Texas Gardening: We have the native seeds, What to do now?, 1 by Dogs_N_Petunias

Dogs_N_Petunias wrote:

Quoting: What seeds are you wanting to grow under lights?

I haven't finished researching which ones need a cold period and which don't. But some of my native seed I'm going to try both ways, winter sowing in the little 3x3" greenhouse pots and indoors under lights. One thing about winter sowing that has kept me from trying it before is it seems most people start a large quantity of seed in a large container like a milk jug and then move the individual seedlings into larger pots as needed. I want to avoid that step.

I plan on starting all my vegetable garden plants under lights this year. I don't do a large separate vegetable garden. Just one bed of tomatoes and mix the squash, cucumbers, etc., in with the flower garden.

Also going to start any annual bedding plants from seed under lights (that I've previously spent a fortune on every year.) Other than cost, it would be nice not to have to depend on HD or Lowe's or making a trip to Ft. Worth to have what I want at the time I want it. This past year I couldn't find zinnias of the variety that had been such an attraction for the butterflies the year before but I still have seed I saved and hope they will germinate.

Right now all my light stand has on it is my collection of Mother of Thousands that I brought in from the cold. We made a few changes from the original plans. Didn’t glue the joints. Made the shelves different heights apart. Inserted conduit pipe in the PVC of the shelves to stabilize it.