Week 2: The above picture is of my soy bean plants. Some of the true leaves have crept out of the bean shell so I have started to weed them out. After all of the soybeans have been thinned I will have four plants. I was a little worried about the stems because the grew so fast in such a short time but they are staying strong. Sometimes in the morning I will blow on them to similate a gentle breeze so the stems know they have to be strong. Since it has been warm outside (about 50 degrees F) I have been setting them out in the sun for about an hour just to harden them off a bit.
My okra is doing also starting to show it's first true leaves. The little seedlings are a pale yellow and a little fuzzy. If you look closely you can see the little hairs on this one. So far I will still have five plants after I thin these guys out.
Last week my egg plant still hadn't come up and I was getting a bit worried but this week they all came up! I planted about three seeds per pod and on average only one came up so I have at least one plant per pod making it a total of five plants! They are still pretty small but they have plenty of time to grow. As I stated in last weeks blog, these egg plants are a fairy tale hybrid so they will be ready to harvest earlier then there normal counterparts. They are also a bit smaller which is great for me because I prefer the smaller kind. The bigger ones can be a bit overwhelming and I just can't make enough food with them to keep up. My favorite thing about egg plants is the blossoms..can't wait!
This week I started my peppers. I have two pods for Habaneros, three for Cayenne, three for Ancho Poblano, four for the bell peppers and four pods for Jalapenos. In each pod I have about four seeds. Peppers need a lot of heat to germinate so in this tray I put warm water around my containers to heat things up a bit. I am really trying to save money as you can see so my containers are made out of drink containers I collected this winter. Kind of ghetto looking but it didn't cost me a thing.....and if some of my seedlings don't work I will have a little extra money to go and buy a plant from the green house ha ha!
This week end I am going to construct my bean towers and set up my netting for my peas. I also need to get some good soil from the city dump. My compost I worked on last summer wont be ready until this fall so I am reserving that for next years crops.
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