I’m in NE, had extra room in the basement, so figured we’d try, mainly to learn. We started with a few different seeds to see what we could grow. It’s a jungle now! Basically the seeds need to be treated like babies and can start cheap in styrofoam cups or the seedling cups. They like being on a heated mat. Once they start growing, transfer to bigger pot (they’re all finicky). The bigger the pot, the bigger they’ll grow. Through trial and error, it was easiest to water from the bottom bc the roots grown down. We poke hole in the cups and drill into some of the planters. You can tell who needs water to by how heavy the pots are. About every ten days or so we give them food, iguana juice. Lights are on a timer. They need light 14-16 hours a day since it’s not natural light. That’s about all I got!
One more thing, they love to be talked to and music. The animals love the room and our cat even tries to groom them when the leaves need to pruned.
Lol about the cat grooming them. :D Thanks for the info! It's amazing they are doing so well in a basement. I bet it gets chilly down there. You haven't actually harvested anything yet, have you? I have been trying to get seed starting trays for a month and having trouble. Do you have a particular place you like to buy from for supplies? Do you intend to plant them in the ground soon? Have you noticed that certain veggies do well in the basement while others don't? If so, please specify and again, thanks for the advise!
The cat is hilarious! I’ve been able yo make it temperature controlled and ranges from 65-72. We used greenhouse tarp which reflects the light and also helps keep the chill out. Super cold nights/days, I run a space heater. If you think about the seedling as babies, they need to be warm. I bought cheap warming mats from Amazon. You don’t need to trays. Styrofoam cups work wonders. Plant a couple of seeds in each cup, the strong will surface. Poke holes in the bottoms and feed them from the bottom. It helps keep their roots grow stronger. I typically try to buy from a local grow store to support small business but when they don’t have it, I’ll go to Amazon. We’re playing with all kinds of stuff but so far the only thing that didn’t fruit was cucumber and squash. They were our first plant and I think we overwatered them in the beginning. We’re trying again.
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I’m in NE, had extra room in the basement, so figured we’d try, mainly to learn. We started with a few different seeds to see what we could grow. It’s a jungle now! Basically the seeds need to be treated like babies and can start cheap in styrofoam cups or the seedling cups. They like being on a heated mat. Once they start growing, transfer to bigger pot (they’re all finicky). The bigger the pot, the bigger they’ll grow. Through trial and error, it was easiest to water from the bottom bc the roots grown down. We poke hole in the cups and drill into some of the planters. You can tell who needs water to by how heavy the pots are. About every ten days or so we give them food, iguana juice. Lights are on a timer. They need light 14-16 hours a day since it’s not natural light. That’s about all I got!
One more thing, they love to be talked to and music. The animals love the room and our cat even tries to groom them when the leaves need to pruned.
Lol about the cat grooming them. :D Thanks for the info! It's amazing they are doing so well in a basement. I bet it gets chilly down there. You haven't actually harvested anything yet, have you? I have been trying to get seed starting trays for a month and having trouble. Do you have a particular place you like to buy from for supplies? Do you intend to plant them in the ground soon? Have you noticed that certain veggies do well in the basement while others don't? If so, please specify and again, thanks for the advise!
The cat is hilarious! I’ve been able yo make it temperature controlled and ranges from 65-72. We used greenhouse tarp which reflects the light and also helps keep the chill out. Super cold nights/days, I run a space heater. If you think about the seedling as babies, they need to be warm. I bought cheap warming mats from Amazon. You don’t need to trays. Styrofoam cups work wonders. Plant a couple of seeds in each cup, the strong will surface. Poke holes in the bottoms and feed them from the bottom. It helps keep their roots grow stronger. I typically try to buy from a local grow store to support small business but when they don’t have it, I’ll go to Amazon. We’re playing with all kinds of stuff but so far the only thing that didn’t fruit was cucumber and squash. They were our first plant and I think we overwatered them in the beginning. We’re trying again.