Garden 101
Session 2
Starting Veggie Seedlings
OLC Agriculture Extension Dept.
Leslie Rae Henry, Director
Spring 2013
Seeds Packets Information
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Plant name & variety
Days to harvest
Sowing information
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Sweet Corn “Silver Queen”
92 days
Sow after LSF date
Seed 6-10” apart
Rows 2-3’ apart
Blocks of 4 rows
Cover with 2” fine soil
Seedlings emerge 7-14 days
Corn Seedling
Example of seed spacing
Example of rows
Starting Transplants
• Can I start my own
transplants?
• What supplies do I
need?
• Which vegetable plants
should I start or
purchase?
• Care of transplants
• Yes
• Sterile soil and a
container
• Peppers, eggplant,
tomato (warm season)
• Starting some plants is a
waste of time and
money (radish, squash,
corn, etc.)
Containers
• What can I use as a
container to start my
seedlings?
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Clean milk cartons
Planting cells
Toilet paper tubes
Pop bottles
Cans
Etc.
Sterile soil
• Garden soil (heated in
oven to 180oF)
• Commercial Seedling
Mix
• Potting Soil
• Compost
• Soil less mix
– Perlite
– Vermiculite
– Corn pellets