Transcript Culinary Herbs For Ontario Gardeners

Indoors and Out
Durham Master Gardeners
Website: www.durhammastergardeners.ca
Email: [email protected]
Learn from the Seed Package
Seed starting times
Check the dates
based on last frost
in your area
Conditioning Your Seeds
Some seeds with a hard seed
coat need to be soaked or
scarified before planting
Starting Seeds Indoors
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Use sterile, clean pots
Use a starter growing soil
Plant depth = 2 x seed diameter
Label your seeds – they all look
alike when they are small!
Germinating Seeds
Some seeds require dark
to germinate
Check soil
temperature
guides if planting
outside
Some seeds require
humidity to germinate
Some seeds require
heat to germinate
Cotyledon Phase
First True Leaves
Using Grow Lights
Turn on the lights when the first true
leaves appear
Raise the lights as the seedlings grow
Thinning Seedlings
Thin your seedlings to one or two
plants per cell pot in order to give
them room to grow.
Snip the extra or “tease” them
from the pot and transplant into a
new pot.
Transplanting
Conditions to Watch for
Mealy bug
White fly
Downy Mildew
Damping off
Aphids
Watering
Best to water from below and allow to drain well
Overwatered
Seedlings too dry
Fertilizing
 Fertilize when first true leaves appear
 Use water soluble fertilizer – 25%
solution to start, then build to 75%
 Fertilize every two weeks
Phosphorous or
Potassium deficiency
Nitrogen deficiency
Easy seeds to start indoors
Basil
Beans
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Leeks
Lettuce
Peppers
Tomatoes
Alyssum
Columbine
Cosmos
Hollyhocks
Marigolds
Pansies
Shasta daisies
Snapdragons
Zinnias
Hardening Off
Planting Outside
Transplant outside in containers or
beds after hardening off and after
the last frost has passed
Seeds to direct sow in the garden
Beans
Carrots
Chives
Lettuce
Onions
Peas
Pumpkins
Radishes
Summer Squash
Winter Squash
Coriander (Cilantro)
Summer Savory
Calendula
Cosmos
Johnny Jump-ups
Love-in-a-mist
Morning Glories
Nasturtium
Portulaca