I’m over the moon at the moment at the success I’m having so far with seeds indoors. The plastic or Styrofoam egg cartons are proving to be very useful. My “cups runneth over” right now with green beans, radishes, tomatoes (3 varieties), multicolored bell peppers, cucumbers, and even parsnips. The only thing that didn’t germinate was the turnips, but I expected that because the seeds were so old. Bought a new packet, and hope to see something germinate soon.
Can’t believe that just a year or two ago, I didn’t consider myself to be capable of growing anything at all. Heh. :-)
Turnips are fool proof and don’t need any starting indoors.
Just scatter the seed on the ground, cover it up water it and walk away. You WILL get a crop.
Also, succession plant, IOW, about every 3 weeks plant more. That way you get an extended harvest as veggies past their maturity date tend to lose quality, seems they get woody and lose flavor.
All root crops should be started in the ground and none like transplanting. Except (as far as I know) onions.
Your post gave me a much needed smile! Congrats on your success!
Did you use “seed starter” soil, and if so, what type / brand? (You probably mentioned it previously and I missed it.)
So far, germinations (sounds like an invasion by the EU!) have generally been better for me this year too. I just checked and 12 out of 12 of the “Early Treat” tomatoes have germinated - my 1st 100% result when planting a dozen seeds or more! 10 of 12 of my “mystery orange tomatoes” seeds germinated too, but that’s 2x each (successful) in 5 of 6 sections of a re-used (emptied, cleaned, and sterilized) “six pack”, and then one section is void - which makes me think maybe I screwed up and didn’t put seeds in #6 on the end... (eye roll) The Thai peppers and Asian Squash* for my wife have been good, and the lemon cucumbers seem off to a good start too. Banana peppers too. The biggest failures have been the “Abe Lincoln” tomatoes (maybe I got a bad pack?) and only one Opo (sort of a big, thick “snake gourd”) has come up. But, the opo seeds were a bit old. My wife’s friend should have some from last fall — if I catch her husband a few trout, she’ll give me all sorts of interesting seeds...
*Ok, me too on the Asian Squash - it’s become my favorite for an acorn type squash for taste and texture. It’s very good in soups, and the fruits grow much bigger than acorn squash.
Now, if it would just quit raining...!!