I delayed planting until today due to a 4-day trip so that I can closely supervise the heating of the germinating seed. It's only a teeny setback, and was well worth getting a chance to introduce the baby to his great-grandpa who lives the farthest away. I am so lucky to have inlaws that I adore!
All of the planting supplies arrived right before the trip, and I was delighted to see that the trays were the same exact ones I was familiar with from my work with arabidopsis* in a greenhouse. The cells that hold the soil are different, but the smaller ones are about arabidopsis size (for herbs, lettuce), and the larger ones will do very nicely for the many tomatoes I am attempting this year.
So, today's plan is:
- Start indoors in large plant cells: pepper, tomato
- Start indoors in small plant cells: arugula, beet, calendula, cilantro, chard, sage, and random lettuces
The rest of the week's plan is:
- Harvest last of the garden things: some greens, edible flowers, turnips
- Get rid of cutworms in soil (using a tool donated by a great-grandpa!)
- Add compost and other organic fertilizers to soil
- Plant outdoors: garlic, miner's lettuce, arugula, kale, radish, turnip
Do you have any garden plans this week?
*I was about to post a link here to my paper to show you the results, and then remembered that this is a semi-anonymous public blog. Oops.
All of the planting supplies arrived right before the trip, and I was delighted to see that the trays were the same exact ones I was familiar with from my work with arabidopsis* in a greenhouse. The cells that hold the soil are different, but the smaller ones are about arabidopsis size (for herbs, lettuce), and the larger ones will do very nicely for the many tomatoes I am attempting this year.
So, today's plan is:
- Start indoors in large plant cells: pepper, tomato
- Start indoors in small plant cells: arugula, beet, calendula, cilantro, chard, sage, and random lettuces
The rest of the week's plan is:
- Harvest last of the garden things: some greens, edible flowers, turnips
- Get rid of cutworms in soil (using a tool donated by a great-grandpa!)
- Add compost and other organic fertilizers to soil
- Plant outdoors: garlic, miner's lettuce, arugula, kale, radish, turnip
The plan. (Seeds below are for direct-seeding)
Do you have any garden plans this week?
*I was about to post a link here to my paper to show you the results, and then remembered that this is a semi-anonymous public blog. Oops.
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