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Seeds, finally
Mar. 10th, 2010 12:18 pmI finally got some seedlings started yesterday. I also ordered a bunch of seeds from Baker Creek and Seed Savers, so I'll do another batch of planting when those arrive. I had a vague intention of starting them before we went off to Potlatch, figuring that if I planted them on Wednesday before we left, they'd just be emerging on Monday when we got back. Oh well, what's 6 days in the life of a plant? (Well, a lot if you have an early frost in the fall, but that's not an issue here.)
What I seeded:
Sungold and Brandywine tomatoes for my upcoming veggie class to pot up in a few weeks. I no longer eat tomatoes due to acid reflux (yeah, sad, although it's easy to give up something that almost immediately makes you feel bad), but I figure most of the class will love them, or at the very least, can give them away to friends or family.
Peppers for myself: Karma, King of the North, Gusto, Golden Treasure, Orange Sun, Red Belgian. I've got a bunch more sweet peppers coming. Probably too many, but I really like them and didn't get enough last year. I'm thinking of using black plastic for them, to raise the temperature and make the stink bugs easier to catch. The dang stink bugs suck on the developing peppers, leaving them mottled and tasteless. They drop to the ground when disturbed, making them hard to catch if they land in the mulch, but they would be easy to spot on the black plastic. Plus if we have a cool summer like last year, the peppers would enjoy the extra warmth. I'm not a big fan of black plastic, but it might be worth it for one year, just to get the stink bug population down. Hmm, I think I have a roll of that corn-based kind that will decompose. Not as warm as real plastic, but more environmentally friendly.
Also basil: Genovese, cinnamon, and opal. I don't know why a dark purple basil is called opal, but it is. I'm thinking of scattering my ancient basil seed somewhere and letting it come up as it will. Bees love basil flowers.
What I seeded:
Sungold and Brandywine tomatoes for my upcoming veggie class to pot up in a few weeks. I no longer eat tomatoes due to acid reflux (yeah, sad, although it's easy to give up something that almost immediately makes you feel bad), but I figure most of the class will love them, or at the very least, can give them away to friends or family.
Peppers for myself: Karma, King of the North, Gusto, Golden Treasure, Orange Sun, Red Belgian. I've got a bunch more sweet peppers coming. Probably too many, but I really like them and didn't get enough last year. I'm thinking of using black plastic for them, to raise the temperature and make the stink bugs easier to catch. The dang stink bugs suck on the developing peppers, leaving them mottled and tasteless. They drop to the ground when disturbed, making them hard to catch if they land in the mulch, but they would be easy to spot on the black plastic. Plus if we have a cool summer like last year, the peppers would enjoy the extra warmth. I'm not a big fan of black plastic, but it might be worth it for one year, just to get the stink bug population down. Hmm, I think I have a roll of that corn-based kind that will decompose. Not as warm as real plastic, but more environmentally friendly.
Also basil: Genovese, cinnamon, and opal. I don't know why a dark purple basil is called opal, but it is. I'm thinking of scattering my ancient basil seed somewhere and letting it come up as it will. Bees love basil flowers.
