Spring Seeding

Well spring has sprung, unfortunately it has brought cold weather with it or should I say more seasonal weather. Today I potted up the rest of the tomatoes I am going to grow. It is actually hard to believe in just 6-8 weeks I will be planting them outside. They are now cooking in the propagator and I am hoping for germination in about 3 days. I will have a total of 15 tomato plants this year and of those 13 are different varieties.

Other things to update are, I have placed my first seeded onions out in the cold frame. They frankly look like crap so I just stuck them out there and if they grow great, if not oh well. Good thing the second seed onions are looking so good or it might have been an onion bust this year. I have also potted up shallot bulbs that I picked up at the grocery store. They should presumably grow and multiple into many shallots by fall. They are currently in a south facing window and will go into the cold frame once they start growing.

The thin pot is the Yellow Onions that I dropped on the floor & the thicker pot is the shallots. Both were definitely to far from the light. Good thing there is always second chances in the garden.

Also on the seed front I have had germination of the Jimmy Nardello's Peppers & Rosa Bianca Eggplants in 6 days. The Ancho Peppers have still not germinated and are getting a little moldy, not a very good sign. I have also seeded Purple Beauty Peppers on March 18th that I received from Granny over at Annie's Kitchen Garden.

I will end with some 'artsy' photo's of the seedlings under the grow light: