Indoor Winter Growing Stage 2, and New Kit || Charles Dowding

Indoor Winter Growing Stage 2, and New Kit || Charles Dowding Stage 1 of growing for winter salad leaves and greens is sowing the seeds, in September mostly. Also that's when I took runners from my strawberry plants, although it would've been better done in late August so they had more roots already. This is stage 2 where I'm transplanting seedlings into small crates, lined with a little card and paper. I use two different composts, so that later we can assess their qualities, by how well the plants grow. I keep all these in my unheated greenhouse. It has full light which is especially important in winter, especially since we are 51° north and often cloudy. The second part of this video is about base trays designed to sit under Containerwise module trays. I show here some new kit for the CD60, CD30 and CD15 trays. They sit on shallow bars in the base trays, which hold them at a specific height. This gives two possibilities. One is that roots can “air-prune” when watered from above, given that they are not sitting in water below. Conversely, keeping the tray 1/3 approx. full of water allows it to act as a watering tray, should you prefer that method. When watering from below, capillary style, fill the tray just enough that the base of each cell is in water. I don't use these in my greenhouse. They are excellent for windowsill use - save mess, and water much less frequently. Then you can speed growth by using the clear lids I show you. https://containerwise.co.uk/product/c... And in Europe https://thefarmdream.com/product-cate... My modular trays are available in North America https://allaboutthegarden.com/product... The seaweed I mention is here https://betterplants.ie/product/granu... 00:00 Introduction 00:28 Trial with two different types of compost in mushroom trays - seedlings and strawberries 00:48 One of the composts - homemade + worm compost + wood chip (homemade with seaweed added) 01:18 Other compost - Moorlands Gold from Yorkshire 01:33 Info on last sowing times for winter 02:09 Seedling plants I am using in the trial - coriander, chervil, salad mustard and salad rocket 02:48 I demonstrate planting seedlings 03:26 How I harvest these plants over winter and into spring 04:16 Strawberries for the trial, grown from runners, for harvesting in spring 05:56 Watering over winter 06:19 Introducing a new type of tray from Containerwise 08:26 Growing microgreens in a seed tray and in one of my module trays - comparison of drainage 09:44 Keeping the trays inside the house, possibly under lights You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members:    / @charlesdowding1nodig   #strawberries #propagation #salad #nodig #growyourownfood