Seeding Your Garden Starter Tray (Continued)
It is important to seed your Grow Sponges and get the Tray into your AeroGarden on the same day. Otherwise, the seeds will start germinating without the benefit of moisture, warmth and light provided by your AeroGarden.
Place Seeds in Grow Sponge
To avoid confusion, work with only one seed type at a time.
1 | Empty contents of 1 seed packet onto a |
| piece of paper or clean work surface. For |
| larger seeds, you may be able to grab seeds |
| right from seed packet. |
2 | Count out the number of seeds needed |
for one Grow Sponge. For example, take
4 seeds if you are planting beets. (Use the table on page 7 of this Guide to help you decide the number of seeds to plant in each Grow Sponge.)
3
4
5
6
Drop seeds into the Dibble with your fingers or tweezers.
Mark Seeding Plan to indicate which Grow Sponges are planted.
Repeat steps until all Grow Sponges for that seed type are planted.
Return unused seeds to packet.
HELPFUL HINTS:
To avoid losing track of where you are on the Seeding Plan:
•Plant all of one seed type at a time.
•Start planting seeds on one side of the Tray and work your way across (rather than jumping around).
•Remember to check off each Grow Sponge on the Seeding Plan as you get it planted. (This way if you get distracted, you’ll know where you stopped!)
•If you accidentally put in an extra seed or two, don’t worry. There is still plenty of room for seeds to germinate and plants to grow.
9