visit the nursery

I decided to stop by the Timberline Gardens Nursery to get some advice on germination. Working in a Colorado nursery during the winter must be one of the world’s most lonely jobs. The guy there was not in a hurry and we discussed how he stated the plants they sold in the spring. First he thought I was starting a little early. He started his peppers on Feb 10th. This would not effect germination but he thought the plants would be plenty big for transplanting outside in the spring if started on this date.

He said he had not used peat pellets since he was a kid. I did not take this personally. He started his seeds by filling a pot with soil, placing the seeds on the soil, covering them with a thin layer of vermiculite, and covering the watered pot that with a plastic sheet. He said to remove the plastic as soon as you saw a seed sprouting. I bought a bag of dirt and he gave me some vermiculite.