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decherdt · February 18, 2012

I find lettuces easy to start in media, indoors then transplant. Had some trouble germinating spinach. I read something about starting them in cold to cool temps. Now I papertowel and baggie sprout spinach in the refrigerator, (about 2 weeks), pot up in media inside for a while, then plant out. I still start 3-4 seeds for every spinach transplant.

This is a link to germination temps as related to days and percentages.YMMV.

http://tomclothier.hort.net/page11.html

Oh yeah, have to use fresh seed, last years does not de well for me.

February 18, 2012	#3
decherdt Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 329	I find lettuces easy to start in media, indoors then transplant. Had some trouble germinating spinach. I read something about starting them in cold to cool temps. Now I papertowel and baggie sprout spinach in the refrigerator, (about 2 weeks), pot up in media inside for a while, then plant out. I still start 3-4 seeds for every spinach transplant. This is a link to germination temps as related to days and percentages.YMMV. http://tomclothier.hort.net/page11.html Oh yeah, have to use fresh seed, last years does not de well for me. Last edited by decherdt; February 18, 2012 at 12:58 PM. Reason: incomplete