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By DR. DIANE RELF
Extension Environmental Horticulturist
To start seeds indoors, first be sure you have enough light. More homegrown seedlings are probably lost to this one factor than to any other. Vegetable and flower seedlings grown under low-light conditions will most likely be leggy and weak, and many will fall over under their own weight after they are three to four inches tall. If you do not have a sunny room or back porch with a southern exposure, you will probably need supplemental lights such as a fluorescent shop light with one warm-white and one coolwhite bulb.
Since garden soil contains disease organisms that can be highly destructive to small plants, use a soilless or peat-lite mix to start seedlings. You can mix your own peat-lite mix — 50 percent vermiculite or perlite and.50 percent fine sphagnum peat by volume in excellent for starting seeds. Fertilizer at half the normal strength may be added to the mixture. Mix all together well.
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