Saturday, March 1, 2025
This year I'm starting a lot from seed since I have two new flower beds and need many plants to fill them out and I wanted to grow some unusual varieties.
I found the best way to start them indoors was to use a heating pad during the day and then turn it off at night if growing in pots or peat pods. I used the grow lights too above the peat pods. I also use the Aerogarden system which is a hydroponic seed starting system (in above photo).
For our own garden, these are the varieties I started from seed for the first round:
Tomatoes-Cherokee Purple, Italian Pear heirloom paste, Chocolate Pear, Rebel Starfighter, Sicilian yellow storage tomato, Purple Russian, Red, Pink and Purple Brandywine, A Grappoli D'Inverno winter grape tomato, Sweetheart Cherry
Herbs-Rosemary, Sweet Basil, Cardinal Basil, Marjoram, Butterfly Papalo, Lemon Savory, Red Shiso, Chervil, Winter Savory, Bouquet Dill, Sage, several types of thyme (creeping, white, lavender, wild, orangelo, magic carpet)
Okra-Red Burgundy
Pepper-Ancho Poblano, chocolate sweet pepper, Banana, orange bell, red bell peppers
Eggplant-Shiromaru, Amadeo, Rotanda Bianca
For our own garden, these are the varieties I started from seed for the first round:
Tomatoes-Cherokee Purple, Italian Pear heirloom paste, Chocolate Pear, Rebel Starfighter, Sicilian yellow storage tomato, Purple Russian, Red, Pink and Purple Brandywine, A Grappoli D'Inverno winter grape tomato, Sweetheart Cherry
Herbs-Rosemary, Sweet Basil, Cardinal Basil, Marjoram, Butterfly Papalo, Lemon Savory, Red Shiso, Chervil, Winter Savory, Bouquet Dill, Sage, several types of thyme (creeping, white, lavender, wild, orangelo, magic carpet)
Okra-Red Burgundy
Pepper-Ancho Poblano, chocolate sweet pepper, Banana, orange bell, red bell peppers
Eggplant-Shiromaru, Amadeo, Rotanda Bianca
Artichokes-Red Star, Violetta
Fruit-Regina, Alexandria, Italian, and Mignonette alpine strawberries, Tamarillo
Greens-Hilton Chinese cabbage, Tong Ho Big Leaf, Chijimisai, Japanese Mountain Spinach, Barese Chard, Aurora mixed colors orach, Pink Dandelion, Pink Beauty Amaranth, Red/Green Amaranth, Bokoboko Spinach waterleaf, Tronchuda kale, Oyster leaf (in outside pot)
Root crops-Dragon's Tail radish, Onions (Flat of Italy, Australian Brown, D'Amposta, Red of Florence)
Flowers and decorative-Giant Coral, Orange King, Orange Cactus and Canary Bird zinnias, Silver Dollar eucalyptus, Passion Flower, Lavender (True, Hidcote, Munstead, Dwarf Munstead, English Tall, French), Blue Fescue and Blue Buddy grasses, Utrecht Blue wheat, Giant Golden amaranth.
Fruit-Regina, Alexandria, Italian, and Mignonette alpine strawberries, Tamarillo
Greens-Hilton Chinese cabbage, Tong Ho Big Leaf, Chijimisai, Japanese Mountain Spinach, Barese Chard, Aurora mixed colors orach, Pink Dandelion, Pink Beauty Amaranth, Red/Green Amaranth, Bokoboko Spinach waterleaf, Tronchuda kale, Oyster leaf (in outside pot)
Root crops-Dragon's Tail radish, Onions (Flat of Italy, Australian Brown, D'Amposta, Red of Florence)
Flowers and decorative-Giant Coral, Orange King, Orange Cactus and Canary Bird zinnias, Silver Dollar eucalyptus, Passion Flower, Lavender (True, Hidcote, Munstead, Dwarf Munstead, English Tall, French), Blue Fescue and Blue Buddy grasses, Utrecht Blue wheat, Giant Golden amaranth.
I'll start squash, cucumbers, pole beans, and melons in a few weeks.
Seeds can be stored in ziplock bags in the refrigerator for years. I just use a few more for the older seeds in case they don't germinate as well.
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