What did you do in your garden today?

[CrealCritter]

Sad day to be a cabbage seedling over here.

I have decreed, that every cabbage flat cell, shall have no more than three (preferably two) cabbage seedlings growing from this day henceforth.

Seriously... You got to thin them out or they won't grow up to be cabbages. I shoot for two per cell and that's what I'll transplant into the garden. Then after they are established, I'll come back and pull the weakest ones (if both get established) sometimes only one takes and the other one fails.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[Mini Horses]

Only the strong survive.

 

[R2elk]

I would need to weigh out the pluses and minuses. I've already invested in 4' T8 florescent fixtures and bulbs. But there's nothing prohibiting me from using T8 type LEDs tubes in my existing fixtures, when my existing florescent bulbs give up the ghost. For my purpose (seed starting) they just need to be 6500K or above (blue and white) range.

The LED bulbs in my converted 8' fixture are 59W and 6500K.

 

[Mini Horses]

Today I'm home, weather to be beautiful. Had turned off all alarms except my internal one, so up before dawn. . Coffee and reading posts, waiting to get up and out. Saw one in shortages, it began with my checking prices in seed porn mags. Thanks CC!

I began making lists...then, caught myself mid addiction!! WTH are you doing????
Go pull my seeds, which I'd previously sorted very nicely -- good girl! -- during a previous anxiety seed fix. Yes, practically EVERY item on lists were in there. Saved $$. Then realized just how much over supply is there. Granted some are older and germination is a question. Much is not more than 2 yrs and I'd need two acres to grow it all. so now I'll get to checking germination.....before it's too late to buy more.. Never miss an opportunity!

But for anyone who is needing to buy -- check the various $ stores out there. Seeds are being put out, good seed and a quarter to a dollar a pack!! Just saying! I often buy in fall from those set ups at 2-5 cent a pkg at clearance!! They grow just fine! I'm looking at 7-10 pkg of beets, costing less than $.50. No doubt I can plant a couple hundred foot of row. What a deal...pickled beets all next winter, almost free. . Ok, a lot more than beets but, not telling on self this morning. it's cost effective. Not memory lapse.

 

[CrealCritter]

I

Today I'm home, weather to be beautiful. Had turned off all alarms except my internal one, so up before dawn. . Coffee and reading posts, waiting to get up and out. Saw one in shortages, it began with my checking prices in seed porn mags. Thanks CC!

I began making lists...then, caught myself mid addiction!! WTH are you doing????
Go pull my seeds, which I'd previously sorted very nicely -- good girl! -- during a previous anxiety seed fix. Yes, practically EVERY item on lists were in there. Saved $$. Then realized just how much over supply is there. Granted some are older and germination is a question. Much is not more than 2 yrs and I'd need two acres to grow it all. so now I'll get to checking germination.....before it's too late to buy more.. Never miss an opportunity!

But for anyone who is needing to buy -- check the various $ stores out there. Seeds are being put out, good seed and a quarter to a dollar a pack!! Just saying! I often buy in fall from those set ups at 2-5 cent a pkg at clearance!! They grow just fine! I'm looking at 7-10 pkg of beets, costing less than $.50. No doubt I can plant a couple hundred foot of row. What a deal...pickled beets all next winter, almost free. . Ok, a lot more than beets but, not telling on self this morning. it's cost effective. Not memory lapse.

Two hopefully helpful things..

1) If you are going to purchase seeds. Just be aware of the number of seeds in the packages. Speaking of tomatoes and pepper seeds, there is approx 20 tomato seeds per package (I wasn't aware), it now takes 4 packages to sow a 76 cell flat or 8 packs of you want to sow two plus seeds per cell. Since you already know the germination rate is not 100%.

2) Due to the move most all my saved seeds are most likely to old to germinate. I could sample germinate them, but that takes time. So it's time to start save seeds again this season. Just remember it's the heirloom varieties that are worth saving seeds from. Because heirlooms will produce true to the parent. Hybrid's are a crapshoot what you'll get next season, since it's a result of two or more cross breds. If hybrid saved seeds will germinate at all.

I often wondered how is it a seedless watermelon seed is made . Maybe someone could help me understand that?

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[R2elk]

My garden is currently in my living room. This tulip is fully open today.

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

I often wondered how is it a seedless watermelon seed is made . Maybe someone could help me understand that?

I have never even thought about it....

 

[Hinotori]

I

Two hopefully helpful things..

1) If you are going to purchase seeds. Just be aware of the number of seeds in the packages. Speaking of tomatoes and pepper seeds, there is approx 20 tomato seeds per package (I wasn't aware), it now takes 4 packages to sow a 76 cell flat or 8 packs of you want to sow two plus seeds per cell. Since you already know the germination rate is not 100%.

2) Due to the move most all my saved seeds are most likely to old to germinate. I could sample germinate them, but that takes time. So it's time to start save seeds again this season. Just remember it's the heirloom varieties that are worth saving seeds from. Because heirlooms will produce true to the parent. Hybrid's are a crapshoot what you'll get next season, since it's a result of two or more cross breds. If hybrid saved seeds will germinate at all.

I often wondered how is it a seedless watermelon seed is made . Maybe someone could help me understand that?

Jesus is Lord and Christ

It's a specific hybrid. They actually have to have a row of seeded melons every so often in the fields to pollinate the seedless as well. I can't remember why my Uncle said they don't pollinate without it. Been too long since I asked about it. They always have some seeded melons for sale because of this. They go fast. Seeded melons taste better.

 

[flowerbug]

I have never even thought about it....

i'm not sure if it is a hybrid thing going on or that there are some seeds in some of them, just not as many. not sure they actually get those seeds and use them or not, but it is very rare that we ever get a seedless watermelon that doesn't have at least a few seeds in them.

we don't grow them here since the one time someone came along and stole them all. instead we grow some muskmelons and we're very happy with those.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Pulled a couple of watermelon radishes and ate them with crackers! Yum!