Friday, March 24, 2017

Peppers are sprouting!

Well, I've officially got seedlings! My onions came up at the end of last week and are now about 4 inches high. There are definitely a few that are taking longer but I got a very good germination rate and will have more than enough to plant for the season.
Also, my peppers have started to sprout! I have a few from all 3 varieties coming up and can see a few more pushing through, I'm hoping all seeds will germinate so that I've got enough for the summer. If not, I will buy them as transplants at planting  time. I seem to always have a hard time hardening off peppers so I may end up buying transplants anyways.
I subscribe to the email list from a few of the local seed companies and they suggested it's time to be planting: peppers, tomatoes, basil, petunias, onions, and impatiens. Yesterday I planted my tomatoes and basil, so I'm right on track. I will also be planting my cool wave pansies this weekend. I'm pretty excited for these because I've always liked pansies, and these can run up to 2 feet and will be in my hanging baskets this season (see picture below).


Image result for cool wave pansies


For growing seeds, I have my onions growing in a rinsed out plastic mushroom basket in a south facing window, and the rest of the seeds are in my basement under a grow light that is on for 14 hours per day right now.


Seeds planted March 23:
Bush Beefsteak Tomatoes (62 days)
Basil Dolce Fresca


Sprouted as of March 23:
Onions - all
Peppers - a few of all 3 varieties, at seedling 2 leaf stage:
  • Northstar Hybrid  [Green] - 3/6
  • Mucho Nacho Jalapeno Hybrid -1/3
  • Mohawk  [Yellow] - 2/3

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