Well my pretties, here we are one week later and I'm sure your are all DYING to know how things went.
So here goes, from emergence at around 56 hours I have taken shots every 24 hours. Outside on the left. The rows are funny and don't match, but the early starters are the mesculin, the darker green sprouts which emerge next are the kale and finally the tomatoes are only present in later shots as they had a longer germination.
Emergence day
Day two
Day three
Day four
Day five
Day six
So from early observations, the growbox tray is doing significantly better overall (if you are a statistician, I have just lied), and the Jiffy pods seem to be doing better. The inside box has popped most tomatoes while outside has only got one or two.
I have tried to keep conditions similar, those which I can control anyhow such as watering. Well, only watering. So all conditions are different, except for watering.
Overall I am surprised at the germination rate, even in the outside condition the seeds have pretty well all taken. One difference I have noted between the seedlings is that the outside plants have longer stems and are reaching out to the sun. This is a bad thing, means they aren't getting enough light and will get 'leggy' whereas the growbox plants will not need to stretch to get their photons. Mmmmmm, photons.
The difference between the pods I think is due to their water retention; the Jiffy pods seemed to dry less quickly which could be negative for many varieties but worked well here. I'd recommend the pod idea anyhow, takes some of the guesswork out and is really neat and tidy. Also once you need to transplant larger plants you will not cause root shock from disturbing their root systems
So next step for these soon-to-be salads is re-potting into their big-boy cups.
Same bat time, same bat channel kids!
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