The Farm Report
Today I planted my hot pepper and tomato seeds.
10 Hot Peppers < Cyklon, Fatalii, Fresno, Habenero, Lemon Drop, Peruvian Purple, Jalapeno, Santa Fe Grande, Aji Amarillo, and Red Cap Mushroom.
3 Dozen Tomatoes < Aker's West Virginia, Noir de Crimee, Great White, Heidi, Omar's Lebanese, Green Zebra, Hellfrucht, Manyel, Marmande, Black Prince, Golden Monarch, Zogola, Nebraska Wedding, Mule Team, Box Car Willie, German Red Strawberry, Black Plum, Druzba, Riesentraube, Hillbilly Potato Leaf, Anna Russian, Brandywine, Kellogg's Breakfast, Stupice, Cherokee Purple, and Opalka.
That sounds a lot, but I doubt it will all grow. I am taking a risk. I am using old seeds and things collected from past years. It is an experiment to see what germinates and what I get.
Nothing thrills as planting seeds!
10 Hot Peppers < Cyklon, Fatalii, Fresno, Habenero, Lemon Drop, Peruvian Purple, Jalapeno, Santa Fe Grande, Aji Amarillo, and Red Cap Mushroom.
3 Dozen Tomatoes < Aker's West Virginia, Noir de Crimee, Great White, Heidi, Omar's Lebanese, Green Zebra, Hellfrucht, Manyel, Marmande, Black Prince, Golden Monarch, Zogola, Nebraska Wedding, Mule Team, Box Car Willie, German Red Strawberry, Black Plum, Druzba, Riesentraube, Hillbilly Potato Leaf, Anna Russian, Brandywine, Kellogg's Breakfast, Stupice, Cherokee Purple, and Opalka.
That sounds a lot, but I doubt it will all grow. I am taking a risk. I am using old seeds and things collected from past years. It is an experiment to see what germinates and what I get.
Nothing thrills as planting seeds!
posted by Ur-spo at 1:59 PM
16 Comments:
Can you grow Scotch Bonnets in Arizona?
My ex-in-laws used them in their Caribbean cooking and I grew to like(tolerate):) them.
Hot Peppers- YAY!
Tomatoes- BOO!
LOL. Good luck with your vegetable garden! Will there be any gnome dwellings once theres a good germination?
I can tell you are excited about this garden you are nurturing! I can only imagine the sauces you will create when all of your loving work begins to pay off!!! Where can I order some and will you share the recipe?
You are giving me the urge to garden again. Our growing season doesn't start for several months yet, so I might have gotten over it by then.
Isn't it a little early to plant seeds? LOL there's a dirty joke in there somewhere.
Pete-I live in "zone 10" ie Phoenix Arizona. Seed planting is NOW so it up/grown and done before it gets too hot i.e May.
What a place!
No garden for me this year. I was doing a great job with herbs, and actually using them, but I'm up to my shovel in boxes right now ;0) Good luck with the Matos and Peppers
Gardening is so rewarding and satisfying. Best of luck and please give an update on how much actually comes up.
Best of luck with the garden. I know how much it means to you. My green thumb has withered and died as I have killed everything I've had in the last several years.
Good luck with the growing.
Will you shade them in the hot months?
I've planted old seeds, flowers, and it worked.
I don't know about vegetables.
I hate you.
I would let anyone sew a shovel on the end of my arm just so I could plant seeds in January. I have to wait till at least March and then start indoors. Boo.
On the upside, I'll pay you to send me some of your goods, cuz they sound divine!
I'm in awe of being able to plant seeds in January... we just got winter weather in the past 24 hours.
I have a stack of un-looked at seed catalogs on my desk at home. Plus seeds I didn't get around to planting last year.
I've planted old tomato & pepper seeds before and have had better germination rates with the tomatoes, but I read in a gardening magazine just the opposite -- that peppers have better germination rates if not fresh! I think it all has to do with how they're stored.
I keep my seeds in an air-tight container with silica gel. No moisture until you plant is the key.
Have fun -- you almost make me yearn to start turning pages of those seed catalogs!
Seeds keep practicallu forever in a Ziploc bag in the fridge, with one of those silica gel packets included. Let me know what you think of Hillbilly Potato Leaf -- my mom was very happy with hers. DEar Scrod I wish I could garden. I was so happy to move into a place with some sun, and then the little box-elder saplings next door grew to gargantuan size and blocked out all the daylight
Hot peppers are yummy!!
Sounds like a great combination... do I see hot red pepper jelly in your future?
Fatalii peppers are my new favorite and they look great grown next to habaneros. The bright yellow and bright orange with those dark green leaves really make the garden.
Best of luck buddy!
To use your term...I'm mad jealous that you get to plant now while we're experiencing the coldest temps of the season.
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