Wow that is a lot of starts. It made me go and count my plantings which is at 1817 spots with seeds in the ground. So far my germination rate is doing really well too. Hope yours all pop quickly.
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Wow that is a lot of starts. It made me go and count my plantings which is at 1817 spots with seeds in the ground. So far my germination rate is doing really well too. Hope yours all pop quickly.
I usually start between 1200 - 1500 because I get really poor germination with direct seeding. I don't have irrigation like you have.
Out looking a bit ago it seems my celery did not start so I will be reseeding those 3 rows. Now that I have my greenhouse and if I can get the heater built I will be able to do oodles of starts next year so hopefully I will get a way better germ rate overall. I had a gopher eating some of my cuc and sunflower sprouts for which I am pretty annoyed and have traps set all over.
I saw the temps you were getting in the green house. Don't know if you know but different plants prefer widely different temps to germinate. Celery likes it cool, 55-65F. Pumpkins and squashes between 75 - 85F. If you get outside the preferred perimeters, germination drops fast, on either end.
I have to get thermometers set at the various heights so I can see the gradient from top hottest to coolest bottom in the greenhouse. Right now I have the thermometer hanging at mid level. I have my celery outside but the emitters are off center with the holes so they weren't getting good water to the seeds when I had them planted when temps were prime.