Saturday, April 20, 2019

Germination from 4/7/19:

All of the heirlooms germinated OK.
(CA; FL, some each of old purchased seeds and my own; BC, ML, BZ, MS, UO, WB)

These of my own 2018 seeds germinated OK:
46A2.3 F5,   28D3.3  F5;   RTxGDZ;  55A7 x pBTD.

However, my initial seeding of 3 seeds each of  CG x FL and ZPT x KB both failed, as did my basil which was several years old, and my dill I saved from last year.  New sweet banana pepper germinated, as did cilantro which is a couple years old now.

So: around April 15 I re-sowed 12 seeds each of  CG x FL and ZPT x KB.  Heat pad.
As of April 20, no germination visible.
Newly purchased seeds of basil (12 seeds) and dill (6 seeds) were sowed at the same time, and had all germinated by April 20.  Will keep watching the tomatoes.



Monday, April 8, 2019

Late start for 2019

A couple weeks late... Finally sowed tomatoes for 2019 on April 7.
Decided no to use an offsite farm plot this year.  Need to scale back my plans so I can focus on other things... However I will try about 16 or so tomatoes in backyard buckets this year.

Sowed heirlooms:

CA; FL, some each of old purchased seeds and my own; BC, ML, BZ, MS, UO, WB;
Sowed from my old cross:
46A2.3 F5,   28D3.3  F5
Sowed from my new 2018 crosses:
RTxGDZ; CG x FL; ZPT x KB; 55A7 x pBTD.

Also sowed: sweet banana pepper, cilantro, basil, dill.
Still to direct sow in garden: green beans, cucumber, sunflowers, zinnias.