Today I started working on planting rhubarb seeds indoors. When I think about starting seeds and doing this type of thing, I always remember my Grandma and her kitchen filled with lots of little cottage cheese and other various containers she recycled to grow her seeds, divisions and cutting in. That has always stuck with me and I’m a bit of a container hoarder. Today I started a bunch of rhubarb seeds in a recycled veggie tray that someone brought to the house for a carry in. Starting seeds indoors or outdoors for that matter doesn’t require any expense. If you just look around the house and reuse coffee cans, food trays, take out containers, milk bottles, litter jugs or other item we often just throw away you can save yourself a bundle.
Starting rhubarb from seed is really simple.
- soak the seeds for several hours in warm water ( I soaked mine overnight)
- drain the water from the seeds and let them dry a bit on a paper tower
- prepare a container, ( again think outside the box no need to buy fancy seed starting trays)
- plant the rhubarb seeds in a light soil. (I usually use coco coir)
- cover with about 1/4 inch of soil
- once rhubarb seeds have sprouted remove the cover and keep under lights or south facing window
- plant up rhubarb seedlings when they have a few sets of true leaves.
You can use this type of tray to start just about any type of seeds you can think of.
