First round of potting up.

And i'm exhausted...lol...below are some pics of the seedlings I potted up today. Tomatoes are: Chadwick Cherry, Chocolate Cherry & Sungold Select II. Peppers are: Golden Marconi & California Wonder Bell.

Tomatoes:


Peppers:

Garden Move

Well, my move went well this weekend. Despite the few tomato seedlings that my friend Justin destroyed & the few that just didn't make it, most of my garden took it well! Only a few windburnt leaves on the Kerria Japonica (Japanese Rose) & 2-3 others. I'll get some updated pics on here soon. I resowed my paste & slicing tomatoes because they were either killed in the move or just didn't look great (thanks, floating pellet tray!). Luckily, it's only the end of March, so they will only be delayed a month or so (be hard to get the July 4th maters, maybe). I'm also sowing an herb garden soon, too! Take care & Happy Gardening, all! =) - Steve

Sungold Select II Seedling

Just a quick post. Figured I'd share a picture I took last night of my most mature Sungold Select II cherry tomato seedling. Isn't it beautiful? =)

Seedling Update. Tomatoes, Peppers & More!

They are all growing great, except for the dill weed. I just can never seem to get dill weed to stand up well from the time it sprouts throughout its whole lifespan. It needs to be tied down, but is too delicate! lol...Here are some pictures of the beautiful babies...




Garlic Chives (looking very healthy & dark green):


Garlic (planted in the Fall...got from my friend Adrian):





Tomato seedlings (this is most of them...also have 6-8 in 1 gallon pots which are Amish Paste, San Marzano Lungo No 2, Placero & one other variety I forget right now):


Chadwick Cherry Tomato:


Chocolate Cherry Tomato:


Sungold Select II:





Pepper Seedlings (this is most of them...also have 6 or so in 1 gallon pots):


California Wonder Bell:


Golden Marconi (happy that I have 4 very healthy seedlings of these! Tasty sweet golden pepper great for grilling & such):





The milk weed "test plant" is still doing fine, but still fallen over. I plan on sowing one more tray of seeds (not sure what yet) then also planting some more garlic. Things are coming along well! Many signs of Spring are showing too. Both my Wineberry Raspberry & Triple Crown Blackberry plants are growing leaf nodes (around 1 cm in length). Also, my Kerria Japonica (Japanese Rose) is growing leaf nodes (1-2 cm in length). Spring is in the air & even though I unfortunately have to move again within the next month or so (means no raised bed use. :( ), I plan on still having a great garden this year to make up for last year. Take care & happy gardening!!! =)

Seedling Update

Most of my veggie seedlings are doing well. A few are getting slightly leggy (not enough to affect the plant), so I probably need to rotate all of them. Below are a few pictures.

Some of the pepper seedlings, along with a close-up of one:







Some of the tomato seedlings & a close-up of my most mature Sungold:







My dwarf lime tree has started its Spring growth a bit. Here's a pic of it:

My First True Raised Bed

This will be a learning experience for me, for sure. In all my years of gardening, I have never grown in a true raised bed. I'm thinking maybe all garlic & onions? lol...Should be fun, one way or another. I'm researching soil pretreatment on it now, with the help of some friends on GardenWeb. Here's a before picture of it with all the dead wildflowers, weeds, etc. & an after picture. I dug out about the top foot of the whole thing, to try and get rid of all the old plants there. There was one root about a foot or so long by a few inches wide that took a while to get out of there! Anyway, i'm gonna fill it with compost and some good soil soon. Gotta find some compost first. :)

Before:


After about 30 minutes of digging out all the old weeds, wildflowers, etc. & tilling up the soil a bit. Looks good so far & not too hard to do:

First Veggie Plant Forming True Leaves!

The excitement continues! Today, while checking on my plants, I found a Sungold Select II cherry tomato plant starting to grow it's first true set of leaves. Very cool, as at this point they usually start growing fast/take off. I have several more that are barely a few days behind this one, if even that long. So, many more of the first tomato & pepper plants I started should also start growing their first true leaves soon. Below is a picture of the wee seedling.