I thought I'd do a another quick post on how things are progressing so far. Enjoy!
The Red of Florence scallions and Red Amposta onions are getting taller by the day.
The Tuscan kale have grown their first set of true leaves.
The Shanghai bok choy and Mizuna will be ready for transplanting in a couple of weeks.
The wild strawberries are growing slowly but surely. I have at least 24 blocks of Yellow Wonder and 17 blocks of Red Wonder.
The thyme has germinated in 6 days time.
The ground cherries are sprouting very slowly, but the germination rate looks pretty good. I should have about 10 transplants when all is said and done.
Only 2 out of 5 soil blocks containing roselle went on to germinate. The rest have rotted. I am currently pre-sprouting a couple more seeds.
The celery seedlings really need to be thinned. They look so delicate; I can't bring myself to do it yet.
One of 2 Imperial Star artichokes I got from my first sowing is finally starting to develop its first set of true leaves.
Finally, 8 seeds from my second sowing of artichokes have germinated. It looks like I'm in business again!
This weekend is supposed to be a very busy one on my seed starting schedule. Hopefully, I'll be able to get everything done.
Oh, my...everything just looks great! I think you have the magic touch, Thomas.
ReplyDeleteThe youngsters are coming along under your good care! Well done. :D
ReplyDeleteMy! You'll be busy for days! Good luck transplanting them all, Thomas!
ReplyDeleteAw man....you've got all kinds of stuff sprouting! Oh, I know you're enjoying this propagation stuff so much....
ReplyDeleteThey look wonderful.
ReplyDeleteOh Thomas! They look so good! So glad the artichokes finally germinated.
ReplyDeleteWow Thomas. You are way ahead! I directly sowed some carrots, onions, radishes and spinach and am soaking a few beans (for blocks) and peas. Your seedlings look quite happy.
ReplyDeleteYour seedlings look wonderful! I will admit mine are PATHETIC! Most were herbs and after 20 days I was ready to toss the whole lot of them, but last night I noticed that 3 cells have finally peeked up, I will give them a few more days. I hate this 20-25 day germination stuff, I'm ready for my speedy tomatoes! My scallions didn't sprout, it's old seed so I think they are kaput. With all the remodeling, I was busy and haven't done another sowing, but I think I will try a few again this week now that the dust has (literally) settled. Thanks for your pictures, they have inspired me to dive back in to my seed flats!
ReplyDeleteVery exciting! I'm glad the artichokes worked out. Have you ever tried purple spinach?
ReplyDeleteYour photographs are beautiful. Can you answer questions? I am new to seed starting. I believe your round starts are peat pellets -- what are the square starts? Did you make them yourself? Both options are stunning to look at -- do you go straight to ground with them? Or do your transplants outgrow their starts?
ReplyDeleteThey all look so cute. Lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteThomas, looks wonderful...great photographs too....
ReplyDeletei have never tried starting strawberries from seed..yours look so good... maybe i should give it a go....and i have to get an artichoke in..
have a wonderful weekend, my friend
kary
Fantastic! I'm planning on starting those Bok choy seeds tonight! I'm very excited about it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting everyone.
ReplyDeleteAerelonian - Purple spinach??? I've never heard of that. I will have to do some research. :)
Leslie - Yes, the rounds are peat pellets. The square ones are soil blocks which you fashion using soil block makers. One of the benefits of soil blocks is that they air-prune the roots of your seedlings and therefore, the risk of transplant shock is much less. Depending on the veggie, I will either transplant directly or "pot up" (like tomatoes).
Apparently it has 3x the vitamin A of normal spinach. It's not really spinach, it's Orach. The variety I have is Purple Passion. Apparently it tastes very similar though.
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy looking at all these photos! Those onions do grow fast...
ReplyDeleteYour soil blocks look fabulous. So do all your little sprouts!
ReplyDeleteEverything looks great. Your light set up is doing wonders!
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