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I garden in honor of my mother, whose name was Kate.

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Tomatoes

Much to my surprise, the tomato seeds have germinated.  I have planted three each into the AeroGarden starter tray: Sweet 100s, yellow pear, red roma and yellow roma.  I intend to cultivate two each into the planters.  That's an awful lot of tomato plants, but none of the tomatoes are big, which we just really don't eat.

Well, none of the yellow pear had germinated.  I planted them anyway, and started new ones in case they didn't take.


I also started alfalfa seeds in the large square sprout tray.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Peas

I have planted out 15 of the expected 25 peas.

Alaska:
These plants have started up taller than the other varieties, although planted at the same time.  Of the six I started, exactly 5 survived.

Organic Progressive:
All twelve of these that I started have survived.  I've planted 5, and may add more to the fifth box.

Black-seeded Early:
These aren't any earlier to grow; whether they produce sooner remains to be seen.  Of the twelve I started, I have only seven and have planted 5.  I meant to have two complete boxes of them, but that isn't happening.

I haven't planted out the Veggie Tales Alaskas yet, but besides being older seeds which aren't germinating as well, I so far see no difference from the other Alaska peas.

Friday, April 4, 2014

Seedlings

Today I have put some of the peppers into the new AeroGarden seed starting tray - 8 baby peppers.  None of the full size ones have put out a root.  I planted all the babies, but there were a couple without roots.



And all four varieties of the peas are all planted into peat pots.  This is what they look like today.


Tomorrow I need to start tomatoes.  It's already about a week late; but I'm hopeful that my methods will get them going quickly.