I took a short 'organic gardening' class the year before last, and the instructor there told me that I should use the styrafoam egg crates instead of the biodegradable. So I started saving ALL of my egg crates to start seeds in. I rarely buy the styrafoam ones, because I buy my eggs in the large 5 1/2 dozen boxes, or occasionally the mediums will be cheaper, but still in the biodegradable cartons. So the majority of what I had saved was the biodegradable ones. Which actually wound up being a good thing, and here's why- I got the majority of my seeds planted before we left on vacation. The day we left, I put some extra water on all of them, to make sure they didn't dry out while we were gone. The plan was to be gone for a week, so I was worried.
We were only gone for 5 days and when we came back there was a HORRIBLE smell in the greenhouse. Turned out the styrafoam cartons, which don't have any kind of drainage, were just holding the water, and the seeds weren't soaking ANY up, so they, and the soil, just rotted. Luckily I only had like 4 foam crates, so I didn't lose too terribly much, and now I've learned my lesson- stick with the biodegradable ones. They are like a thick paper, so they absorb excess water and allow for drainage.
So, aside from the death of those few plants, I'm absolutely loving my green house and the awesomeness that I'm growing within!! Here's some progress pics!
Flowers
Pumpkins
Green beans and Scarlet Runner Beans
Peas
Spinach
Beets
Broccoli
Cotton
Bellpeppers
2 trays of carrots
Tomatoes
Celery
Cabbage
Just Scarlet Runner Beans
More flowers
Leeks
Bellpeppers
more bellpeppers
Brussel Sprouts
Corn
Potato Barrels
Here are my shelves :)
And my potato barrels (garbage cans LOL)
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