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May 2, 2016 By Debbie Kuyvenhoven

Spring Seedlings

Many years ago, my husband built this plant/light stand for me to start seeds.

I have used it every spring for about 25 years.

Seedling - light shelves

This year’s seedlings are growing nicely now, and will be ready for hardening off in a few weeks.

Though I haven’t had them for quite a few years, I tried a few marigolds again.

They are reliable colour, though really not that pretty, or fragrant, or good for cutting.

What was I thinking?

Seedling - marigold

I have a wedding in the back yard this year so I grew two flats of tall snapdragons for cutting.

I have pinched them all back, so they are branching well, and stems are sturdy.

Seedling = snapdragon

Also, two trays of asters.  These are beautiful and excellent for cutting bouquets.

Seedlings Aster

Some statice, although I don’t know if it will be blooming by the end of July for the wedding.

Seedlings - statice

This ageratum has longer stems for cutting.

Seedlings - ageratum

Some swedish ivy just to try.

Seedling - Swedish ivy

Coleus. I thought it was a mix, but they are all the same.

Seedling - Coleus

Even some cleome germinated, from some seeds I  had saved.

Seedling - cleome

And some assorted peppers and lettuce.

Seedlings - lettuce

You can have great success with seed starting, and you can find all kinds of seeds for stuff you will never find in the nurseries.

And it’s a wee bit of playing with seeds and soil and plants that you can do in February!

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