygen but Co2
@imabiznezman It should work with all seeds
Hes gonna make his kids grow pot
got one earliear today and i READ THE INSTRUCTIONS and did it correctly, lol. joining the service in june so i hope i get to see my babbies grow a little before then! they should. done got the name, and germination period written on the plastic dome the outter part. nice video though sir, greatly done!!!
I bought a very similar Jiffy tray like the one in the video. Today I put water in it and put the seeds on. I hope it will work
can i put this outside
what if i dont have space inside can i put it outside?
@jerrydff7 Most seeds prefer a warm temp to germinate (70 degrees). I would suggest you try to keep a steady climate until the seedlings are at least an inch or two high. At that point, you can begin to ‘harden’ (google it for more info). Good luck!
brilliant video
Thank you for the good instructional video! I threw away the instructions before I intended to use it, so this was very helpful.
Wonderful video
Thankyou.