How To Start My Garden Indoors
7 Choose the Right Seeds or Transplants.
How to start my garden indoors. 1 Decide What Youd Like to Grow in Your Home Garden. 3 Plan Your Garden Beds. Most seeds can be started 6 to 8 weeks before your last frost date.
Margarine tubs cut-off milk containers and yogurt cups are among the freebie household items that will work. Allow the plants to grow at least four to 6 inches before you start. How to Start a Garden 10 Basic Steps.
Do this in a container with drainage holes. Sow your seeds by gently pressing them into the surface of the soil then mist to keep them moistyou should see germination within about one week. Fill your pot or other containers with approximately ¾ of your already pre-wet potting soil.
Then wrap the trays in plastic wrap to trap heat and moisture inside which creates a greenhouse effect. Level out and gently press your soils surface. Creating a successful indoor garden relies heavily on selecting a space indoors that will help your plants to grow.
Welcome to my Indoor Garden Ideas round-up post. Make sure not to press too firmly since doing so can lead to poor aeration. To start seeds indoors moisten seed starting soil mix in a large bucket and fill seeds trays or recycled cartons with 3-4 inches of the damp soil.
Here are some of my favorite products for growing plants indoors. Cucumbers Plant cucumber seeds indoors in mid-April and transplant them into your garden around the May 24 weekend. A good seed starting mix has a fine texture and is sterile a perfect combination for baby plants to thrive in.