Today is January 15th: two weeks from when I planted the first seeds of 2017. And already I have a collection of plants in various stages of life. Some seeds are still sprouting. Some seeds are still laying dormant. And some seeds are now young plants.

Many of the first tomatoes to come up – the seedlings I wrote so excitedly about in the last post – will need to be transplanted very soon. And that means I’ll probably need to add another light to the setup as well. Since I’m still waiting to see if a few types of seeds will sprout at all, I’ll keep the incandescent bulbs in the clamp lights. I still need that heat to help wake them up. Once I’ve given up on any new seedlings sprouting, however, I’ll switch to CFLs. But there’s still a few weeks to go, yet.

Overall, I’m quite happy with how well things are going so far. It’s a lot of fun being able to see these happy, little plants first-thing in the morning. Especially since outside it’s a muddy, cold, soppy mess. I’ll be back again later with more updates on the plants if you feel like stopping by.

Until then, Happy Growing!