Advice on my grow list

tnkrer · February 16, 2014

I am late to obtaining seeds, but I think I am not too late for planting in MA. Right? When should I start planting indoors?

I have decided that I have space for 6 tomato plants, 3 pepper plants and 6 cucumber plants. (also lots of lettuce and chard, some basil and mint)

I have black cherry seeds from last year. (This is my first year of preserving seeds, so I will know soon enough if that worked).

Tomatoes:

black cherry - have it
prudens purple
tasmanian chocolate (heard great things about this)
an early tomato to be named later - any dwarf tomatoes early? how about dwarf sweet sue?
sunsugar - kids loved this
sungold - I am sure they will love this

Cucumbers
pickling cuke from a local nursery - no idea of the name of the variety. have seeds
Diva
poona kheera

peppers
red, yellow and orange - one of each, still need to find out varieties. I don't want anything hot. My last attempt at growing peppers was a bust. So I want to get varieties that are known to produce.

If I can buy all the seeds I need from one vendor that would be great! I don't have enough varieties of seeds to trade with anybody. (Also don't know for sure that the seeds I preserved will work

)

Thanks for any suggestions, arguments for or against any of these varieties, Hope to have a better season this year than last. (It wasn't bad, but life intervened and I lost a lot of crop due to not being able to attend to the garden)

February 16, 2014	#1
tnkrer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: MA 6a/b Posts: 352	Advice on my grow list I am late to obtaining seeds, but I think I am not too late for planting in MA. Right? When should I start planting indoors? I have decided that I have space for 6 tomato plants, 3 pepper plants and 6 cucumber plants. (also lots of lettuce and chard, some basil and mint) I have black cherry seeds from last year. (This is my first year of preserving seeds, so I will know soon enough if that worked). Tomatoes: black cherry - have it prudens purple tasmanian chocolate (heard great things about this) an early tomato to be named later - any dwarf tomatoes early? how about dwarf sweet sue? sunsugar - kids loved this sungold - I am sure they will love this Cucumbers pickling cuke from a local nursery - no idea of the name of the variety. have seeds Diva poona kheera peppers red, yellow and orange - one of each, still need to find out varieties. I don't want anything hot. My last attempt at growing peppers was a bust. So I want to get varieties that are known to produce. If I can buy all the seeds I need from one vendor that would be great! I don't have enough varieties of seeds to trade with anybody. (Also don't know for sure that the seeds I preserved will work ) Thanks for any suggestions, arguments for or against any of these varieties, Hope to have a better season this year than last. (It wasn't bad, but life intervened and I lost a lot of crop due to not being able to attend to the garden)