Hey there!
Now, we all know it's definitely past time to have those seedlings in the ground and going for the summer vegetable crop. But it's also coming up on time to start your seedlings for the fall crop as well! Broccoli, mustard, greens, even some onions that will grow through the winter need a good head start!
I've made some of my newspaper seed starting pots. I love these pots because they are more secure than those ones where folks just cram the ends into a hollow can and smoosh the bottom down with the other end to make the bottom hold together. They don't. Hold together, that is. My boxes have an actual bottom of a few layers of newspaper and they're folded to keep their sides closed and secure. Plus they're a bit roomier than those peat pots!
Well, I'm going to get four types of broccoli going: Green Sprouting, Purple Sprouting, Purple Peacock, and Waltham. The two sprouting types will grow well and pop up in the spring just when most everything else isn't available. The Waltham will be ready in fall and last into early winter along with the Purple Peacock. I'll start a few more Peacocks in the spring for some later broccoli. The greens and tatsoi and whatnot will have to wait a while longer because they don't do so well in the heat for me.
Other than that, the beans are well on their way and the sunflowers are just topping 12 inches. the tomatoes are well on their way at about 10 inches and the peppers are hanging in there. This is gonna be one really hot summer (we're in the worst drought in 100 years here!) and I think I'm going to put my screen cages over the peppers to help them have some shade and produce better. Their pollen doesn't work well if the temps get too high. My dwarf okra is taking for EVER to grow. It's not dead, but they're not taking off either. Maybe some fertilizer, but I hesitate to add anything but organic and I haven't had a chance to get any from the store.
That's it for now y'all! Happy Planting!
-The Heiress
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