![]() We are direct sowing many things, and those will be listed in other posts. Tulsi, Temperate (Strictly Medicinal Seeds) Tomato, Roma VF Virginia Select (Southern Exposure Seed Exchange) Tomato, San Marzano (Southern Exposure Seed Exchange) Tomato, Quadro (Southern Exposure Seed Exchange) Tomato, Glacier (Southern Exposure Seed Exchange) Pepper, Paradicion Alaku Sarga Szentes (Baker Creek) Pepper, Sweet Bullnose (Commonwealth Seed Growers) Pepper, Super Shepherd (Commonwealth Seed Growers) Pepper, Midas Touch (Commonwealth Seed Growers) Pepper, Sweet Red Mini Bell (Baker Creek) Pepper, Karma (Commonwealth Seed Growers) Pepper, Jalapeño Craig Grande (Baker Creek) Pepper, Corona (Commonwealth Seed Growers) Pepper, Cayenne (Strictly Medicinal Seeds) Onion, Australian Brown (Southern Exposure Seed Exchange) Onion, Granex (Southern Exposure Seed Exchange) ![]() Melon, Trifecta (Commonwealth Seed Growers) Melon, Seminole (Commonwealth Seed Growers) Melon, Edisto 47 (Commonwealth Seed Growers) Melon, Ann Arundel (Baker Creek/Monticello) Here's a list of the seeds we're starting (not direct sowing) for 2019, including the source from where we bought the seed.Īrtichoke, Violet of Provence (Baker Creek)Īsparagus, Precoce D'Argenteuil (Baker Creek)Ĭabbage, Early Jersey Wakefield (Baker Creek)Ĭauliflower, Snowball Y Improved (Terroir Seeds) If you're making up each tray as you go, it can take quite a lot longer to get this done. Once you get the process down, things move quickly. I use this wood "pencil" that came with one of the kids scratch off books that's long since gone to make a small divit in the center of each cell.Īnd then I plant the seed in each hole, cover it over, add water to the tray, and set the trays on heating mats in most cases. I put the tray plug insert into a large container where we've got wet seed starting mix waiting.įill it up and then transfer it into the water tray on the table next to the soil bin. So starting with the plan, which is sketched out on a legal pad, I pull the seeds I need.įrom there I get a tray ready to go. In the future I'm looking to do something with soil cubes and other completely bio-degradeable options. We've already got them, and we reuse and recycle what we can. A pile of Black Vernissage tomatoes to the right side of the photo. I purchased a large number of plastic cell starters 3 years ago before I really started thinking seriously about single use plastics. Tomato Black Vernissage (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) by jmc1987 6:49 AM. It's been a very wet 2018 and everything around the farm has been getting behind, as it's effectively been a mudslide anywhere you turn. Be sure to stop by.We're a bit late this year getting seeds started. I share these posts on Our SimpleHomestead Blog Hop. Be sure to check back in March and see how my “egg shell” experiment works out. It is a fun and inexpensive way to explore the incredible amount of variety that exists the tomato genus.īTW, now is also the perfect time to plant peppers, eggplants and tomatillos. If you have never tried growing tomato transplants I highly recommend that you order some seeds and give it a try. ![]() While this experiment is just for fun, it is a great illustration of just how easy it is to grow your own tomatoes from seed. Through the years I have seen gardeners that have grown great transplants with very simple set ups and others that produce their plants with incredibly elaborate systems. Sally and I used tweezers to place three tomato seeds in each egg shell.
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