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[–] jobes [OP] 2 points (+2|-0)

20 tomato plants, 6 broccoli plants and 6 hungarian wax peppers. The peppers were store bought, only 1 of the 12 seeds I tried for those even sprouted, but every tomato and broccoli are from the basement. The lettuce and arugula I was growing are just going into a pot on my patio and not the garden. Tomorrow I'll sow nasturtiums, marigolds, scarlet emperor pole beans and some mix of parsley/oregano/dill in the open areas. I'll finish filling/mixing the 2 beds at the end tomorrow too, then probably sow those seeds monday.

The tomatoes that made the cut are (from front to back):

  • 5 beefsteak (2 of which were really nice seedlings, 3 are dwarfed from being in small containers for 2 months - just an experiment to see how they turn out)

  • 3 brandywine

  • 4 cherry

  • 4 amana orange

  • 2 roma

  • 2 siletz

I planted 6 roma and 6 siletz initially, but only 2 of each made it. I was hoping to have more bush tomatoes, but looks like I only get 4 this year.

[–] angeredwhackjob 1 points (+1|-0)

Had to look up the siletz variety, looks like they would be good on sandwiches.

[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

I never heard of them until I saw a seed pack at an amish hardware store. Seem like they should be good slicing tomatoes

[–] GreenTreeFrog 1 points (+1|-0)

Planting time is so fun :)

[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

I am worn out, 5+ hours/day for the last week to get here. I need another 3+ hours today to get the beds right, then 5 hours tomorrow with the chainsaw to fix some trees. It never stops

[–] asg101 1 points (+1|-0)

At first I thought they were weed plants, and I was like, damn, where is this? I can only plant four here, but it is more than enough for my needs.

[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

lol i'm probably on so many lists right now because of my basement grow tent. The only place I could get decent info on growing veggies year round was weed forums and those guys know their shit. I even got 20% off my light using a discount code from one of those weed sites.