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Post by mogarden on Feb 21, 2013 4:38:43 GMT -6
Well here's my list of tomatoes and peppers for this year. They are all planted in pots (yogurt cups, lol) and sprouting out now with a couple exceptions. I over-wintered one plant of chili pequin, everything else was seeded last week. Tomatoes: German, Kellog's Breakfast, Stupice, Black Krim, Delicious, and one hybrid, Park's Whopper. Peppers: Ghost pepper, Jigsaw (supposed to be more variegated than Fish)and Bailey's chili pequin. I put 3-4 seeds in each pot, will weed them down to the best 2, then give away any left-overs after I've planted the best looking one in my containers. I plan to have a bush cuke or 2, onions from sets and whatever else I can squeeze in. I hope you all have a Happy gardening year in 2013!
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Post by jerseycub on Feb 21, 2013 10:56:15 GMT -6
Sounds very nice mogarden, we haven't started anything as yet but we do have all of our seeds purchased for planting this season.
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Post by mogarden on Feb 21, 2013 13:28:28 GMT -6
It's starting to show signs of spring here, well sorta. 20F at night but the Bradford pears are swelling their blossom buds. Daffodils are blooming here and there but NOT in my yard yet. That reminds me I put out a bag of tulip bulbs last fall, I need to get out there to check on their progress.
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Post by Penny on Feb 22, 2013 12:18:27 GMT -6
Loved growing black krim....such a good tomato.
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Post by mogarden on Mar 2, 2013 5:22:22 GMT -6
Today or very soon I will have to get out the scissors and cut off some of my seedlings, leaving 2 or 3 at the most in each pot. Sometimes a pinch of seeds has a dozen, sometimes less I guess. I only need one healthy plant of each variety when I set them outside in April, gees that's next month! Come on spring, can't get here soon enough for me.
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Mar 2, 2013 6:04:12 GMT -6
Loved growing black krim....such a good tomato. we like the black krim too...one of my favorite slicers Most of the tomatoes we are growing will be started this weekend...
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Post by mogarden on Mar 2, 2013 7:18:03 GMT -6
I never grew the Black Krim, hope it does well for me.
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Post by Penny on Mar 2, 2013 12:27:13 GMT -6
I never grew the Black Krim, hope it does well for me. I'd be shocked to hear if it didnt, we really enjoy it here. hpltr
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Post by mogarden on Mar 3, 2013 3:11:42 GMT -6
As I was watering them last nite I noted I have only one sprouted BK and a seedcoat-bound one. I think I may start a few more seeds, just in case.
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Mar 3, 2013 5:47:58 GMT -6
As I was watering them last nite I noted I have only one sprouted BK and a seedcoat-bound one. I think I may start a few more seeds, just in case. them can be misted and carefully taken off, darned old helmet heads...They say it's from planting to shallow...I dunno If I agree...
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Mar 3, 2013 7:16:58 GMT -6
I never grew the Black Krim, hope it does well for me. I'd be shocked to hear if it didnt, we really enjoy it here. hpltr Ya know we were sorting seeds yesterday.. and We are OUT of black Krim seed...unless we can find them locally...
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Post by Penny on Mar 3, 2013 11:36:19 GMT -6
Let me know Phil and i can send you some, if you need them
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Post by Laura on Mar 3, 2013 14:38:38 GMT -6
As I was watering them last nite I noted I have only one sprouted BK and a seedcoat-bound one. I think I may start a few more seeds, just in case. them can be misted and carefully taken off, darned old helmet heads...They say it's from planting to shallow...I dunno If I agree... I also take the helmets off the wee pepper plants. I had to replant 1 tray of pepper seeds. Some of the seeds were too old I guess to come up.
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Mar 4, 2013 4:31:27 GMT -6
Let me know Phil and i can send you some, if you need them Yes Penny, Please do... we can Possibly get a plant from a local nursery...that had them last year; however, like any business...if they didn't sell a bunch of em'...they won't have them again...
