My tomato plants that I set out three weeks ago have doubled in size. Most of them have a few blooms.
My green beans are about 3 inches tall.
I planted three hills of cucumbers and only two plants came up. So I replanted.
My purple hull peas weren’t coming up so I dug them up, watered the seeds and re-covered them. They’re now coming up.
For some reason only one of the two rolls of okra came up and it won’t need to be thinned.
I guess it just hasn’t been hot enough.
Almost all plants germinate better at temperatures above 70 degrees, as long as it’s not scorching hot. Planting in soil outdoors in the spring at temps lower than that, means much slower germination - even for the so called cool crops.
TIP - This might be a duuuuhhhhh! tip that you all know but as I was getting some transplants into the ground by digging their holes with a bulb planter, it dawned on me that the bulb planter would dig up little plants that had sprung up on their own in places they don’t belong. Using the bulb planter seems to dig them up without the damage a trowel does.
All the transplants have been set out except the tomatoes and peppers. I’m working on them this evening but won’t finish until tomorrow. One tray of each never did come up. I’ve decided to only concentrate on getting early starts with tomatoes, peppers and peanuts in the future because the other veggies needed to be restarted two and three times so it’s just not worth the effort.
The berry bushes are doing fine.
I’m still excited over the 15 year old peanuts. Of the 36 started, 30 made it into the garden. Not too shabby, huh!
The corn, cukes and squash that were planted in the garden two weeks ago didn’t come up. I used the last of the corn seeds and don’t plan on ever trying them again since they have never produced an edible ear. I don’t understand why the cukes and squash didn’t germinate so they’ll get reseeded in a few days. Only two squash germinated.
WEEDS!!!! They’re baaaack! Millions and millions of the little buggers. Mostly where the asparagus is and corn was supposed to be, once the rest of the garden gets planted, the corn area will have to be tilled again or something.
I ususally prime my okra in a longish overnight soak in warm tap water + 1tbsp of bleach. Put seeds, water and bleach into a teacup and let sit on top of fridge from suppertime until the next day sometime. Never had a problem with okra germination since I’ve don that.