Starting Seeds in a mini Greenhouse

Okay so I was so eager this year to start I planted some seeds on Jan 23rd.  I planted a bunch in some egg shells and some in a little greenhouse that I purchased a few years ago and unsuccessfully grew anything.
I planted the corn.   The pumpkins and squash and the onion seeds.  Now I thought myself to have great memory (which I don't)   and I didn't label which was which.   I suppose any good gardener would but I'm not a good gardener.  Anyhow there are two things I planted and don't remember what they are.   If and when they sprout I'll try to identify them.  Wish me luck for the challenge I made for myself.

Okay so I got my little green house and planted my mystery seed.  I put them on a west facing window and the next day realized there was no way they were getting enough heat.  So I decided to move them and put them on top of my floor heater when its not on.   The pilot provides plenty of heat alone.  By Friday, Jan 28th I get these little pale green sticks sticking out.
The corn!
Its a fast grower and I realize I probably planted it too early.  Its going to be ready to go outside before the weather permits.  So I'll have to think up something to do with it before then.


Now I realize that putting this tray on and off the heater while it is between heating my house and heating seeds is quite a hassle.   So I decide I really need to purchase a seed warmer.  On top of that I really don't have but one window in my house that faces south and gets a good amount of sunlight.   So as a fix I set out to buy a seed warmer and a grow light.  However it turns out that the local Lowes, Home Depot, or Walmart don't carry seed warmers.  So I resorted to Amazon and purchased a seed warmer for $25 with free shipping.  Unfortunately it won't get here until Friday February 4th.   At least it will make a perfect birthday gift.
Fortunately I did find some grow lights at the local Lowes and purchased a small spot 65 watt grow light.   I'll probably need something bigger but this will do for now.   I will be using it with a desk lamp.


Okay so a week later here we have it.  The  corn on the left and we see some squash/pumpkin sprouts on the right.   Remember I don't know which is which.  But these guys are pretty aggressive pushing up the soil and bursting out.  You'll see here my mishap when I left the tray on the heater when it turned on and the front of the tray melted.   Good thing I caught it before the rest of the tray melted and I had cooked the seeds.


Okay last picture.   Here I believe I have the sprouts of the Yellow Onion.  I think these are onion because of the way they are coming out of the ground bent and with no leaves.  I googled for pictures of the onion sprouts and they looked similar.  I'm very excited to grow my own onions from seed.  Wow!
They are tiny and you have to look very closely.   They are barely visible.
Hopefully the pictures that I put are zoomed in enough.