Category: Garden Journal
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Progress update: Robust tomato transplants are ready for Summer
If you’re on this site, you must be an avid gardener, and you know that there’s nothing quite like seeing your plants grow and thrive. And when it comes to tomatoes, there’s nothing more satisfying than watching those tiny, fragile plants get bigger, taller, and ready to be either in the ground or large pots…
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Transplanting tomato seedlings
Some folks like to plant their seedlings directly in the garden, but I usually have better results transplanting tomato seedlings from the seed-starting tray to small pots such as yogurt containers or other small, deep vessels. This process should be started 4-6 weeks after germination or after plants have at least two sets of true…
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Two days later: First sprouts
Just two days after I planted my first seeds of the season, there was serious sprouting action. I planted an assortment of tomatoes, bell peppers, artichokes, and a bouquet of flower varieties. My Propagate Pro heat mat was surely one of the factors in the speedy germination. The heat helps most seeds germinate, though I…
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First planting
Today was the day – the official first day of our 2023 growing season! We planted tomatoes, peppers, and assorted flowers in a 72 hex-cell seed starting tray. The tray sits on top of a Propagate Pro heat mat we bought back in 2017 for brewing kombucha. The heat ought to speed up the germination…
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Spring Awakening
Here in central Maryland, it seems we barely had winter this year. My poor snow shovel stayed under the deck all season without a single use. The extremely mild winter means trees are already in bloom and daffodils have been in bloom for almost three weeks. The tulip bulbs I planted in November are already…