Early season crop Porn, Let's see it.

[longbarrel]

Here are some early season crop pics. Since today is Good Friday, felt like starting this thread.

 

[shibumiseeker]

This is so not what I was expecting when I clicked on the thread.


I gave up doing my own starts a few years ago, except on cukes and melons. I have a black thumb when it comes to gardens. Now we buy most of our starts.

 

[Andre46996]

Nice!!!

I have some stuff started I just moved to the garage with grow lamps..

Just sprouting so pictures would look like dirt in pots.

Garden has been amended and tilled!!!

Looks like I might have lost 1-1 1/2 plum trees over the winter... Gonna do soe serious pruning and see what happens.

 

[bigiron]

i guess i should have paid more attention to the title. only my dad would get excited about that porn!

 

[Hemingway]

Here are some early season crop pics. Since today is Good Friday, felt like starting this thread.

Wow, those are pretty good-sized already-when did you start them?

Will you transplant them into the ground or grow them in a greenhouse?

 

[longbarrel]

Started from seed third week of February. Will be transplanting to ground asap. (Hopefully by the 10th of May) All heirloom seeds.

 

[Bruenor]

I put in an order last week at Seed Savers Exchange for tomato and pepper seeds. They should be coming this week. Do you think it's too late to try and start seeds for this season?

 

[longbarrel]

I put in an order last week at Seed Savers Exchange for tomato and pepper seeds. They should be coming this week. Do you think it's too late to try and start seeds for this season?

No, I think it is never too late.. They won't be 18 inches tall when you put them in the ground, but they should still do allright. (especially if you ordered any gmo seeds, they seem to grow a lot faster)

 

[HandK]

Alien crop porn!!

 

[grumpe]

Nice pics. Wish we had a greenhouse and a larger space to start. Some of our corn I planted are 7 inches tall already. We have started pepers, tom's, melons, herbs, peas,beans, more herbs and more tom's! We ordered some heirloom seeds but they have not arrived yet.. save for next year.

 

[groovatron]

I put in an order last week at Seed Savers Exchange for tomato and pepper seeds. They should be coming this week. Do you think it's too late to try and start seeds for this season?

Not at all.....you'll still have over a month to get them going. Keep them warm, well-drained, and in as much light as possible. Also, a low setting on an oscillating fan is a suggestion. This will help strengthen the stalks and promote a more successful transplant. Good luck!

 

[Hemingway]

Not at all.....you'll still have over a month to get them going. Keep them warm, well-drained, and in as much light as possible. Also, a low setting on an oscillating fan is a suggestion. This will help strengthen the stalks and promote a more successful transplant. Good luck!

Never heard the suggestion about the fan--is that to get them accustomed to the wind?

As far as transplanting--how high are they when you guys finally put your tomato plants in the ground?

Also, from the small seed container trays, do you first transplant them to a larger container and let them grow before transplanting or do you guys just let them stay in the original seed trays until transplant?

Thanks

 

[longbarrel]

The pics in the beginning of the thread have all been transplanted once, except for the peppers, which take longer to grow, but the eggplant, tomatoes, tomatillos, and corn have all been transplanted. As far as the fan, that is an old trick that certain horticulturest use for their crop and yes, it does make the stem of the plants much much stonger.,

 

[irishfan]

Does anybody grow plants in their basement during the winter? What about a basement for early start like has been discussed as my garage is not heated?

Thanks

 

[Bruenor]

Not at all.....you'll still have over a month to get them going. Keep them warm, well-drained, and in as much light as possible. Also, a low setting on an oscillating fan is a suggestion. This will help strengthen the stalks and promote a more successful transplant. Good luck!

Fantastic! I just received an e-mail saying that my order shipped today. Hopefully I'll get it by end of the week (USPS), and I can plant them inside on Saturday.

 

[longbarrel]

Does anybody grow plants in their basement during the winter? What about a basement for early start like has been discussed as my garage is not heated?

Thanks

Good idea if no garage, at least you don't have to worry about frost.

 

[CountryBoy19]

It's just so much work to upload/host pictures then post them and I'm too lazy to do it. My plants look like... well, umm... plants. Just like everybody else's plants look like plants... err... at least I hope they look like plants.

I have about 45 heirloom tomato starts, some up to 4 inches now.

I also have various herbs etc

Then some ancho, serrano, and cayenne peppers.

Regarding an earlier question about a basement, I keep mine in the basement, but it's a walkout and I keep them by the window to get some light (I still supplement with a 4 bulb fluorescent light).

One thing to aid in germination is a heating pad or a "hot-box". I do the hot-box, I put 2 60 W lightbulbs inside a large cardboard box that I've strengthened to support the weight of the starting trays. This gets my soil temp up to help germination.