Category: Foundations
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When Nothing Germinates: A Hard Lesson in Water, Oxygen, and Assumptions
I recently seeded two 50-cell trays. Fifty cells each, multiple varieties, well over one hundred seeds total. I felt good about it. Same soil mix I’ve used before. Same indoor setup. Same general process I’ve followed many times. Eight to ten days later, I had zero germination. Not slow emergence. Not patchy performance. Nothing. And…
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Cover Cropping Raised Beds: Is It Worth It?
Cover cropping is usually talked about in the context of large farms, but it applies just as well to raised beds. In some ways, raised beds benefit even more because they are intensively used, drain faster, and lose nutrients more quickly. The real question is not whether cover cropping works, but whether it makes sense…
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Banking on Success – Start with Quality Seeds
Seed starting has a funny way of hiding its biggest risk right at the beginning. Everything can look correct. The trays are filled. The soil is right. The watering method is dialed in. Lights are set. Temperature feels reasonable. Then you wait. Five days go by. Then ten. Then fifteen. And suddenly you are standing…
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Bottom watering seed trays and how to do it properly
Bottom watering is one of those techniques that sounds foolproof on paper. Add water to the tray. Let the soil pull moisture up. Walk away feeling like you did something smart. In practice it is very easy to get wrong. I know this because I have done it wrong more than once. The most common…
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