I repotted my seedlings today. 43 seedlings overall (7 cells did not have any germination): tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, basil. That included five kale plants that were repotted as well and are currently hardening off on the back porch. I also bought some rosemary, thyme, parsley and calendula seedlings yesterday for the back porch. The radishes, lettuces and arugula I direct-sowed in containers a couple of weeks ago are looking really good.
The plot does not like much yet, but things are happening. Today I sowed peas, spring greens (in between the two rows of peas) and spinach and rapini (a first for me). And so it begins …
Today, I sowed Salad Bowl leaf lettuces and arugula on the back porch. Hopefully, the birds will leave the planter alone. I also sowed radishes on the porch: Early Scarlet Globe and Wasabi. I am still isolating because I got COVID about a week ago, so I have not done any planting in the community garden. I need to get there this weekend to plant peas, spinach, rapini and spring greens (I am optimistically as every year, as those spring greens are usually lost to flea beetles.)
Some of my older (and newly acquired) tomato seeds did not germinate, so I reseeded them today: two cells each of Dr. Wyche’s Yellow , Green Zebra, Scotia (but I doubled them up, just in case). I also reseeded Break O’Day and Ananas Noire, of which only one of the two seedlings had sprouted. Hopefully, the seeds will germinate this time.
Today, I started my tomatoes under the grow lights. I sowed two each of Black Strawberry (E), Scotia (E), Stupice (E), Black Prince (M), Striped German (M), Dr. Wyche Yellow (M/L), Green Zebra (M/L), Ananas Noire (L), Break O’ Day (L), Bakers Family Heirloom (L). A nice mix of early, mid-season and late-season tomatoes, of colors (4 red, 1 yellow, 3 black/purplish, 1 yellow/red, 1 green/yellow) and of sizes. While most of the seeds are from this year, the seeds for some of the varieties are a few years old, some are from 2019. Here’s to hoping they all will germinate.
This morning I reseeded a few seedlings that did not germinate, mainly peppers. Only one Jalapeno and one Sweet Pickle germinated, none of the others. I also reseeded kale – Blue Curly Scotch this time as the Tuscan kale did not germinate (old seeds).
All my seed orders are in now. I will write up a detailed post about all the varieties I ordered this year soon. Today, I started the first indoor seedlings, 30 cells in total: basil (2 Thai Basil, 6 Nufar), peppers (2 Hot Thai, 2 Jalapeno, 2 Bulgarian Pimento, 2 Sweet Pickle Peppper), eggplant (3 Nadia, 3 Ping Tung, 3 Green Round Thai – a freebie from Sand Hill Preservation Center) and kale (3 Blue Curled Scotch and 2 Tuscan). So exciting!
I now really finished the last of my butternut squash. I had cubed it and stored it in the fridge for a couple of weeks. I roasted it with some leeks and Brussels that were past their prime and topped everything with goat cheese and toasted pumpkin seeds. Delicious! The next morning, for breakfast I had the leftovers over sauteed kale, topped with a fried egg. So good.
