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| Tomato Seedlings |
A few weeks ago I decided to try starting some seeds indoors. I've only tried this once before with no luck. This time I read up a little and think I learned a bit to help me through the process and so far I'm happy with the results! I started two types of tomatoes: Red Velvet (a cherry type tomato) and Martino's Roma. I plan to can the Roma tomatoes for sauce (AKA gravy) and the cherry ones for eating off the vine.
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| L to R: Basil babies, transplanted tomato seedlings, peppers, butternut squash |
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I also started peppers, basil, and butternut squash. The squash seeds were saved from an heirloom variety squash that was given to me by a friend last season. The squash was yummy and I was too excited to sow in the ground to see if the seed would germinate. It did!!! In only a few days. I started all the seed covered in plastic bags on my radiator. As soon as they sprouted I put them under a light in the basement for 16 hours a day. I also water them with a spray bottle--I try to spray them a tiny, little bit rough to toughen up their stems (I don't know if this will work but I feel like the stems are getting thick instead of really long and weak--which is what happened last time I tried from seed) I also have potatoes growing outside (ones from the grocery store I just cut up--making sure a piece had an eye on it), onion seed, and peas--that I just saw the sprouts today!!!!!!! I have two types sugar snap peas and dwarf gray which are a bush type. I am usually Gung-ho in the in beginning and then by the end of the season kind of forget to water so I thought if I blog a little it will remind me of all the work I've already put in so I won't give up. It will seem like no time before the tomatoes are red and bursting and ready to can!
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| Butternut Squash! |
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