Well, next year I'll for sure use the burlap or cardboard method. But the problem is this year, though germination was spotty, there are a decent amount growing -- so I don't want to throw all that away. So, how to fill in the gaps?
I'm trying out the method in this video:
- Sprinkle soil (I used soil from the garden) over a plate (I used my real plates, not paper plates).
- Moisten the soil.
- Sprinkle carrot seeds generously over top.
- Don't cover the seeds -- just press them firmly down.
- I then misted the seeds to make sure they're moist (but the video doesn't do that).
- Place the plate of seeds into a large ziplog bag, and seal the bag.
- The video says to then put the plate in the freezer for 24 hours. EXPERIMENT: I did two plates -- one went into the freezer, the other didn't.
- After 24 hours, remove from the freezer.
- Place bagged plate in indirect sunlight (either inside or outside).
- Monitor until they germinate.
- Once they're popping up, sprinkle the soil with the seeds into the garden. She doesn't "transplant" them one by one or anything like that -- she just brushes them around the area.
- Done.
So, today I got round 2 carrots started using the above method, with the experiment noted above (one plate went into the freezer, the other didn't).
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