662: Starting Your Seeds Indoors in Trays.

A chat with an expert on seeds.

 

At least ten times a year we have a live Seed Saving Class with Bill McDorman, the Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance, Ketchum, Idaho. He got his start in the bio-regional seed movement while in college in 1979 when he helped start Garden City Seeds. In 1984, Bill started Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens, a mail order seed company he ran successfully until it sold in 2013. 

Come join us for the next live class, or catch up on our previous classes through our podcast episodes.  Either way you will expand your seed knowledge and gain new perspectives on your food system.

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In This Seed Chat:

This is the February 2022 class discussing starting your seeds indoors in trays.  Special guest Kari Spencer shares insights on how to get a head start on your spring gardens by starting your seeds indoors in trays.  We will talk about germination temps, timing, and nutrition as well as how to avoid common problems.  Then we discuss how to transplant your seed starts into your garden successfully.

  

Editor’s Note:

Kari is the founder of the Microfarm Project in Phoenix, Arizona and the author of two books, Vegetable Gardening Journal; A Weekly Tracker and Logbook, and City Farming.  In addition to teaching classes all over the city of Phoenix, she is the creator of Urban Farm U’s Growing Food the Basics & Backyard Livestock courses.

Click here to find more from Kari on The Urban Farm.


CHAT HIGHLIGHTS:

– Gathering supplies to start seeds indoors – Avoiding a very common problem – fungus! – Planting your seeds – Keeping the right temperature for successful germination – Scarifying larger, harder seeds – Providing proper light – Feeding & watering the new young plants – Acclimating the vulnerable plants to the outdoors – Protecting the newly transplanted seedlings – Damping off – Transplanting seedlings that planted themselves in your garden – Sterilizing your soil – Succession planting by starting seeds indoors – Experiment, experiment, experiment! Seedupsaturday.com Urbanfarm.org/supportus

Books written by Kari:

Vegetable Gardening Journal; A Weekly Tracker and Logbook

City Farming

How to reach Kari:  

Website:  cityfarmingbook.com

www.urbanfarm.org/seeds22feb

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*Disclosure:
Some of the links in our podcast show notes and blog posts are affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase, we will earn a nominal commission at no cost to you. We offer links to items recommended by our podcast guests and guest writers as a service to our audience and these items are not selected because of the commission we receive from your purchases. We know the decision is yours, and whether you decide to buy something is completely up to you. 

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