the seeds are up!
by Ether
The cabbage family was first to poke their heads up, with the De Cicco Broccoli and the Romanesco Broccoli in the lead. Our Red Mammoth Cabbage was next up, and then it’s been a race between the onion and the tomatoes. It was looking like the onions would take the prize but the tomatoes gave a good home-stretch sprint and won! Above are the Red Mammoth Cabbages, aren’t they cute? I’m particularly fond of the fact that they come up purple from the beginning.
The peppers are still struggling a bit to germinate, and still on the radiator under the greenhouse cover, along with a few of the tomatoes. Hopefully they’ll poke their little heads out soon too. Maybe they know that it’s still snowing outside, and are scared?! If you’re still scared about seed-starting, Colleen over at In the Garden Online has a nice little article on the top 5 seed starting mistakes.
For those of you who are starting your own seeds too, I hope they’re doing well! If you aren’t starting seeds this year hopefully these past few posts have been helpful for you to be able to do so next season.
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Posted by Ether on March 22nd, 2008 filed in Gardening, Seeds and Starting, Vegetables
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March 22nd, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Too bad my lettuce and other greens got bitten by…I don’t know, I think it was a mouse! So I put out 5 traps, and when I checked yesterday, one was gone! I suspect someone got their tail caught *eww!* and today I caught another boy mouse. I hope that’s it!
March 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 am
@Blue Fox
Oh no! Mice stealing your lettuces? No good, no good at all!
I’ve had a lot of luck (when I had mice at my old house) using the humane traps that just kinda scoop the little guys into a holding chamber. I’d take them up to the park and let them go there, though in the wintertime they became temporary pets until the weather was such that I could let them go and they’d actually have a shot at surviving in their new home.
I do hope you solve your problem of the missing seedlings though! Maybe it’s time to get a cat?
March 24th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Oh they’re adorable! Aren’t they? I posted photos of my babies today as well.
I didn’t start the Romanesco (the only cole so far) because I didn’t think I’d be able to get the community garden in early enough and they’d have to go in just before the heat of summer kicked in. I thought I’d wait until autumn, but I can’t wait to have some acid green sworls of fractal goodness. Guess I’ll just have to make room!
Love what you’ve done here. The background color looks like healthy rich soil. Beautiful!
Regards, XXKHT
March 24th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
@Kimberly
I grow broccoli and the like earlier in the season and harvest them pretty much through until the heat of summer hits, then I let it bolt and collect seed. I re-plant a fall crop as well if I remember/have time (my life tends to get busy around that time of year). Fresh baby broccoli is awfully nice to have in the summer.