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Post by cortona on Mar 19, 2011 14:30:16 GMT -5
today i've started my sown season, i've sow:
tobacco:pumpano, cu-2,wisconsin seed leaf,yellow prior,coker 213, Va 116,s.p.i. 27525 (thanks grunt that give me seeds past year)
i've sowed tps from a gentle friend(thanks wendy!) that are open pollinated blue so simply i've to waith for surprises.
tomatoes:da appendere rosa,kilo della garfagnana,santorini and santorini salad,german red strawberry,hunt's family favourite,purple calabash,garden peach,osu blue,fiaschetto,palmira northern italian,guido,microbeicum occemus,kosovo,aunt Ginny's purple,bernardini,guernsey pink blush(somebody have some info about this tomatoes?)joe's portuguese,giante de hutt,snowball,chocolate stripes,spear's tennessee green,ananas.
I have lots and lots of other seeds to sown but today being a cloudy, rainy day i've the time and possibility to sow just this...
gardening is an hard work ;D ;D ;D ;D i love it!
i have to thanks for the major part of this variety fellow member of this seeds and principaly grunt/dan and michaeljonson, a big thankful hug to all the person that give help, knoweledge, patience , attention and of course seeds to our garden newbie!
best wishes
Emanuele
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Post by garnetmoth on Mar 19, 2011 17:57:55 GMT -5
Good luck with everything!
Ive got 4 trays germinating and planted 1 more last night. Alpine strawberries, caucasian spinach, bunching onion, herbs, ground cherries, peppers, and tomatoes! (and mostly cabbage and broccoli last night) Chives are up and out and ready to harvest, as are Egyptian walking onions.
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Post by robertb on Mar 19, 2011 18:20:11 GMT -5
Very little so far. Broad beans (Aquadulce Claudia), which have been in pots since early Feb, and are only just emerging. A few brassicas, which I started on the windowsill. The weather's warming up now, so I'll put more in during the week.
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Post by cortona on Mar 19, 2011 20:57:37 GMT -5
do you think is a good momento to sow brassicacee? and wath? broccoli? kale? usualy i sow cale in may but probably sow it hearly can be a good idea.
ani tips are welcome!
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Mar 19, 2011 21:33:49 GMT -5
do you think is a good momento to sow brassicacee? and wath? broccoli? kale? I plant cabbage, kale, and broccoli as soon as the snow melts and the soil is dry enough to walk on without sinking into the mud. |
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Post by robertb on Mar 20, 2011 8:01:10 GMT -5
Depends on the brassica. Anything you want a crop from before winter probably needs to go in, with the obvious exception of things like calabrese which crop faster, though I did put my first sowing of the year in the other day. I leave kales and the like, which have a longer growing period, till next month. It's still quite cold, and I've had far too many seeds rot through planting too early to want to hurry things.
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Post by cortona on Mar 20, 2011 8:31:59 GMT -5
thanks a lot for the info!
i think that lacinato kale can be a good candidate for hearly sowing as good as another local variety from umbria, iwant to sow broccoli(calabrese and simil but i wil just try little number just for a try this year)
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Post by robertb on Mar 20, 2011 14:01:41 GMT -5
I don't know simil, but calabrese is best planted a little at a time, so you get a succession. If you want to try purple sprouting or anything similar, they're much bigger plants which can go in in a few weeks. No point rushing them.
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Post by cortona on Mar 29, 2011 14:42:36 GMT -5
today i've planted another 90 tomato seeds, 40 bernardini, 20 giogli and 30 guido(thanks grunt!) and i've found the single cels try to sow a lots of other thinghs in this week!
finger crossed for tobacco seeds, enyone know how many days usualy it needs to sprout?
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Post by mnjrutherford on Mar 30, 2011 10:07:19 GMT -5
I planted tomatoes, squashes, okra, and watermelon in a flat 2 days ago. We are having a bit of a cold spell and there are other things to deal with at the moment. I'm still amazed with the 3' asparagus spear I got the other day and hoping I'll get a few more!
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Post by cortona on Mar 30, 2011 10:26:38 GMT -5
for squash i've to waith another 15 days because it is a bit too cold in the night and usualy my squash dont like to be transplanted have you a different experience mj?
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Post by blackthumbmary on Mar 30, 2011 19:11:52 GMT -5
I planted some 'European lettuce' mix and Arugula on 3/16. Already have buds (or whatever you call them) popping up. This past weekend, I planted some 'Electric Head lettuce'. Also planted some Spinach from Garnetmoth. In all cases, I saved lots of seed back in case the wacky cold weather continues and I need to replant. My lettuce garden looks great because most of my fall planted arugula and tarragon survived winter. This particular garden is right next to my house, which is brick, so I suspect the soil is slighter warmer.... I also have one broccoli plant and lots of fall lettuce seeds which did not germinate in fall...but instead overwintered underground and have now germinated. I can't figure out why that happened-since the rest of the lettuce and broccoli seeds (same batches/suppliers) planted last fall germinated. Maybe these seeds knew what a late Spring this was going to be and decided to cheer me up by overwintering and coming up in the middle of a cold un Spring like March. OK...not really a plausible theory but a cheerful one nonetheless  Question to all Indiana (or similar zone) early bird-like-to-push-the-envelope gardeners....is any one going to try and sneak in some early bean plantings IF we get a warm spell in the 70's....like last year around this time? Last year I planted corn 4/2..and Rattlesnake beans a week or so later. Both germinated and survived the following frosts. So far I don't see any such warm spell on the horizon....looks like we will be lucky if it hits the low 60's this weekend here in southern IN.... Great thread...keep posting what you are sowing...both indoors and outdoors. |
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Post by mnjrutherford on Mar 30, 2011 20:23:40 GMT -5
My experience with squash is HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE! We have squash bugs and squash vine borers. You'll have beautiful, productive vines one day and the next day the entire plant is dead DEAD DEAD! I am, in short, a desperate woman when it comes to squashes and melons.
I grew none at all last year. However, I heard of several tricks that I plan to try this year including aluminum foil collars at the soil line and dried tobacco leaves sprinkled around the base of the plants.
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Post by iva on Mar 31, 2011 0:44:22 GMT -5
Mj, try another trick, sprinkle cinnamon powder over the plants leaves and the ground around it. It is a great insect repellent and also helps to prevent (or stop) MILDEW...
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Post by mnjrutherford on Mar 31, 2011 5:37:59 GMT -5
DO tell!!!! Now that is fascinating and I will definitely give it a shot. I've got tons of cinnamon. Thanks Iva!
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