A few weeks ago, during a particularly miserable snowy/rainy day, I badly needed a gardening fix so I started some seeds indoors. Since I usually don't have much luck with this, I used saved grocery seeds (lemon, red pepper, grape) plus some apples seeds from a friend's tree. No sign of anything coming up in those pots. I also planted 'old' seeds, again because of the rotten luck I have. The oldest seeds were from 2002 (Renee's Garden, untreated seeds): Scarlet Emperor Runner Beans and Garden Candy Cherry Tomatoes. I also planted some Martha Stewart cabbage seed from 2003 (Earliana) and some pickling cukes from last year. Most of these were planted in egg cartons, the beans in milk cartons.
Well, Here are the photos. I've had to transplant the tomatoes, cabbage & cukes. Don't know WHAT I'm going to do with those beans!!
3 comments:
What an amazing spot you have for your garden. Can't wait to see all those yummy seedlings grow!
The beans... I suppose you probably have to wait another couple weeks until the danger of frost has gone...? You can try repotting them in bigger pots until then. Or if the ground isn't snowy, you could plant them out under a cloche. A cloche should get them about 10-20 degrees F warmer than outside temps.
Holy cow! I'm jealous. My seedlings look nothing like that.
Those seedlings look awesome! It snowed here again today - I'm ready for spring now, please.
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