Propagation: Indoor Seed Medium , 1 by Zen_Man

Zen_Man wrote:
Hi Patty,

I germinate my seeds in 3.25-inch square clear plastic orchid pots, so the seedlings grow to expand their roots throughout those pots, and all of my seed medium winds up in the garden soil around the roots of my plants. I use Premier ProMix BX and I add some extra Perlite to it. For my "breeder quality" zinnias I plant just one seed per pot, to avoid having to discard any before first bloom.

If no seed germinates in a pot, I do "re-use" it by planting more seeds in the pot. I re-wash the pots and re-use them from year to year. A standard 11 x 22 inch PermaNest tray holds 18 of the pots. I plant directly into pots to avoid pricking out delicate seedlings from seed starting medium, which if you have a lot of seedlings, can be time consuming. The clear plastic pots let me see the root development, so that I can move the seedling into the garden or re-pot it to a larger pot before it gets too rootbound.

ZM