#seedstarting

#gardening #tomatoes #SeedStarting

Someone forgot to plant some saved Campari tomato seed so those are 8 days behind the others. Someone also plucked some things and potted them up as extras.

A photo showing a seed starting area that has 3 plant trays with mostly tomato seedligns and some tomatilloes. The left tray was planted on April 1 and has 18 square pots. The middle tray is transplants from the left tray and has 9 recycled round pots with 4 tomatillo, 3 Chadwick cherry, and 2 Flamme tomatoes. The right tray has 6 tall square pots covered with 3 clear bags that have freshly planted saved 'Campari' or 'Mountain Magic' tomato seeds and are on a heat mat. They come from a hybrid tomato so they are not exactly true but last years saved seeds were VERY good tomatoes that grew excellent. There are two 100 watt LED light panels above the trays but they are only turned up about 50% or so at a height of a couple of feet.

**CLM** @CLMilne@mastodon.social · Apr 8

#Gardening
@gardening
#SeedStarting
#GrowYourOwn
#Zone7

CLM @CLMilne@mastodon.social

Okay #NewEngland
Hard freeze tonight.
Really?!
Hoping SW corner
#Connecticut
stays above 35°F

But just in case, we are eating
elsewhere tonight

A rather cluttered dining room table with butter dish, olive oil etc. And 3 flats of seedlings: green kale. Chard, tithonia, snapdragons,lettuce

**Belle (she/her)** @RavynWitch@kind.social · Apr 8

Belle (she/her) @RavynWitch@kind.social

It sure is about that time…
#seeds #SeedStarting #gardening

Photo of several seed envelopes on a table. Visible are multiple labeled tomato seeds: brandywine, black cherry, Isis candy, marglobe; Bibb lettuce, jalapeños, and a ziploc bag labeled microgreens salad mix.

Photo of a black wire shelving unit. The lower shelf has several seed starting trays filled with dirt. The middle shelf has a few houseplants and more seed trays, this one filled with onion sprouts.

**J Mills** @urbanmicrofarmer@zirk.us · Apr 8

#gardening #SeedStarting #GrowYourOwn

J Mills @urbanmicrofarmer@zirk.us

Cool spring here, so outside plants aren’t growing much yet. Lots of growth indoors: onions, leek, cabbage, kale, broccoli, tomatillo, ground cherry, pepper, eggplant, basil, thyme

Three pepper seedlings in a row that are pushing through sand. Pop pop pop. There are other pepper seedlings nearby that have fully developed cotyledons, two tiny first leaves.

**CLM** @CLMilne@mastodon.social · Apr 8

@gardening
#Gardening
#GrowYourOwn
#SeedStarting
#Zone7

CLM @CLMilne@mastodon.social

Gotta love #NewEngland
35° F / 2°C tonight
Pulling less hardy seedlings
To bask on dining room table

Charming small green speckled head of baby radicchio nestled in soil with pine needles mulch

**Tom** @firephoto@mastodon.social · Apr 7

Apr 7

All saved tomato seeds from last year have sprouted up and the tomatillo seeds I gathered from the ground in the garden a month ago are up too. Heat mat turned off. They were started on April 1.

A photo of a plant tray with 18 square pots that have new seedlings growing in them. 15 are tomatoes and 3 are tomatillo. The varieties are Amish paste, Chadwick cherry, San Marzano, Flamme, Principe Borghese, and Rio Grande tomatillo. In the upper right is a black container with blue lid that has a hole in it with 4 pieces of apple scion wood sticking out. They have been in cold storage for a year and seem to be alive and have callused up on the end so they are in water to see if they make roots.

**Tom** @firephoto@mastodon.social · Apr 5

Apr 5

First tomatoes are up, peppers are growing fast, and some new growth on the overwintered Red Marconi sweet pepper that I pruned and fertilized.

A photo showing a new tomato seedling that is up and leaves out. It is a Principe Borghese tomato as indicated on the plant tag. Left of it are tomatilloes starting to sprout but not up. There is some leaf lettuce visible in the upper right. The seedlings are in tall 3.5 inch square pots in a 1020 tray.

A photo showing a Flamme tomato seedling. There is a white plant tag/stake that has the name hand written on it.

