Starting a vegetable garden update. As new vegetable gardeners, we’re not familiar with what to expect after the initial planting. If you’re in the same boat, hopefully this post will give you a reference point of what you might see starting your seeds. It will give you a time frame of when you’ll start to see growth and what that growth will look like. The seed packets will usually say the germination period – But we’ve got to see it to believe it.
if you haven’t read the original post you can find it hear. Starting a Vegetable Garden
1 WEEK SEED UPDATE
This is the growth from week 1, tray 1. We have radish, cucumber, basil and dill sightings – you just have to squint! [Please live, please live.]
6 Day Update – Not Bad. Pay attention to cells 3 and 4.
7 Day Update – LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE! This is 24 hours later. Plants are wild.
We Now Have 2 Trays
We started with 1 tray but 1 week later added a 2nd tray. We couldn’t help ourselves. There are just so many things we want to grow.
Tray 1
- Red Cherry Tomato
- White Cherry Tomato
- Cherry Radish
- Sumpter Cucumber
- All Lettuce Blend
- Yellow Spanish Sweet Onion
- Genovese Basil
- Slow Bolt Cilantro
- Italian Flat Leaf Parsley
- Oregano
- Dill
- Garden Chives
Tray 2
- Striped Pace Tomato
- Golden Beet
- Yellow Crimson Watermelon
- Snow Peas
- Rainbow Carrots
- Red Russian Kale
- Rainbow Swiss Chard
- Watermelon Radish
- Green Summer Squash
- Broccoli Romanesco
- Sugar Baby Watermelon
- Jalapeno
- Cherokee Wax Beans
- Lemon Cucumber
- Oak Leaf Lettuce
- Bibb Lettuce
- Black Seed Lettuce
- Rouge Romain
Tray 1 Day 14
Tray 2 Day 7
We’re keeping things simple and not using grow lights, just the sunshine coming through the window. As soon as you start to see growth, you’ll notice the sprouts will lean towards the sun. You’ll want to rotate your sprouts, it’s crazy how much they lean and how quickly they move positions.
We took the dill and cucumber out of tray 1. They got too tall for the plastic cover. The cucumber is looking great and the dill is TBD. The dill doesn’t seem to want to stand up. We transplanted them to the larger cups to add more potting mix in hopes this gives the base more stability so they won’t flop over.
If you look at tray 1 vs tray 2, you’ll notice that they look similar as far as growth. Some cells don’t have any growth while others look to be thriving.
Thanks for checking in on our first update! Stay tuned.
if you haven’t read the original post you can find it hear. Starting a Vegetable Garden
Starting a Vegetable Garden Part 3
Alyssa & Grace