Comments on: Do You Plan on Starting Seeds Indoors?

By: Garden Bloggers

Garden Bloggers — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:42:22 +0000

I’m probably just start some tropicals this year and not do the edibles and ornamentals this year.

By: Fern

Fern — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:14:30 +0000

Sarada — Frosts in May? Say it ain’t so! I ordered the Renee’s seeds on sale recently. They were leftover seeds from this season, so they should be good for this upcoming season, but not after that. At 50% off, I thought it was worth it!

TC — I’m curious, why don’t you use any natural/organic fertilizer?

Prue — Yes, almost all veggies need full sun. I’m looking forward to seeing picks of your Zebra!

By: prue

prue — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:16:22 +0000

mmmm waves of veggies. It helps having a sunny position to give the seeds the best change of life

And go the green zebra, i have one almost ripe on my balcony. Luck with the planting

By: TC

TC — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:15:38 +0000

We start ours in March and we usually try several new varieties of heirloom tomatoes. We’ve not made any seed purchases yet though. I grew an heirloom variety of cherry tomatoes in a five gallon bucket year before last; had it out on the back porch where we could get at them quick. You’ll love ‘Green Zebra’ we grew them this past season, they’re sweet, but not too sweet. Ours got about as big as a baseball, we don’t use chemical fertilizers, or any natural fertilizers through the season. I reckon you could get them bigger if you wanted to fertilize with weekly watering.

By: Sarada

Sarada — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:14:13 +0000

Fern, did you order the seeds from Renees recently, I mean are they mailing seeds to be grown for 2009?

By: Sarada

Sarada — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:05:27 +0000

Even I am planning to get the container cucumbers and eggplants from Renees. I may wait till March for sowing indoors as we usually have last frost date somewhere middle of May. In addition to these I may plant some grape tomatoes, roma tomatoes, herbs and some flower varieties.Still I have couple of months to plan

By: Fern

Fern — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:10:04 +0000

Adriana — Whoa! You’re going to be eating tons of tomatoes!

Louise — Have you considered using a soil additive that helps your dirt retain water?

By: Louise

Louise — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:56:22 +0000

Hi Fern, although I really enjoyed growing tomatoes and eggplants last year I couldn’t keep up with the watering. I may do just one vegetable container this year. Thanks for the link to the eggplants made for container gardening.

By: Adriana

Adriana — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:26:32 +0000

I sowed 16 different tomatoes on 80 soil blocks last night. My plan was to sow 8 weeks before the last frost and keep them warm indoors with help of a heating mat. Well, I’m yet to purchase a heating mat.

I also planted eggplant and peppers but not nearly enough. I’m delaying that insane seed sowing session for a few more weeks.