A photo showing a 1020 tray with 18 pepper plants in 3.5 inch square pots. Some of the plants are more than 4 inches tall or 10 cm.

A photo showing a jungle of different plants in a 1020 tray in the corner of an enclosed grow tent. The main feature is a saved from last year Red Marconi sweet pepper plant. It is starting to grow new leaves. It has verbena plants growing around it with pink/purple flowers that are in separate pots. There is also a rose campion/Lychnis and grape vine growing in other pots.

**Tom** @firephoto@mastodon.social · Apr 2

Apr 2

Pea, beet, and radish growth. The seeds were planted 4 weeks ago.

A cropped closeup photo of beetroot seedlings. The leaves are green on top and red underneath but the red side is facing the camera on some.

A cropped closeup photo of some radish seedlings. They are starting to grow more green leaves, the stems are red.

A cropped closeup photo of a sugar snap pea seedling, the green leaves are still curled up some.

#gardening #seeds #seedstarting

**Steggy** @steggy@sunny.garden · Apr 2

Apr 2

Steggy @steggy@sunny.garden

We have germination! Tomato, cucumber, and hot peppers. Not pictured: sugar snaps, nasturtiums, cosmos and nicotiana.

Cherry tomato seedlings in starting cubes. The lighting appears purple from led seed starting lights.

Three cucumber seedlings in starting cubes. The lighting appears purple from led seed starting lights.

Hot pepper seedlings in starting cubes. The lighting appears purple from led seed starting lights.

**Homestead Culture** @homesteadculture@mastodon.social · Apr 2

Apr 2

Homestead Culture @homesteadculture@mastodon.social

Our whole propagation set up is both simple and seasonal - it’s a carport that we put up in the spring and take down in the summer. Noel turned old ladders into the perfect stands for our wood seed trays, which we built out of left over lumber. They’re the best! Sturdy, mobile, reusable, sustainable, easy to stack and clean.

Are you feeling spring vibes too?

#propagationstation #greenhousetime #seedstarting

ig @ignova@mstdn.ca · Mar 28

Mar 28

ig @ignova@mstdn.ca

i have a feeling these 'container' tomatoes will be exactly as huge and sprawling as the tomatoes last year...oh well. (this is a little less than a month from seed. the ornamental pepper plants next to the tomatoes were planted on the same day.)

Three tomato seedlings, and three pepper seedlings. The tomatoes are at least four times the height of the peppers.

#plants #gardening #SeedStarting

**Tom** @firephoto@mastodon.social · Mar 27

Mar 27

#gardening #peas #GrowYourOwn

Maybe the first sugar snap pea. It's been 3 weeks since they were planted.

A cropped closeup photo of a light green sprout emerging from the raised bed soil. It is possibly a pea. There are decaying conifer needles and twigs around it along with other organic material.

**Tom** @firephoto@mastodon.social · Mar 26

Mar 26

#gardening #GrowYourOwn #beets

First beets are up! and some different color radishes that should be the Black Spanish.

A photo of a beet sprout or two. They are red looking and not fully opened to expose the leaves fully.

A photo of radish seedlings, one in the center has green leaves and red stem, the others have purple leaves and red stems.

A photo of a single beet sprout, it is slightly open but laying on it's side, the outside of the leaves are red but where it has opened reveals a green leaf surface.

**Tom** @firephoto@mastodon.social · Mar 25

Mar 25

Basil is looking good, I've kept a loose cover over it so it's not drying out fast. Peppers are starting to grow fast with roots seen in the smaller pots and the latest transplants in the big pots aren't dying so maybe not over fertilized but we'll see.

A photo showing a tray of basil with 18 square pots. There are 8 varieties of basil which are, Genovese, Italian Long Leaf, Holy Green, Thai, Lemon, Lime, Dark Opal, and Spicy Globe. They are all green except the Dark Opal that is purple-ish.

A photo showing two trays with pepper seedlings. Or chilies. They are Red Marconi, Jalapeno, and California Wonder 300 varieties. The right tray has 7 gallon sized square 'bag' pots. The left tray has 18 3.5 inch tall-type square pots. The left tray is sitting on top of some blocks, the pots are not as tall as the gallon pots.

**Tom** @firephoto@mastodon.social · Mar 24

Mar 24