Well, at least it is easy to move this amount of seed starts around.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Monday, February 8, 2016
Seeds Sown
Seeds arrived, so I've started the following...
Purple Beauty Pepper (9) (saved seed from last year's crop)
Goat Horn Pepper (9)
Rosa Bianca Eggplant (9)
Paul Robeson Tomato (18)
Black Cherry Tomato (18)
I also started a few Calendula, though I am not sure they will take to transplanting. I have plenty more seed to direct plant if needed.
Pacific Beauty Mix (9)
Fiesta Gitana (12)
I found some marigold seeds in my collection to direct sow after frost. That with the zinnias should be most of what I need. I'm sure I will at least get some pentas and petunias to transplant as the weather warms up. Maybe begonias again as well.
Hoping to get a couple of seed packs free from the library again this upcoming weekend. I'm not sure yet exactly what they are offering. I'm interested in more peppers and tomatoes (especially ones I have not tried), but who knows!
Purple Beauty Pepper (9) (saved seed from last year's crop)
Goat Horn Pepper (9)
Rosa Bianca Eggplant (9)
Paul Robeson Tomato (18)
Black Cherry Tomato (18)
I also started a few Calendula, though I am not sure they will take to transplanting. I have plenty more seed to direct plant if needed.
Pacific Beauty Mix (9)
Fiesta Gitana (12)
I found some marigold seeds in my collection to direct sow after frost. That with the zinnias should be most of what I need. I'm sure I will at least get some pentas and petunias to transplant as the weather warms up. Maybe begonias again as well.
Hoping to get a couple of seed packs free from the library again this upcoming weekend. I'm not sure yet exactly what they are offering. I'm interested in more peppers and tomatoes (especially ones I have not tried), but who knows!
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Potatoes, Carrots, Onions
The seed potatoes that I cut apart were cured, so I went ahead and planted all the potatoes today. I bought three varieties from Native Nurseries this year (Red Pontiac, Red La Soda, Yukon Gold) and added two Bloem potato pots and a 5 gallon bucket with a split bottom to the Geopot potato grow sack from last year.
I also cleaned out the metal tub that the autumn carrots were growing in. I got tons of carrots! The problem is that they are one-nibble carrots, so they will be dog snacks and a veggie stock ingredient. I had a few larger carrots that I picked already, but I believe the largest was only 3-4 inches.
Being a glutton for punishment, I seeded that tub back with Nantes carrots for the spring (hopefully it's not too late)! Back to the soil, I added some extra bone meal, organic fertilizer, and watered with some phosphorus fertilizer. I'm obviously aiming for more root growth here.
I visited Gramling's for the first time, and they had onion starts (white, yellow, and red), so I planted a ring of those around the perimeter of the tub. That seems to help keep pests off the carrots, and they are nice companion plants.
I also planted about 16 onions in one of the square planters I had (lettuce was previously in it).
There's no sign of the sugar snap peas yet. We had a lot of rain last week, but I'm hoping the sunshine this week encourages them to pop up. It's going to get down to freezing again, but I think the new plantings will be safe. We'll see.
I ordered some seeds from Baker Creek. Despite wanting to mainly use transplants, my desired plant varieties are rather specific. I'm sure I will buy some transplants, but I did need direct seeding varieties as well, so I found myself buying a few tomatoes, the Goat Horn pepper I wanted to try, eggplant, and some companion flowers. I need to get the tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant started this week, and possibly some of the flowers.
I also cleaned out the metal tub that the autumn carrots were growing in. I got tons of carrots! The problem is that they are one-nibble carrots, so they will be dog snacks and a veggie stock ingredient. I had a few larger carrots that I picked already, but I believe the largest was only 3-4 inches.
Being a glutton for punishment, I seeded that tub back with Nantes carrots for the spring (hopefully it's not too late)! Back to the soil, I added some extra bone meal, organic fertilizer, and watered with some phosphorus fertilizer. I'm obviously aiming for more root growth here.
I visited Gramling's for the first time, and they had onion starts (white, yellow, and red), so I planted a ring of those around the perimeter of the tub. That seems to help keep pests off the carrots, and they are nice companion plants.
I also planted about 16 onions in one of the square planters I had (lettuce was previously in it).
There's no sign of the sugar snap peas yet. We had a lot of rain last week, but I'm hoping the sunshine this week encourages them to pop up. It's going to get down to freezing again, but I think the new plantings will be safe. We'll see.
I ordered some seeds from Baker Creek. Despite wanting to mainly use transplants, my desired plant varieties are rather specific. I'm sure I will buy some transplants, but I did need direct seeding varieties as well, so I found myself buying a few tomatoes, the Goat Horn pepper I wanted to try, eggplant, and some companion flowers. I need to get the tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant started this week, and possibly some of the flowers.
Friday, February 5, 2016
Monday, February 1, 2016
Peas
I planted the sugar snap peas in the new elevated planter (and a few in the raised bed and a few with the cauliflower in a metal tub... might as well test and play around). I have one more planter like this that I will probably use for herbs. When the peas are done, I want to try growing cucumbers and let the vines hang down.
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