I planted my first round of seeds on April 6th and on April 12th. My first romaine and and grand rapids lettuce sprouts appeared on the withing 3 days of planting. Below is a breakdown of germination rates/days to sprout by each type of thing planted. This was also my first year utilizing grow lights. They easily saved me 2 weeks of grow time by utilizing them. I am still playing with height distance from seedling to grow light. My biggest goal of my 2020 grow season is to see if it's worth starting all seeds inside prior to outdoor planting. I plan on starting seeds outdoors as well for beets, carrots, cilantro, kale, kohlrabi, radishes, romaine, and turnips to add a comparison if it's worth it or not.
My cucumbers, yellow squash, and zucchini are looking a little spotty on the leaves as well as some yellowing. I have completed one round of Jobe's Organics All Purpose Granules Organic Plant Food to see if that corrects any deficiency that may have arose from a prolonged indoor growth period. Just heads up, this stuff smells awful and you want to store it outside of your main living areas. I really wanted something water soluble but had limited options on what I could purchase based on where I lived. With the state of affairs right now, getting things shipped here is taking several weeks for most things and many options are
List of Seeds planted in April 2020:
Beets-5-6 sprouted within 7 days of planting
Bellflower-4 sprouted after 3 weeks after planting
Carrots- several sprouted after a month after planting
Cauliflower- 7 out of 8 sprouted within the first 5 days after planting
Cilantro-a few sprouted after over a month after planting
Cleome-a few sprouted after 30 days after planting
Columbines-0 sprouted
Cosmos-0 sprouted
Cucumber-Several sprouted 6 days after olanting
Femish Poppy-many seeds sprouted within 1st 4 days after planting
Grand Rapids Lettuce- 5 our of 6 sprouted within first 5 days after planting
Green Zucchini
Grey Poppy-very few bloomed even over time
Jalapeño -Took over a month under grow lights before 4 sprouted
Kale-5 of out of 6 seeds planted sprouted within 6 days after planting
Kohlrabi-took over a month before sprouts showed after being reseeded
Mint- 0 sprouts
Radishes- 6-6 sprouted within 1st week of planting
Romaine-5 out of 6 sprouted within the 1st 3 days after planting
Spinach-5 of 6 sprouted within a week to week and a half of planting
Sunflowers- 2-3 within first week and a half of planting. the last sprouted after 2 weeks.
Supreme Poppy- many seeds sprouted within 1st 4 days after planting
Turnips- 6-6 within 1st 7 days after planting
Yellow Squash 5-6 sprouted withing 5-7 days after planting
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