Comments on: Seedlings don’t wait around!

By: Homemoma

Homemoma — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:48:19 +0000

i make one big mistake every year. since i dont have much room on the windowsill, i put more than one seed per cell and soon i have to transplant both into bigger pots (and have nowhere to put them) or cut one smaller seedling off. how big shoud the plants be before transplanting them into greenhouse or outdoors?

By: Mike (tfb)

Mike (tfb) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:17:52 +0000

Thanks for the compliments and good wishes! Yep, it’s busy, and fun!!

klaus & laura: The sweet peppers went in around March 16 and the hot about a week later. No real reason for the different timing, just what I was up to. I’m trying to see how short I can go with the all transplant times, but with peppers and eggplant I give a lot of lead time, 8 weeks or so. They were started in 72-cell trays, and they’re being potted up to 3″ square peat pots. Again, the timing is a little loose, I don’t have an exacting schedule for when to do what, but it’s about 4 weeks in the plug sheet, and then 4 or so in the pots. All of this timing is still pretty experimental, I change things around a bit every year to see what works best. You can see how they do this time around later in the season!

By: laura

laura — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:45:40 +0000

Those are seriously healthy looking peppers, what date were they sown? I love your blog - great stuff and great photographs. Having come across Tiny Farm Blog recently it is now on my favourites list.

By: Melanie J.

Melanie J. — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:01:36 +0000

Man, those are pretty!

By: kendra

kendra — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:50:23 +0000

Your peppers are beautiful! I know what you mean about the craziness of April. We only have our own little family garden, yet there’s an endless to-do list. Its a good though, we like it.

By: anniken

anniken — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:11:54 +0000

Hi, great blog which I just discovered. Seems like you have alot of projects going on at once:) I know what you mean by having too little space and too much plants, though I experience it in a much smaller scale.=) Good luck with all the work, looks like an exciting job & hobby:)

By: klaus

klaus — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:06:10 +0000

I’m jealous.

Here in Edmonton we just had 2 record breaking cold day time highs of around -10 celsius and a foot of snow to go with it. Last weekend we had +24, and i had taken the opportunity to transplant some hardy veggies outside. We’ll see if they survive…

Out of curiosity, from and to what size are you potting your peppers up? And how long do you leave them in the bigger pot before putting them in the field?

By: N. & J

N. & J — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:11:58 +0000

Being a newbie and only have a couple dozen seedlings it’s very exciting to see a new set of leaves on the spinach and broccoli or see the feather leaves come out from the carrots.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:54:03 +0000

Love this post! It’s my first year starting seeds indoors. It seems like they took off overnight. My husband laughs at me as the pots spread throughout the house. I just got the new veggie garden tilled. I hope I can get the plants hardened off and outside without much injury (to them or me.) I”m trying not to feel overwhelmed.

By: Exuberant Lady

Exuberant Lady — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:59:32 +0000

I couldn’t have put it better myself… the rush to get a gazillion things all done at once, I mean. I hear you, I hear you, I hear you! Best wishes! and keep those crunchy radishes in mind.