Indoor seed starting week 2

Hydroponic seed starting system
Saturday, March 14, 2026 

Now is the time to get the jump on summer harvests and start the warm weather loving seeds indoors.  Here is what I started indoors in my second week of seed starting.

Summer greens-these are the greens I use for salad after lettuce has bolted in the summer.  Aurora mixed colors orach, Rose orach, Double purple orach, Golden Giant amaranth (for leaves and seeds), Beetroot amaranth, Callelo amaranth, Rainbow quinoa (leaves and seeds).

Flowers-Orange King zinnia, Blush hollyhock, Purple stardust, Baby Blue Bouquet eucalyptus, Baby Blue Eyes, Rainbow Loveliness dianthus, Amadeo coneflower, Bluebird Forget-Me-Not, Scarlet echinacea, Platinum Blue, Blue Queen Butterfly Pea Vine, Blue Camas, Raspberry Daiquiri agastache, Sky Dance salvia, Kiwi Blue honeywort, variegated cockscomb, Red Raven cockscomb, Dwarf Coral cockscomb, Copper Spotted petunia.

The large flowers are for the pots in front, the smaller flowers for the pots with edibles, the dwarf cockscomb for around the flower bed perimeter and the perennials for the spots that either had annuals last year or the perennials didn't make it.  I'll also supplement the border with marigolds because they are so cheery, they deter deer, and pollinators love them.

I'll start the larger seeds outdoors at the beginning of April like cucumber, squash, okra, pole beans, melons and flowers.  I still also have seeds to start at our Master Gardener Demonstration Garden when they share the list of varieties they would like to grow this season.