What I started indoors this week

Hydroponic seed starting system
Saturday, March 7, 2026 

Now is the time to get the jump on summer harvests and start the warm weather loving seeds indoors.  Here is what I started indoors this week.

Tomatoes-large paste (Italian Red Pear), slicers (5’ Cherokee Purple, OTV Brandywine, Pink Brandywine, red and purple Brandywine), a small fruit (Chocolate Pear), California Tulip, Long Keeper storage tomato, and Tropic VFN and Mannon Majesty from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange that are disease and heat resistant.  

Eggplant-AO Daimura, Antigua, Shiromaru, Amadeo, Qi Ye Round, Italian pink bicolor

Potatoes-Yukon Gold in the potato boxes

Snow peas outdoors in pots with peppers and eggplants

Dragon Tail radish

Cabbage-Hilton Chinese cabbage and 2 Savoy Perfection

Spring Greens-Lettuce (Royal Oakleaf, Butter King, Bronze Beauty, Red Romaine, Yedikule, Red Sails, Chinese Narrow Leaf, New Red Fire, Rouge d'Hiver, Lunix, Solar Flare), Spinach (Spiros F1, Galilee)

Summer Greens-Orach, Amaranth, Japanese Mountain Spinach, Chijimisai, Barese Swiss Chard, Bokoboko Spinach waterleaf, Jewels of Opar, Feaster Family Mustard

Herbs-Rosemary, Pink Celery, Marjoram, Borage, Oregano, Sweet Basil, Papalo

Sweet peppers-Doe Hill Golden Bell storage, burgundy from saved seed, Nadapeno, and a meaty red pepper from saved seed

Strawberries-Alpine varieties Mignonette and Regina

Fruit-Schwartzenbeeren Blackberries (huckleberry), Chichquelite Huckleberry, New Hanover and Mary's Niagara Ground Cherries.

 

I'll start the larger seeds outdoors in another month like cucumber, squash, okra, pole beans, melons and flowers.