2014 garden update

[OWC Jamie]

It begins.
Have started lettuce, peppers and fuseables petunias

The PET Fuseable Berry Bold have sprouted

[Lew Zealand]

Babies!! So cute!

[Harbourmaster]

Sunday I planted Tomato's (Beefsteak/Cherry/Roma/Yellow Pear/Black Stripped), Japanese Cucumbers, Red Onions, Iceberg Lettuce, Jabanero Peppers, and Oregano! (tu)

[Black]

I thought I could grow bee balm/Monarda seedlings that started outside last fall over the winter, but it's not going well.

[The UnDoug]

Wow, seems early. I guess it depends on where you live. I'm in Philly. Where are you, billb?

[OWC Jamie]

Harbourmaster wrote:
Sunday I planted Tomato's (Beefsteak/Cherry/Roma/Yellow Pear/Black Stripped), Japanese Cucumbers, Red Onions, Iceberg Lettuce, Jabanero Peppers, and Oregano! (tu)

I don't have much luck with onions and iceburg lettuce , I think it goes from too cold to too hot too quick here.

Black wrote:
I thought I could grow bee balm/Monarda seedlings that started outside last fall over the winter, but it's not going well.

isn't mint supposed to sleep over the Winter ?

[OWC Jamie]

The UnDoug wrote:
Wow, seems early. I guess it depends on where you live. I'm in Philly. Where are you, billb?

Southeastern Ma - about the same weather/season as Long Island/Cape Cod. It's about a month early for peppers, but I can slow them down a little with cool nights in a unheated hobby greenhouse. Seems to work better than trying to start them late and push them with heating pads.
Leaf lettuce, arugula/rocket can take cool nights in the greenhouse growing in gutters sections. It's 66 degrees in there on a sunny day now when it is 20 outside so a couple more weeks and the odds of a pot freezing overnite are pretty slim.
Petunias can be slow to start, even Waves although they sprout quick.

[The UnDoug]

I planted onion "sets" for the first time last year, and had great results!

[Black]

billb wrote:
[quote=Harbourmaster]
Sunday I planted Tomato's (Beefsteak/Cherry/Roma/Yellow Pear/Black Stripped), Japanese Cucumbers, Red Onions, Iceberg Lettuce, Jabanero Peppers, and Oregano! (tu)

I don't have much luck with onions and iceburg lettuce , I think it goes from too cold to too hot too quick here.

Black wrote:
I thought I could grow bee balm/Monarda seedlings that started outside last fall over the winter, but it's not going well.

isn't mint supposed to sleep over the Winter ?
Dunno, but the tiny seedlings had zero chance of survival outdoors in pots. Interested to see what percentage of the bulbs I planted in the fall survived the deep freezes.

[Harbourmaster]

night time lows here in SoCal are only in the mid 40's so no worries about freezing here... don't even have to cover the garden plot most nights :-)