When to Fertilize Seedlings
Starting seeds indoors in a seed tray is a surprisingly simple process. In fact, they grow perfectly happily in an inert medium like seed starting mix that contains no available plant food. That’s because all the food they need to start life is stored in the seed itself, made available in the form of cotyledon - “false” or “seed” leaves present on the seedling at germination. When to Start Fertilizing Seedlings Cotyledons and sterile planting mediums can only take your seedlings so far....