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Post by Penny on Mar 4, 2013 6:27:52 GMT -6
Let me know Phil and i can send you some, if you need them Yes Penny, Please do... we can Possibly get a plant from a local nursery...that had them last year; however, like any business...if they didn't sell a bunch of em'...they won't have them again... I think i still have your address from the christmas card swap, so i'll pop those into the mail for you today. hpltr
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Post by mogarden on Mar 9, 2013 4:26:32 GMT -6
Well last nite I noticed my tomato plants all too dry...this after watering them yesterday morning, wth? Turns out GF has relocated a fan so it moves drier air thru that area. I moved it back. Today was the appointed day to pot-up to red solo cups anyway. I watered everything again and hope I have enough cups. I have soil mix enough. The city sewer folks that were going to install pipes in "a month or so" back in September are just now turning the corner at the end of my street. It's barely over a month now till I will be wanting to plant out the tomatoes in their containers for the summer. If they will FINISH the dern pipe and re-grade the yard I can have the containers close by the back door. I'm getting weaker all along, don't want to have plants I can't walk to. By the door I can tend them even using the walker. We'll see how it goes I guess. Wish me luck
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Mar 9, 2013 7:17:49 GMT -6
Oh great Bro...they made it just in time to make a spring muddy mess for Ya...phigures...
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Post by mogarden on Mar 9, 2013 13:31:36 GMT -6
I have all my containers sitting on 2x4 rails for good drainage etc. I'd sure like to see them finish up the project, but....city employees, what can I say?
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Post by mogarden on Mar 11, 2013 5:05:38 GMT -6
Well I got the solo cups yesterday and made holes in the bottoms but then ran outta energy so I'm going now to pot-up the tomatoes while I have my morning spurt of energy. The rest of the household is beginning to stir, or I would done it 2 hrs ago. Hope I can get a picture when I'm done.
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Post by mogarden on Mar 11, 2013 6:36:49 GMT -6
I'm done with the tomatoes, the peppers will wait a day er two. Now I have to move all my blocks, paperback books, empty jars etc that I use to get the plants up under the lights. I can't climb up any more. As the plants grow, I'll take out my spacers....
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Post by mogarden on Mar 15, 2013 17:28:25 GMT -6
Today is March 15th, so one month left before I can set my tomato plants out, whoopeee! Now I just want to keep them alive, don't need them to be 2 ft tall or anything. 71 deg here today but that's an unusual high temp, windy of course. March.
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Post by w8in4dave on Mar 18, 2013 19:49:22 GMT -6
71 OMG how wonderful!! I love 71!!
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Post by Christy on Mar 21, 2013 19:45:40 GMT -6
Your doing good Mo Id like to see the Tulips when they bloom
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Post by mogarden on Mar 22, 2013 2:49:56 GMT -6
I keep thinking they're late coming up, maybe not. I will be sure and get a picture.
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Post by mogarden on Mar 28, 2013 13:47:20 GMT -6
For nearly an hour I have been wrestling with the "new" photobucket but I think I have managed to copy a link. These are the first blooms on my pequin plant. It's ready to set outside after a little hardening and a couple more weeks go by...
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Mar 29, 2013 2:43:23 GMT -6
Looking good Mo
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Post by mogarden on Mar 29, 2013 13:48:15 GMT -6
Thanks Phil. I noticed last week a few buds, now it's just eat up with them! I'm getting the pheeling spring may be a little late here. I don't like that idea but it's still too cool and windy....maybe there'll be a big turnaround in the next 2-3 weeks.
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Post by BestoFour on Mar 29, 2013 19:18:41 GMT -6
looks nice and healthy
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Post by w8in4dave on Mar 29, 2013 19:46:08 GMT -6
Very very nicccccce!!
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Post by mogarden on Mar 31, 2013 14:18:17 GMT -6
Well it's after 3 pm here. That means it's less than 9 hours until APRIL! I can't believe it. I have done nothing at all to my containers outside, need to re-work the soil in each one. Got a couple new totes to replace the sun-damaged ones, hope that is enough. One of these days I will drag a chair and the oxygen bottle out and get my helper to make a start on things. All the stuff I've done so far is just start the plants inside and pot them up once. I have 2 healthy plants (knock on wood) of each tomato variety so one to plant out and one to replace it or give away, whatever. Need to get to the Farmer's CO-OP and get a few onion sets.
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