What did you do in your garden today?

[akroberts]

I started an experiment with habanero peppers. I'm doing just seed starting soil, soil w coffee grounds and egg shells, soil w/coffee grounds, soil w/egg shells, egg shell w/coffee grounds and soil and egg shell w/only soil. I'm going to keep this going until May 8th.

 

[akroberts]

I will keep everyone updated on the details of the experiment.

 

[Mini Horses]

I'll suppose you saw UTs suggestion some worked better than others . I have all those things but, hope my plants are started by May. Mostly use barn gold here

Heck, I hope I've tilled the garden by May!

 

[Cashoo]

Soooooooooooo I went on an overnight school field trip and ended up going to target and buying 18 packs of seeds (17 different types/varieties). I have no room for this

 

[Mini Horses]

Today I'm going to seed planter trays for garden starts. Things that do best for started plants -- tomato, peppers, eggplant, etc. Most other veggies are direct down here. Garden isn't ready for that part, maybe 2 weeks out. Usually I'm further ahead but, crazy weather has held me up. It'll be fine. I'm blessed with a decent grow season here.

Today I get to sort thru boxes of seed again. Unlike in Dec, I can actually pull packets to plant and not just sigh about spring coming. It's here now!

 

[flowerbug]

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day I get to sort thru boxes of seed again. Unlike in Dec, I can actually pull packets to plant and not just sigh about spring coming. It's here now!

yay! (vicarious enjoyment )...

 

[LaurenRitz]

Planted the first set of tomatoes. I know they'll probably get frosted, but the hope is that the mulch will protect them enough to come back from the root, possibly conferring a bit more cold tolerance to their descendants.

 

[R2elk]

Planted the first set of tomatoes. I know they'll probably get frosted, but the hope is that the mulch will protect them enough to come back from the root, possibly conferring a bit more cold tolerance to their descendants.

I have never had a tomato come back from the roots. If the top breaks off, you may be able to get new roots growing from the top part but the original roots will die and they will not come back as a new plant.

 

[LaurenRitz]

I have never had a tomato come back from the roots. If the top breaks off, you may be able to get new roots growing from the top part but the original roots will die and they will not come back as a new plant.

I once had a population that was pretty cold tolerant, but that wasn't my goal so the seeds got mixed in with the rest when I was finished. I wish now that I had kept them separate. I was testing to see if they would flower earlier, and they never did. Four years in a row they were planted early, the last time in February in the snow. Protected, of course (wall-o-water) but the last year they did just fine as long as snow was kept directly off the leaves.

That was the group that was strong enough to come back from the root. Someday I need to duplicate that process.

 

[FarmerJamie]

Still too cold and wet to mess around outside, but am growing oat grass for the in-house beasties. Supposedly helps with digestion and hair balls.