If this winter were to ever end I’d be a happy camper. I start veggies for the garden hoping they’ll be in the ground in late April. Even with plastic and/or mulch on the soil before hand it will be a miracle if I can get the starter plants in the ground before June. The plants started from seed don’t know any better, but the fact that the garden has been frozen over for more than 3 months with no end in sight does not bode well.
Speaking of the seedlings here is their update.
I’ve started transplanting some of them to their 4” pots from the small starter pots. Here’s a pic of one of the Roma tomatoes that has made the transition quite well.
It was transplanted the other day and most of the original stem was buried in the potting mix. Every site that I researched suggested burying transplanted tomatoes almost up to the first true leaves. Roots will grow from the stem buried in the potting mix. I’m not one to argue with most of the internet so I followed those suggestions. Seems to be working great as this plant, one other tomato and two pepper plants seem to be thriving in their 4” pots buried up to their true leaves. The sand and cinnamon on the top of the potting mix are to thwart off gnats.
I put a few watermelon seeds from last years crop into a pot just to see if the seeds were viable. I believe that they are since I planted 3 seeds and this is what has sprouted. Supposedly watermelon doesn’t transplant well. We’ll see, plus I have a couple dozen more seeds that will be sown later this spring. These are Black Diamond watermelon. Juicy, sweet, seedy and sloppier than all get out. But, that is the way watermelon is supposed to be. This is definitely not a seed free plant.
I also transplanted a couple ceyenne peppers to 4” pots. They are also doing very good.
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