Gardening 2020

Got my heirloom tomatoes started 8 days ago now.
Three varieties,
1st; my old standard pink that came from Poland back in the 1950’s,
2nd; one that I seem to have started back 5 or more years ago now is a tomato that was supposed to be an heirloom cherry salad tomato. It came back one year with the fruit the size of golf balls. So we have named it “GoofBall” Great cut in half for salads and for a breakfast side!
3; A neighbor had given me a plant a couple of years ago now called “Porterhouse”. I tried it last year and it didn’t do bad. so I thought I’d give it another start.

Last year was a terrible year for my tomatoes as they were the worst I’d ever raised. My starts this year are way ahead of themselves in growth already over the norm. They look like they would normally be 2 weeks or a bit more old now after the first week. Crazy!

Here is a pic from day 7.

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Denny O wrote:

Last year was a terrible year for my tomatoes as they were the worst I’d ever raised.

Same, here. It was a bad tomato and pepper season for me.

I’m looking forward to the garden again. My mom starts tomatoes and peppers for me, and I know she got the peppers planted this weekend.

My seed order is on the way. I’m planning for tomatoes, peppers, snap peas, green beans, broccoli, and carrots, and the FW wants me to try potatoes this year, too.

Do any of you save seeds to plant the next year? I know some of you do.
What are your favorites?

Got ours going today too.

It’s been a long time since we’ve had a garden, but looking forward to it now that the boys can really help.

It’s going to blow their mind how tiny little seeds will fill up buckets worth of produce.

Doing some Burpees long keepers maters and peppercini peppers.

I was wondering when this thread would be started. I was just talking to the FW this weekend about getting some plants going. We usually wait till the first week in April being we are a little farther north & it takes a bit for the ground to warm up.

This will be our 3rd year doing our gardens in raised beds. The ground is just to hard and rocky up in my neck of the woods to justify all the ground work that needs to be done. not to mention I don’t have the equipment to deal with the rocky/clay ground.

Our raised beds work great for us. I’m just wondering what some of you do, if anything, to prep the ground before planting your started plants in them?

fleet farms garden center does wonders for me!!!!!!!!

i used to start tomatoes from seed but i suck at it so………….

Our raised beds work great for us. I’m just wondering what some of you do, if anything, to prep the ground before planting your started plants in them?

I also used raised beds for vegetables. Prep is pretty simple conceptually, a little harder physically. I hand turn a relatively small garden, amending with 50# cow manure per 100 square feet, add sand to the area where radishes, carrots, random root vegetables are planted.

My maders sure have grown since I took the last pic. I’ve added soil too the top of the containers except in the ones that I tried to replant extra seeds in. I’ll have to get another pic here later tonight.

How are your plants doing, are you guys up north starting your seeds yet? I’d think that you have. Got any pics of the little guys?

Here’s some I started last week Denny. Seem to be doing ok I guess.

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Started my green peppers 3/18 germination 7-8 days on heat mats 85 degrees. Started tomatoes 3/25 temp 80 degrees. Tomatoes not up yet

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My pepper plants are doing pretty good. Started some zucchinis so the girls could watch something grow well holy crap ive had to repot them twice already. I did till the garden last night to cure some cabin fever.

sji wrote:

Here’s some I started last week Denny. Seem to be doing ok I guess.

Wow no kidding Steve, or should I call you “Earl May”?
Started last week eh?

Supercat nice and healthy look’in!!

Denny O wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>sji wrote:</div>
Here’s some I started last week Denny. Seem to be doing ok I guess.

Wow no kidding Steve, or should I call you “Earl May”?
Started last week eh?

sji wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Denny O wrote:</div>

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>sji wrote:</div>
Here’s some I started last week Denny. Seem to be doing ok I guess.

Wow no kidding Steve, or should I call you “Earl May”?
Started last week eh?

Huh, what I thought,,,,
Actually got no thumb at all right?

Denny O wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>sji wrote:</div>

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Denny O wrote:</div>

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>sji wrote:</div>
Here’s some I started last week Denny. Seem to be doing ok I guess.

Wow no kidding Steve, or should I call you “Earl May”?
Started last week eh?

Huh, what I thought,,,,
Actually got no thumb at all right?

Not true…Im all thumbs!

Nice, Steve! Great come back!!