Time to plant

[TiogaLion]

I got my tomato seeds and pepper seeds started this past weekend. I always plant two seeds for each plant I want to allow for fallout and here is what I planted.

Tomatoes
Romo 4 seeds
Brandywine 2 seeds
Beefsteak 2 seeds
Big Boy 2 seeds
Supersweet 100 (Cherry) 2 seeds

Peppers
California Wonder Bell 4 seeds
Thai Chili 2 seeds
Jalapeno 4 seeds
Cheyenne 2 seeds
Carolina Reaper 2 seeds

Extra plants will be given away to family, neighbors, etc. and if I can't find a home I plant them in the landscaping around the house. The wife loves when I do this.

 

[Bison13]

I got my tomato seeds and pepper seeds started this past weekend. I always plant two seeds for each plant I want to allow for fallout and here is what I planted.

Tomatoes
Romo 4 seeds
Brandywine 2 seeds
Beefsteak 2 seeds
Big Boy 2 seeds
Supersweet 100 (Cherry) 2 seeds

Peppers
California Wonder Bell 4 seeds
Thai Chili 2 seeds
Jalapeno 4 seeds
Cheyenne 2 seeds
Carolina Reaper 2 seeds

Extra plants will be given away to family, neighbors, etc. and if I can't find a home I plant them in the landscaping around the house. The wife loves when I do this.

do you live in Tioga county? Awful cold right now.... Use raised beds, lamps?

 

[TiogaLion]

do you live in Tioga county? Awful cold right now.... Use raised beds, lamps?

No, I lived in Tioga House in Pollock. it's cold everywhere in PA right now.

 

[PSUJam]

 

[Fac]

I'm going to start mine this weekend. Bought a grow light for them.
Peppers, cherry tomatoes and shallots for me.

 

[BobPSU92]

 

[OhioLion]

I got my tomato seeds and pepper seeds started this past weekend. I always plant two seeds for each plant I want to allow for fallout and here is what I planted.

Tomatoes
Romo 4 seeds
Brandywine 2 seeds
Beefsteak 2 seeds
Big Boy 2 seeds
Supersweet 100 (Cherry) 2 seeds

Peppers
California Wonder Bell 4 seeds
Thai Chili 2 seeds
Jalapeno 4 seeds
Cheyenne 2 seeds
Carolina Reaper 2 seeds

Extra plants will be given away to family, neighbors, etc. and if I can't find a home I plant them in the landscaping around the house. The wife loves when I do this.

Glad I saw your post. I was thinking about trying this for the first time just for something different. Any tips you may have for a beginner?
I was not thinking about a lamp, but just having them in a south window area.
Menards had a set up that you water once a week and it holds the moisture until needed.

OL

 

[TiogaLion]

Glad I saw your post. I was thinking about trying this for the first time just for something different. Any tips you may have for a beginner?
I was not thinking about a lamp, but just having them in a south window area.
Menards had a set up that you water once a week and it holds the moisture until needed.

OL

Here are a few tips:
- use a container that is about a pint to allow for sufficient root development without to much crowding. My wife always purchases some geraniums and I reuse those containers.
- use a good potting soil, fill the containers and water them thoroughly to get air out of the soil. Put containers in your large pyrex pans.
- make identification labels for each container. Numbers and a cross-reference chart works fine.
- soak seeds in room temperature water over night. Room temperature needs to be about 70 degrees to germinate. Make sure to have each container labeled.
- use a typical butter knife to make a shallow wedge in the center of each container and drop 1 seed in and collapse the sides to cover the seed.
- to water just fill the pyrex pan with about a 1/2" every other day or so depending on how quickly to drys up.
- Tomatoes and peppers love full sun so south facing windows are good.
- once they grow a bit I take them outside on days I'm home if it's supposed to be above 40 degrees. NEVER let them out if it's anywhere near 32 degrees or you'll be purchasing plants at the local garden center.

If you need more, let me know. I'll probably also start some broccoli and lettuce in a couple of weeks. Nothing quite like fresh broccoli eaten the day you pick it.

Good Luck.

 

[PSUMichFan]

I appreciate this thread because I just built a greenhouse in the fall (11 x 14 feet structure) for my wife and we plan on starting seeds in April (we live in Michigan). I am curious on starting plants this early because what do you do with them for the next 2 months? Where we live we cannot transfer plants to the garden until 3rd week of May. I am assuming these plants will stay in your homes to grow and produce???

 

[TiogaLion]

I appreciate this thread because I just built a greenhouse in the fall (11 x 14 feet structure) for my wife and we plan on starting seeds in April (we live in Michigan). I am curious on starting plants this early because what do you do with them for the next 2 months? Where we live we cannot transfer plants to the garden until 3rd week of May. I am assuming these plants will stay in your homes to grow and produce???

My tomato and pepper plants are rarely ready for transplant before 12 weeks or so. I'll transplant around May 10th +- 5 days .depending on the forecast. I'm not growing very many plants so I'll move them around the house until mid March and to my sunroom (I heat and cool only when being used) which would rarely get below 40 and if it would drop I'd turn on the heat to keep it from freezing.

If I were you I'd start tomatoes and peppers around the 20th. Flowers as well.

 

[Got GSPs]

If you haven’t had shoshito peppers, you shoul them. They are thin skinned and savory as opposed to hot. Sauté quickly in olive oil until starting to brown and blister, and then give a liberal dose of salt (or soy sauce). Grab by the stem and munch them seeds and all. They are great as a snack or side dish. you can buy them at decent grocery stores, but I grew some myself.

 

[PSU Mike]

Cue the Chance the Gardener references …

 

[Woodpecker]