When to start zucchini seeds indoors
How and When to Seed Start Zucchini & Squash Indoors: Warm Weather - The Rusted Garden 2014
welcome to the rustic garden today I'm
gonna talk to you about how and when to
plant your squash and zucchini inside
this is a Kenya over here this is a dark
green zucchini and this is a straight
Nick early yellow squash they were
planted on January 22nd today is
February 12 so it's been about three
weeks of growth to get the squash and
the zucchini to this size so you really
want to start use a Kenyan squash about
four weeks before it's ready to get into
the garden these are getting up to size
you can probably hold them in these
containers for four or five weeks you
definitely want to start your squash and
your zucchini in containers about this
size you don't want to use the little
seed cells they'll quickly over grow
that it's gonna disturb the roots and
you're just not going to get a healthy
plant but anyway this is an early
straight neck and you can see how large
it is this isn't this is about 21 days
worth of growth so they grow really
quickly
unlike tomatoes and peppers you don't
want to go 6 8 10 weeks and doors with
these plants you only want to go
probably you know 3 to 5 weeks and then
get them outside and what it means for
timing is it's not 5 weeks for zucchini
and squash or 4 weeks for zucchini and
squash to get them outside when there's
no frost the ground actually has to be
warm these are warm weather plants so
you're starting these indoors to get a
jump but they really have to go into the
ground when the ground temperatures are
you know well over 50 degrees you have
70 degree days when it's warmer when
it's a consistently warmer soil and
warmer days start these plants inside
about 4 weeks when you start them
indoors a couple of things to keep in
mind is pre moisten your starting mix
you always want to do that make sure the
containers have holes in the bottom and
I always water from the bottom these
would go into a tray like over here I
fill up the tray let them absorb the
water from the bottom that's just a
better way to do it it's easier you can
water more plants more quickly save
yourself some time and it just keeps
that the plants cleaner you're not
splashing soil around up top and moving
mold or disease around when you fill up
these cells it looks pretty good
but you want to make sure you pack it
down for zucchini and squash make a nice
solid base for the seeds to grow into
and when you pack it down you're good to
see you need some more so I call it
thumb packing so you fill up the cell
pack it down with your thumb add some
more and press it down these plants I
only do one seed about a little more
than a half an inch they get big you you
could put two seeds in they usually I
talked about doing more than one in case
one doesn't germinate but zucchini and
squash have a pretty good germination
rate so make a hole in the middle about
half an inch take out a couple of seeds
look for one that looks the best I mean
this one's a little bit thin so maybe a
nice nice-sized seed drop it in
grab your starting mix fill it over and
you're good to go
and then you would label it I use
popsicle sticks just put on whatever you
want so you know what you're growing
drop it in and in about three weeks
you're early straight neck squash will
look like this your zucchini will look
like this and again four or five weeks
before they're ready to go out into warm
soil and warm temperatures hope you
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