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Post by paulf on Feb 27, 2016 11:24:21 GMT -5
Twenty varieties of herbs have now been subjected to potting mix for the germination process to begin. Almost all of these will end up in my niece's knick-knack shop for sale to her customers. A few will make it into our raised bed herb garden.
On the same date, Feb 25, fifteen varieties of peppers hit the dirt. One or two plants of each will grow in our garden with the rest going to a couple of local nurseries to sell and to friends and family for their gardens.
When these seeds germinate the lights and timers will take over, and daily observation begins. In a week or so my main crop, tomatoes, will be introduced to the mean cruel world of soilless mix, potting and repotting, hardening off and transplanting.
The growing season has started in the Great Plains.
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Post by daylilydude on Feb 28, 2016 6:06:49 GMT -5
paulf, with the different varieties your growing about how many of each one do you grow?
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Post by paulf on Feb 28, 2016 9:58:36 GMT -5
For some unknown reason I always start with 10 or 12 seeds of each variety, choose the two best for myself, one to plant and one for back-up and the rest to give away. So far what goes to the nurseries are traded for supplies or other plants. So for peppers, 150 plants and when the tomatoes are in, 35 more varieties times 10 or even up to 20 plants depending on family requests, I end up with a forest growing in the basement by May. Herbs have such small seeds so I must have planted 50 or 60 seeds each. Not sure I have the room this year for everything. And I thought I was going to slow down in '16.
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