I use ordinary seed trays in summer, but for winter I use deeper polystyrene fish boxes, and mix a bit of soil in to multipurpose compost. Also the winter salad seed mix is different, less lettuce and more oriental brassica leaves.
it could also be sceptomyza which is a little fly that punctures the leaf to lay its eggs which will become the dreaded leaf miner. for both pests a good yellow sticky trap would sort out the bulk of the problem but thrip net will fully sort it.
with the seed trays we use the same tray all year round and the cells are 65mm deep. works fine!
Cheers both re the trays. Fidget, am I right in thinking boxes from the chippy? Think I might get some for insulation of other plants anyway if I can. Will consider when I get hold of some.
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I use ordinary seed trays in summer, but for winter I use deeper polystyrene fish boxes, and mix a bit of soil in to multipurpose compost. Also the winter salad seed mix is different, less lettuce and more oriental brassica leaves.
it could also be sceptomyza which is a little fly that punctures the leaf to lay its eggs which will become the dreaded leaf miner. for both pests a good yellow sticky trap would sort out the bulk of the problem but thrip net will fully sort it.
with the seed trays we use the same tray all year round and the cells are 65mm deep. works fine!
Cheers both re the trays. Fidget, am I right in thinking boxes from the chippy? Think I might get some for insulation of other plants anyway if I can. Will consider when I get hold of some.