Friday, March 26, 2010

Garden Timeline


Sweet Baby Girl Tomatoes
February 4th
  • 2/4- Planted 4 Sweet Baby Girls in round peat pots
  • 2/17- 2 germinated
  • 2/20- 2 germinated
  • 3/16- Repotted and fertilized one. Took all outside
  • 3/25- Repotted one more. Fertilized. All are now staying in the garage and being hauled out into the sun every day because I didn't use sterile soil, and the gnats were beginning to present themselves inside. No bueno.
20¢ Beefsteak and Cherry Tomatoes
February 6th
  • 2/6- Planted quite a few of each in the Jiffy Peat Pellets
  • 2/19- Planted more
  • 3/5- Planted the last ones
  • 3/25- Repotted the strongest ones in bigger containers. These are also staying in the garage and being hauled out to the sun every day because of not using sterile soil.

Corn Experiment
February 6th
  • 2/6- Planted 1 seed in a 6" pot and 1 in a peat pot
  • 2/14- Both germinated
  • 2/17- 6" pot seed is 2 inches tall
  • 2/22- 6" pot seed is 4.25 inches tall
  • 2/23- Repotted the 6" into a 12" pot because roots were coming out of the bottom.
  • Planted 2 more seeds in 6" pot (those germinated on 3/3)
  • 3/5- Planted a green bean in with 12" pot and planted another seed in a little blue bucket along with a green bean seed.
  • 3/25- Fungus gnats were definitely living in the soil, so they are not living in the garage
  • 3/26- It was windy when I took them outside for sun, and they seem perturbed. Didn't like the wind.

Hot Pepper Experiment
February 6th
  • 2/6- Planted one in a peat pot
  • 3/18- Still alive but super small
  • 3/25- It lives int he garage now and goes out into the sun
  • 3/26- noticed a third leaf coming out
Cucumber Experiment
February 6th
  • 2/6- Planted 2 seeds in peat pots
  • 2/18- 1 germinated
  • 3/15-18- warm week and it really took off this week
  • 3/25- Repotted into an 8" pot. It is now now staying in the garage and being hauled out into the sun every day because I didn't use sterile soil, and the gnats were beginning to present themselves inside.
Peppers
  • 3/3- Planted 18 peppers (should germinated between 3/13 and 3/23)
  • 3/16- 5 germinated
  • 3/20- 10 germinated
  • 3/12- Planted 12 more seeds
  • 3/20- Planted 3 more seeds
Gurney Tomatoes
Better Boys and Sweet Baby Girls
  • 3/5- Planted seeds
  • 3/12- Planted more seeds
  • 3/20- Planted the last seeds (16 Better Boys)
Watermelons
20 ¢ Seeds
  • 3/12- Planted 13 watermelons (should germinate between 3/19-26)
  • 3/19- 2 germinated
  • 3/21- The ones in the 4" containers all germinated and 3 in the peat pellets germinated

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