Botanical Interests has a okay selection online. I had to get our Tomato seeds from there since we had the same issue at our local store as you did at yours. They were all out. Got buttloads of SunGold seeds from B.I., as those seem to be the wife & kids favorite. The hands/sets are incredibly loaded with fruit. Large 12" bowl of pickers just about everyday during July/Aug. Largest hand was about 46 tomatoes. Avg-26/36 tomatoes per hand.The seed racks are out with 2022 seeds.
I've got tons of seeds I stored from last year but all my stuff is open pollinated and I wanted to make sure I had the real deal with a few varieties. I want to grow some huge Walla Walla onions and not end up with some cross of a Red Torpedo or just plain yellow onion. That and the fact that I couldn't stop myself from spending 20 minutes looking at seeds. It would have been longer but the lady had seen all she needed to in the garden section. They didn't have any Mortgage Lifter seeds which is what I was hoping to find. The tomatoes were already cleaned out.
I just planted a tray of Walla Walla And Red Torpedo.
Oh yeah, definitely not trying to grow then indoors, just starting them. 4 inches of snow on the ground and temps in the teens mean we are months away.I just planted a tray of Walla Walla And Red Torpedo.
I've done it in the past as well. I've never tried to grow them indoors though. I just start them inside and then transplant outside.
And again I get confused. I knew I shouldn't have put that Kief on my morning bowl.
Last year I started like 500 in a single tray. Lots of seeds per cell. Vegged under 18/6 t5 for 6 weeks. They stayed nice and small. Swished out each cell to separate and was able to plant out in nice neat rows and got a great crop. Did leeks the same way. Direct sowing works but you really need decent weather and water when they sprout.
I had mixed success with my crop last year. Not bad by any stretch, but really inconsistent. I did 100 in each flat, with six 6-cell tray inserts. Last year I didn't do any cells and the roots were all grown into each other and likely damaged them trying to separate. 3 seeds in each cell (2 each towards the end) and I'll just plant them in 3 bunches to see how that goes.
I noticed a redbud tree in full bloom this morning. Also a sloe tree was getting started. You are right. Spring is here.
Drop into OK from June to September. You won't believe the climate.
Looking good. I planted some carrots late last fall for laughs. Joke was on me. I dug up a lot of finger sized ones while prepping for planting. I long for that ripe tomato too...It's game time!
Beautiful day yesterday and today is nice and sunny as well. Got the yard mowed and started getting the garden going.
Planted some beets, turnips, and radishes. I spread about 4 inches of compost before planting. It's still cold at night but they'll sprout when they're ready. If not I'll replant as I have a ton of seed. I'll probably plant bush beans after and then a fall crop. I'm hoping to get 3 harvests from that space.
Got peas planted in 4 different locations. These beds are planted with peas and I'll plant beans after them.
The bok choy I planted last fall a little too late and never really took off. There's a few mustard greens in there as well. I pulled most of it but left some that are flowering so I can collect seed. I replanted the empty space with more bok choy.
This bed has a bunch of stuff that overwintered. Lots of volunteer carrots. The radishes, lettuce, and beets were all planted last fall. I'm just going to till the radishes, beets, and lettuce into the soil and replant. They're going to go to seed anyway. I'll leave the carrots to do their thing.
I'm going to prep this bed today and plant more beets, turnips, lettuce, radishes, and other early crops. After those the tomatoes are going in.
Over on the side of the house where I grow corn I've planted peas and the fava beans I planted last fall are starting to bloom. I'm going to start a couple buckets of JMS today to get plenty of microbes in the soil. The soil is already rich in that aspect and the added compost is teeming with stuff but it can't hurt to give it a little boost.
Got my tomatoes and peppers started along with a bunch of flowers. I'm going to do a few six pack trays of marigolds as well along with some milkweed for the butterflies. I also have a tray of onion starts. Half walla walla sweet and the other half seed I collected last summer. We'll see what they turn out to be. I had red torpedo and walla walla growing last year. Maybe I'll get some interesting hybrid.
I get really excited getting things going. I feel like a kid in a candy store.
I can't wait for that first vine ripened tomato.
