Starting Seedlings Indoors Update!
Planting seeds and watching little plants pop up is such fun! It’s one of the neatest things about starting seedlings indoors. Here it is, less than a week since I planted seeds in the planting trays, and already several are growing.
Just yesterday, 5 days after the seeds were planted, the first began sprouting up. It didn’t take long! And of course, this morning when I looked, there were even more little plants starting to grow.
So what’s up and growing?
The tomatoes are the winners of the “First to Sprout” prize. I have six varieties planted, but so far only three have germinated. Here’s what is presently growing:
4 Long Keeper Tomatoes that will look like this when harvested:
A friend of mine grows these and shared a couple of plants with me last year. I decided I’d like more of them, because it’s nice being able to store tomatoes and have fresh ones to eat for 6-12 weeks after frost has killed the plants in the garden. They are much better than anything you can buy in the grocery stores!
3 Roma VF Tomatoes
The Romas are the classic Italian paste tomato, and make such good sauces! Last year, I just just cut them in half and froze them. Easy peasy!
3 Whopper Tomatoes
These are supposed to be crack-resistant, and 4 or more inches across. Big and juicy! High Yields! Well, we’ll test it out and see what we get.
I haven’t planted a lot of tomato seeds because there are only three people living here, and we can only eat so much. But still, I may plant a few more tomorrow in the planting trays, so I’ll be sure to have plenty.
Of course, there are 3 more varieites yet to germinate already in the Bio Dome, along with three kinds of peppers. The Farmer loves banana peppers, and last year we had a really tough time finding plants, so I figured I’d better start some from seeds this year to be sure we have some.
Wondering where to buy seeds? I got most of my seeds from my Favorite Seeds & Plants at Burpee.com! I’ve used them for years and years, and always had good luck with the seeds. Even ones I’ve saved over from previous years have a good germination rate.
So there you have it, the starting seedlings indoors update! Stay tuned, as more plants germinate, and more seeds are planted. It’s fun to dream of a garden full of fresh veggies when the skies are gray and the weather is cold!
