One of the best strategies that you can use when growing spinach indoors or outdoors is to soak them in water for 24 hours and then try planting them. I never did this before because I didn't think that this would help in germination.
I decided that this season I would try it and see what would happen. The theory is that these seeds have a tough shell and in order to soften the shell you would soak them in water. This will allow for better and increased germination. This is only a theory and one that I am going to test this season. I have 24 pots that I will be using for growing spinach. This means that I should have 24 plants to transplant into the garden.
I planted spinach seeds in 12 containers today and placed them under the lights for faster germination. The other seeds are in a container being soaked and I will plant them tomorrow in the afternoon. Noon time is when I placed them in a container of water. You should soak them for 24 hours. I will see if this simple technique helps with germination. I like to put at least four to five seeds in each container as this will increase the chances of getting at least one of the five to sprout.
This year I am also going to be using sifted soil that I created from my worm composting. I used this last year, but instead of sifting it I just placed them in the pots. This year I worked out a way to sift all the good soil without getting of the worms into the soil. Hopefully all the good nutrients and worm castings got through. I will know in a couple of weeks whether or not the sifting was a good idea.
I will also be starting to grow flowers pretty soon such as alyssum, dill, sunflowers, cosmos, calendula, and many more. Make sure to check back to this blog and find out what is happening with my garden plants.
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