Tuesdays Seeds

January Seed Starts - Root Growth

I saved up several 18 egg paper cartons to begin my greens seed starts. Its what I have available to me and prevents it from becoming a 'waste/recycle' product. From a local nursery, I picked up some potting soil and packed it into each egg pocket.

The waning crescent moon is nearing the end of its time in Capricorn, indicating a good time to plant for root growth or focus on pruning. This is before the New Moon in Aquarius, which signals a time for rest or focusing weeding, mulching, fertilizing, or harvesting. I selected to plant seeds of:

~beets

~broccoli

~carrot

~marshmallow

~radish

~sunchokes

Planting for root growth can extend to planting native evergreen trees/shrubs or native deciduous trees/shrubs. Winter is a great time to plant 1" caliper trees in Houston, while they are dormant and focus on their root growth.