First Starts Planted Today!

[fulenn]

Were your eggplants in direct sun all day? Maybe I should have some sunshade during the middle of the day....

I never planted kale until this year. My swiss chard does great all year. By the middle of July last summer, I was so sick of eating chard that I just let it grow. It got huge! Almost 5 feet tall! In fact, I have not tried regular spinach or collards here, either. But it does great in Colorado in the spring....

I grow New Zealand spinach here and it does well until at least mid-July. I don't know after that. It got so hot here the past two summers that I quit gardening for the most part in July. All I really kept up with were the peppers, tomatoes, and melons.

Fulenn

[bellzeybubba]

Nope, the eggplants were not in direct sun all day - nothing in my garden is in direct sun all day. So maybe the sunshade would help you out.

[turbomicah]

I got my first seeds planted today. I took a small corner of my home office, put my seeds in my Dome, and have two heaters blowing on the Dome. I burnt up all my heating pads last year. I'll keep this heat ginning out until the seedlings pop out. Then the grow lights come on, and they will be very close (approx 3" above the seedlings).
I planted Carbon, Paul Robeson, & Black Sea Man.
I'm hoping the Paul Robeson maters will be as good as everyone says.
Carbons are my favorite, I was only going to grow Carbons this year, but had to try the Black Sea Man..... as well as the Paul Robeson.
I'm dying to grow Amazon Chocolate in the standard leaf, but they are hard to find.

[Eephus Swift]

Originally Posted by fulenn

Glad to hear things are sprouting! Would you post what you planted?

Okay, finally had enough time to put my list together of what I've started thus far...

Tomatoes:

Principe Borghese
Black from Tula
Stupice
Juane Flamée
Hillbilly
Tennessee Surprise
Caspian Pink
Black Brandywine
Litchi
Cherokee Purple
Green Zebra
Kellogg's Breakfast
Yellow Brandywine
Purple Calabash
Amana Orange
Speckled Roman
Riesentraube
Chocolate Cherry
New Sun
Opalka
Pineapple
Super Sioux
Nyagous
Black Krim
Mortgage Lifter
Emerald Green
Lemon Drop
Bedouin
Porter
Dutchman
Beefsteak (Red)
Red & Yellow Jellybean
Silvery Fir Tree
Ananas Noire

Tomatillo:

Toma Verde
Purple di Milpa
Pineapple

Hot Peppers:

McMahon's Texas Bird
Purple Jalapeño
Chile de Arbol
Onza Roja
Hungarian Wax
Ancho
Santa Fe Grande
Manzano/Rocoto
Cherry
Rooster Spur
Hungarian Black
Czech Black
Piquin
Cowhorn
Criolla Sella
Jamaican Hot Red
Garden Vato Grande Habanero
Beaver Dam
Tequila Sunrise
Hot Apple (Same as Manzano/Rocoto?)
Sweet Wrinkled Old Man/Shishito
Nepalese Bell
White Habanero (Peruvian)
Catarina
Bulgarian Carrot
Vietnam Multicolor
Bolivian Rainbow

Sweet Peppers:

Purple Beauty Bell
Red Bell
California Wonder Bell
Giant Aconcagua
Sheepnose
Red Marconi
Feher Ozon
Jimmy Nardello
Canary Bell
Giant Chinese Sweet

The Rest:

Cinnamon Basil
Purple Ruffles Basil
Large American Flag Leeks
Southern Giant Curled Mustard
Ruby Red Chard
Five Color Silver Beet Chard
Georgia Southern Collards
Monstreaux de Viroflay Spinach
Russian Red Kale
Dwarf Siberian Kale
Bloomsdale Spinach
Waltham 29 Broccoli
Red Brussel Sprouts

Planning on putting in more tomatoes this week. We'll see it how it all goes.

For those in my area, if you'd like a plant or three, just contact me in March or so and I'll probably have more than enough to share.

[SherylGallant]

Oh my! That's a long list! I would run out of room. Its too early here for early planting of most veggies without lights, which I don't have yet. I have started some canna seed and bird of paradise seed but they take a long time to germinate. I am going to start a few other perennial and shrub seeds soon, also with long germination. I am trying to start early this year and do a little at a time so I am not so overwhelmed all at once when early veggie planting time comes.

[Eephus Swift]

We'll see if I'm in over my head, Sheryl.

Good news is, many of my friends, family and co-workers garden as well. Should be plenty to go 'round this year.

Just had some in my first flat begin to germinate and show. Caspian Pink were first. Not that it's significant, but it's interesting.

[lovetheland]

Originally Posted by SherylGallant

Oh my! That's a long list! I would run out of room. Its too early here for early planting of most veggies without lights, which I don't have yet. I have started some canna seed and bird of paradise seed but they take a long time to germinate. I am going to start a few other perennial and shrub seeds soon, also with long germination. I am trying to start early this year and do a little at a time so I am not so overwhelmed all at once when early veggie planting time comes.

Glad that you are posting what you are doing, Sheryl. Since our zones are the same maybe you can keep me on my toes that way!

[Eephus Swift]

Also, Sheryl, if your budget affords it, big box hardware stores have incredibly inexpensive fluorescent lighting fixtures that you can usually use with the lights that come with the kit. Might be worth looking into.

[w8in4dave]

that just wants me to start my winter sowing all the more...Eep I cannot believe you have so much started ... Wow sounds awesome I hope it all does well for you...

[GloriousMusicbox]

Originally Posted by Eephus Swift

Also, Sheryl, if your budget affords it, big box hardware stores have incredibly inexpensive fluorescent lighting fixtures that you can usually use with the lights that come with the kit. Might be worth looking into.

So just regular fluorescent lights work? Hmmmm..now you have me thinking too. I don't know if I have enough room in my house. I'll have to see if I do.