Plant reproducing

I kept seeing these on my Aerogarden grow deck.



I could not see anything on the plant that looked like this, so I thought they were mosquito eggs. I took the AG apart and I sanitized everything I could. I even treated the vincas with insecticidal soap.

The next day they were back. I cleaned them up. They came back again. And again.

I reached out to the Aerogardeners on Facebook and one woman said they are seeds.

I looked carefully and although well camouflaged, I found seed pods!

Fresh seed pods:



They dry out, then fall off the plant. The seeds fall through to the grow deck but the dry pods land on leaves, which is why the mystery.

Dried pod:



Inside of a pod. See the indentations?



This is so cool!

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Heat for germination

Trying something different this year. I've been reading up on seed starting and came across seedling heat mats and thermostats. I have had major hit & miss with seed starting so I thought I'd give these a whirl. Here we have 2 types of onions, 2 types of tomatoes, and two types of peppers.

Took me all of a minute to figure out the heat mat and thermostat, and in less than 5 minutes, it started fogging up I'm there. I'm excited!

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Cool season crops

My few cool season crops are doing well. Turnips, radishes, and cabbage!

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