Well, here we go again. The indoor offseason got away from me around the turn of the year, so I decided to shut things down and start clean with the new outdoor season.
I dropped all the wilds, rocotos, baccatum, chinense and frutescens earlier this month and, excepting wilds, pretty much everything is up and growing. One thing I did different this year was I didn't presoak seeds, except for a few wilds. I checked the days-to-germinate for the first round varieties against how they did last year and, based on a quick look, it seems they were generally maybe a couple days slower, which is about what I'd expect.
Today, I transplanted all the baccatum (except Berry Amarillo) plus a few Moz Piri Piri (thanks Tybo!), which are sitting on top of the lights until they root in a bit and can go back below.
I'm upping my tomato game this season - or at least increasing the varieties. Usually I just grow San Marzano and Moskvich, maybe the occasional other. This season I'm branching out a bit more with the varieties, which include Black Krim and Opalka from Dragonsfire and a bunch from Sandia. I figure tomatoes usually germinate easy enough, so I just stuck them in a humidome toward the back of the T5HO tent where I hope they'll be happy.
The other big task today was dropping all the annuum into the Coleman. After this annuum round I'll have just a final 2 varieties I'm waiting for in the mail, then I'll be done starting peppers for the season.
The last bit of news is I lucked out and will have access to two 10' x 40' plots at the community garden this year, which will include the better-located one that was new to me last year. I was concerned I'd have access to only 1 this season, which would have significantly decreased my grow. Anyhow, I'm super happy to have all that space and I'm sure I'll find a way to make it seem like not quite enough
Thanks to all who contributed seeds and otherwise to my grow this year. I hope everyone blows the doors off it this summer!
CD
I dropped all the wilds, rocotos, baccatum, chinense and frutescens earlier this month and, excepting wilds, pretty much everything is up and growing. One thing I did different this year was I didn't presoak seeds, except for a few wilds. I checked the days-to-germinate for the first round varieties against how they did last year and, based on a quick look, it seems they were generally maybe a couple days slower, which is about what I'd expect.
Today, I transplanted all the baccatum (except Berry Amarillo) plus a few Moz Piri Piri (thanks Tybo!), which are sitting on top of the lights until they root in a bit and can go back below.
I'm upping my tomato game this season - or at least increasing the varieties. Usually I just grow San Marzano and Moskvich, maybe the occasional other. This season I'm branching out a bit more with the varieties, which include Black Krim and Opalka from Dragonsfire and a bunch from Sandia. I figure tomatoes usually germinate easy enough, so I just stuck them in a humidome toward the back of the T5HO tent where I hope they'll be happy.
The other big task today was dropping all the annuum into the Coleman. After this annuum round I'll have just a final 2 varieties I'm waiting for in the mail, then I'll be done starting peppers for the season.
The last bit of news is I lucked out and will have access to two 10' x 40' plots at the community garden this year, which will include the better-located one that was new to me last year. I was concerned I'd have access to only 1 this season, which would have significantly decreased my grow. Anyhow, I'm super happy to have all that space and I'm sure I'll find a way to make it seem like not quite enough
Thanks to all who contributed seeds and otherwise to my grow this year. I hope everyone blows the doors off it this summer!
CD
Think I'll try growing those Oro next year too. As many rocotos as I've grown it's hard to believe I haven't tried those before.
