- PunkRotten
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Re: 2014 Starting Seeds
All my Basil is up now. I am thinking tomorrow might be tomatoes.
- rainbowgardener
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All the basil, including the purple and red ones? That's very fast. In my experience they are slower sprouting as well as slower growing than the green. I planted my purple basil Tues (1/28), I hope it is as fast. Next for you might be the anise hyssop (one of my favorite things to grow, good choice! ). I have that planted too and it took 4 days to germinate for me.
2014 gardens here we come!
2014 gardens here we come!
- PunkRotten
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Yes all the Basil is up. And I looked just now and the tomatoes are up too. I had two anise hyssop plants already and they would have overwintered but the neighbor kept putting their sprinklers on and flooding this little area we had. After we even told them to not do it they never listened and my anise ayssop died.
- ReptileAddiction
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My tomatoes are doing great! Most of them are working on their second set of true leaves and are looking great! A few days ago I planted a ton of peppers, basil and squash. I did the baggie method for the bell peppers and it worked great. My jalapenos and bells are both up as well. I was planning on moving the biggest tomatoes out to the greenhouse but the lows are in the upper 30's. I still might because it is in a warm micro-climate but I do not want to rush it.
- Molly_Lenore
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This is what I have so far. Rather or not all of these will be planted, & how many of each..remains a mystery Also I'm an impulse buyer at the local farmer's market here.. so many sweet old farmer couples with their beautiful starter plants for super cheap, I can't pass those up! There's a lady who always has the best Cherokee Purple and grape-sized tomato plants for sale every year, 4 for $1, so I just get those from her & save me some space in my seed starting area.
Russian Mammoth (in my avatar is 1 I grew 2 summers ago) & Paquito Colorado sunflowers
Yellow crookneck squash
French tarragon
California bell peppers
gourmet blend lettuce
strawflowers
bachelor buttons
black hollyhocks
chantennay carrots
Jack o lantern & sugar pumpkins
straight 8 cucumbers
dark green bloomsdale spinach
mesclun
blue lake pole beans
cherry bell radishes
dwarf blue scotch curled kale
cilantro
Oregon sugar pea pods
Sierra gold cantelopes
rainbow Swiss chard
allsweet watermelon
Parris island lettuce
indigo rose tomatoes
rainbow blend carrots
black giant tomatoes
royal burgundy bush beans
Romanesco broccoli
Chinese red noodle beans
striped German tomatoes
Russian Mammoth (in my avatar is 1 I grew 2 summers ago) & Paquito Colorado sunflowers
Yellow crookneck squash
French tarragon
California bell peppers
gourmet blend lettuce
strawflowers
bachelor buttons
black hollyhocks
chantennay carrots
Jack o lantern & sugar pumpkins
straight 8 cucumbers
dark green bloomsdale spinach
mesclun
blue lake pole beans
cherry bell radishes
dwarf blue scotch curled kale
cilantro
Oregon sugar pea pods
Sierra gold cantelopes
rainbow Swiss chard
allsweet watermelon
Parris island lettuce
indigo rose tomatoes
rainbow blend carrots
black giant tomatoes
royal burgundy bush beans
Romanesco broccoli
Chinese red noodle beans
striped German tomatoes
- rainbowgardener
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Of course you realize this is a very mixed bag as far as starting from seed. Different people might sort the list different ways, but here is my take on it. All the cucurbits (melons, cukes, etc) can be started indoors, but only a week or so before your last frost date or they will outgrow the space. Lots of people just wait until the soil warms up and direct plant them. All the root crops like carrot and radish do not transplant well and really have to be direct seeded. Lettuce and chard are so cold hardy, there's not much to gain by starting them indoors - then you have to harden them off. If direct seeded, they are already hardened.
Start indoors:
French tarragon
California bell peppers
cilantro
indigo rose tomatoes
black giant tomatoes
Romanesco broccoli
striped German tomatoes
Could go either way
sunflowers
Yellow crookneck squash
strawflowers
bachelor buttons
Jack o lantern & sugar pumpkins
straight 8 cucumbers
Sierra gold cantelopes
allsweet watermelon
Direct seed in the ground
gourmet blend lettuce
black hollyhocks (biennial, usually fall planted)
chantennay carrots
dark green bloomsdale spinach
mesclun
blue lake pole beans
cherry bell radishes
dwarf blue scotch curled kale
Oregon sugar pea pods
rainbow Swiss chard
Parris island lettuce
rainbow blend carrots
royal burgundy bush beans
Chinese red noodle beans
- Molly_Lenore
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