Saturday we planted another tray of seedlings and made up some tags.
I made the tags from some plastic post cards and then wrote on them with Sharpies. These are Danvers 126 carrots.
Peas have a lattice to climb up on. We have a combo of Alaska wilt-resistant and Sugar Sprint.
Black-seeded Simpson loose head Lettuce. These are from 10 year old seeds and we usually only get one strong plant from them. But one plant produces plenty and they grow to about 2 feet tall. I got many sprouts this year and only put 4 in the Grow Camp. I'll plant the rest in pots. If these guys take off we will be giving away a LOT of lettuce!
We have 3 different kinds of radish...
White Icicle.
Beauty Mix.
Sparkler White Tip.
We've never had any luck growing Cantaloupe and there's only 3 seedlings, so we'll see if the Grow Camp improves our luck.
Strawberries. We bought these from a local greenhouse, they are doing very well.
We have a variety of herbs.
Four different kinds of tomatoes.
Big boy hybrid.
Steak sandwich hybrid.
Moneymaker.
2 different kinds of Cherry.
This is Dackel, our 3 month old puppy snoozing in the sun (and possibly still drying off!).
We still have one more tray to plant which is mostly herbs that are slow starters. I also have many hot peppers started but I think I'm going to plant all of those in pots. The Grow Camp is likely going to be too crowded for them, and they like a lot of space.
Our neighbors are pretty impressed with this system. If these all take off as expected we will be giving them some extras... we can only eat so much. ;)
2 comments:
Looks GREAT Scott! My camp went up yesterday. How are you keeping everything warm? Just checked my temperature this morning inside the camp and it was 37 degrees! Any tips for a Grow Camp newbie???
Thanks Jules! We've had some temps below 30° and all we did was close up the vinyl covers to keep the frost out. The plants don't mind a little cold, they just can't handle frost.
One thing we are seeing is some of our seedlings may be too young yet. If we leave the covers open (not the screens) and we get a lot of rain some of the plants are getting too much water. Leaves turning yellow indicates this. So I'm leaving the vinyl covers down except for about 12" from the bottom. I just leave a flap hanging in the middle and velcro it down. This way they still get air and I can water them myself without them drowning. :)
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