Plant Beh-behs!

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I planted the plant beh-behs today! ^_^

My seed-starting practices are pretty heavy on plastic, but the idea is to keep moisture sealed in so that I don't have to disrupt sprouting plants by dumping water on them.  When they sprout, I'll remove the plastic parachute that's taped over them.

plant_babies.jpgYeah, so they don't look very exciting so far. :-/

I'm too lazy to walk into the laundry room, pull the black plastic bag off of the seed tray (to block sunlight), and look at exactly what I planted, so let's see how well I can remember:

  • Lollipop tomatoes
  • Illini tomatoes
  • Hungarian Italian Paste tomatoes
  • Chinese Five-Color peppers
  • Cayenne peppers
  • Jalapeno peppers
  • Hungarian Hot Banana peppers
  • Thai Hot peppers
  • Doe Hill Golden peppers
  • Orange Bell peppers
  • Suyo Long cucumbers
And I planted three kinds of seed that I saved myself from last year's garden:

  • Lollipop tomatoes
  • Jalapeno peppers
  • Zucchini
The Lollipops & jalapenos I planted twice - one set from bought seed and one set from saved seed.  This is the first time I've ever tried to plant seeds that I saved, so I made sure I have a backup plan. 

The zucchini were kind of an accident.  When I was cleaning up the garden a few weeks ago, I found a zucchini that had been on the dead vine all winter.   There was a little hole in it, and when I picked it up, it rattled.  So I punched a bigger hole in it and confirmed that there are dried seeds inside it.

zucchini_from_last_year1.jpgIn the background of this picture you can see yet more plastic - my garden beds are currently covered in it to prevent weeds and kill the weeds that had already sprouted through last year's landscaping fabric. Grr.

It's interesting that all of the green color bleached right out of the zucchini and it looks kind of like an overgrown butternut squash rather than a zucchini. 

This is what I dumped out of the shell:

zucchini_from_last_year2.jpg(There were also some little bugs and stuff, but I'm trying not to think about that.  Ick.)

So I picked out six of the driest-looking seeds and planted those.  I figured it was worth a shot.  It also made me wonder about planting pumpkins, because I do love pumpkin seeds. Yum! 

... but I so don't have room for pumpkins!

Oh, I also planted some Rama tulsi.  It's not in the laundry room with the rest of the plants, it's on the front porch.

rama_tulsi.jpgI thought I'd try letting it grow in relatively normal conditions and see what happens.  (Except for the baggie it's in for sprouting, of course.)

And I dumped some lettuce seed in a pot, and a radish mix in another pot.  Now I have to remember to water those little dudes.

And the wait for sprouts is on! ^_^

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