It's time to think about seed starting
Welcome to the most un-gardening month of the year! You can forget all about it this month if you wish. On the other hand, if you're one of those people who feel the gardening itch even stronger in this kind of weather, there's still plenty of busy work for you in January. You can buy some flowering house plants such as cyclamen, kalanchoe, even primroses and the tried and true African violets. Gift plants from the Christmas holiday could use some tending. These include poinsettia, amaryllis and the holiday cactus.
Start some shallow trays of microgreens in a sunny windowsill. Leftover seeds for any salad greens such as lettuce, spinach and arugula can be mixed and scattered over the surface. For a more exotic mix include beets, kale, radish, Chinese cabbages, mizuna, amaranth, pea, broccoli, mustard, sunflower and chard. Harvest by cutting close to the soil level when the seed leaves and the first true leaves have emerged.
Take stock of your seed-starting supplies and replenish what you need: sterile seed-starting mix, new or disinfected shallow containers and trays. Set up your lighting system, making those improvements you thought of last year. Early February is when you can start onions from seed indoors. Keep the foliage cut back to 4 inches until it's time to transplant the plants into the garden in late April.
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