Started seeds

[rainbowgardener]

Started my first seeds today!! (Actually a week or two behind when I usually do, but other stuff going on) On a heat mat I planted parsley, dill, fennel, coleus, Canterbury bells, and spearmint. Without extra heat, I planted broccoli, rosemary, and thyme.

And I am now about 6 weeks from the first outdoor planting!


Unless we get more real winter in the next 6 weeks, some of my fall planted spinach and broccoli may actually over-winter! I could still pick spinach out there if I wanted. (But since it's not growing much these days, I'm leaving the leaves to feed the plant.)

[superschwein22]

Oh, wow. Are you in zone 5 or 6? I would have thought this is super early? Well, you must be excited. It's nice to get going. I can hardly wait and it's going to be my first spring as a new gardener.
I am going to give it until late February, early March to start my flowers inside, I think.

[OROZCONLECHE]

If Im now in zone 10a Instead of 8b, does that mean I can start earlier than the years before?

[rainbowgardener]

Oh, wow. Are you in zone 5 or 6? I would have thought this is super early? Well, you must be excited. It's nice to get going. I can hardly wait and it's going to be my first spring as a new gardener.
I am going to give it until late February, early March to start my flowers inside, I think.

I'm in zone 6. You will notice that the seeds I started are either cold weather stuff or very slow to sprout and grow. It isn't time yet for me to start things like tomatoes, though in a week or so, I will start bell peppers which are also slow growers.

The mid-March outdoor planting is for all the winter crops that are planted "as soon as the soil can be worked." That would be things like lettuce, spinach, swiss chard, carrots....

[applestar]

I have my fingers in my ears. Tra-la-la-la......

[gixxerific]

So it begins.
Just looking through my notes trying to find my planting schedule from last year.

I was also just out looking at my chard that I left in the ground it looks as though it will come back on its own. There may even be new growth on it now with the mild winter we have had I don't doubt it.

Good luck RBG

[dustyrivergardens]

My chard overwinters here to pick it hard early all spring because when it warms it will go straight to seed.

[rainbowgardener]

So it begins.
Just looking through my notes trying to find my planting schedule from last year.

that's (part of) why I post it here. This is my notes. I can go back and look at what I posted from last year...

[PunkRotten]

I started chamomile, yarrow, and lettuce a week ago. They are already up. Today I started cilantro, dill, and marigolds. Can't wait till mid-FEB to start everything else.

[PunkRotten]

If Im now in zone 10a Instead of 8b, does that mean I can start earlier than the years before?

What seeds to you have planned? Some can be started a little earlier than others. If you got things like beans, melons, cucumbers etc they do best planted directly in the ground when it is warm out. Usually around late April.

[OROZCONLECHE]

Oh ok thanks, Yea im waiting for watermelons

[rainbowgardener]

Planted petunias, celery, climbing snapdragon.

I love broccoli. The fall planted stuff is still hanging in the outdoor garden, not really growing, but not dying either. The broccoli seeds I just planted indoors, no heat mat, three days ago, are sprouting already!!

[gumbo2176]

The seed starting bug bit me yesterday too. I put the following in starter trays.

Tomato- Juliette, Cherry and Better Boy
Peppers- Pimento, Jalapeno, Bell, Belgian Wax, Banana and Pablano
Squash- Acorn and a winter mix of several different seeds in packets.
I'm hoping growing some winter type will keep the SVB's at bay.


The following went directly in ground.

Detroit Red Beets
Red and Yellow Onions
Romaine, Black Seeded Simpson, Red Oak Leaf Lettuce--these will be done when it heats up in late May, early June.

Our weather here in New Orleans has been very warm even by our winter standards. At 11:00 last night I was riding my motorcycle back home from an evening of darts league play and only had on jeans and a t-shirt and was very comfortable. Now that I've mentioned that, it will likely be very cold for Mardi Gras.

[gumbo2176]

Planted petunias, celery, climbing snapdragon.

I love broccoli. The fall planted stuff is still hanging in the outdoor garden, not really growing, but not dying either. The broccoli seeds I just planted indoors, no heat mat, three days ago, are sprouting already!!

I just pulled all my broccoli plants a couple days ago. They are also one of my favorites and I had a bumper crop of side shoots after harvesting the main heads. I had to pick every other day to keep up and to stop them from going to seed. I put in more broccoli plants several weeks ago but they are not really growing too well and are kind of spindly. I'll start more by seed to get some before the summer heat hits.

[HannahGrace]

I'm working on getting some seeds started today (peppers and some herbs, mainly since I don't have all of my seeds yet). With the way the weather's been I can't keep myself from playing in in the dirt.