started seeds today

[pbud]

Ahh, what a good feeling to be starting seeds again. Planting seeds is such a hopeful act, kind of like fishing. I don't have a grow list, so I dug out my unorganized bag of seeds and started with these which are all new to me this year:

* Paul Robeson
* Noire de Crimee
* Brad's Black Heart
* JD's Special C-Tex
* Brandywine x Sugarlump (aka gardeners delight) F1 (my first intentional cross - hoping for mid sized, early, and great taste.
* Not Earl's Faux F2, an accidental cross from last year
* Grub's Mystery Green
* Sarnowski's Polish Plum
* Dwarf Sunshine F4 from the Dwarf Project

More to follow in the coming weeks, but I'm happy these are sitting on top of the lights warming and hopefully sprouting soon.

Paul

[gardengalrn]

Paul, I love your description of sowing seed. Very hopeful indeed. It sounds like you have some interesting varieties there. Happy gardening!

[goldpearl]

I have been busy doing some seed starting, too. My Paul Robeson, from seed I saved, seems a little slow to germinate. Most of the others, I get liftoff in just a few days!
I have peppers, eggplants and lots of basil growing, too.

[nctomatoman]

I love this part - but love even more watching the results! I've now got 4 flats of 50 cells planted - one flat is lettuce, flowers and herb - there is a hot pepper/eggplant, a sweet pepper, and a tomato flat - will plant another tomato today...that takes care of seedlings for our market adventures this spring....then comes 2 flats of dwarf tomato seed, another flat of sale tomatoes (the popular ones), and the old seed germination experiment - so only midstream here! Will end up with 9 flats of cells...most ambitious season yet.

Now I need to go and install those three new rain barrels!