I seeded 36 tomato plants. I made a shallow row in a 1020 tray of potting soil and placed 6 seeds in each row. I place the tray on a heat mat and plug the heat mat into a temperature controller. Varieties are:
The peppers and tomatoes I seeded a few weeks ago were transplanted into 2″ pots and moved under grow lights.
The seeds I ordered from Willhite finally came in. We planted mainstream cantaloupe, yellow petite watermelon, jackson wonder speckled bush lima bean, Texas cream 8 cowpea, summer melody squash, honeybaby winter squash, and large sunflower mix on the north side of the bed.
We spread straw over the south side of the hill. The cowpeas, okra, melons, and squash I planted on April 8 are popping out of the soil now.
I planted from seed: beet, carrot, lettuce, radish, and turnip. Scraped away all the leaf mulch first so the soil temperature will heat up with the sun. That metal trash can us full of partially composted leaves that have been decomposing for about an year. Good stuff!
The snap peas I planted a few weeks ago are up, but aren’t growing very fast. I don’t think any of the turnip seeds sprouted. (or if they did sprout, they were eaten by critters)
