Then the small number of plants I have should do great as I don't know jack about growing. I admitted yesterday to JRandomFreeper how dumb I really was.
In our exchange, he said something about “tomatoes”. TOMATOES! After we talked, I rushed outside to get my 8 little tomato plants in the plastic thingys they came in and brought them inside. It's going to be in the low 30s tonight and 28 tomorrow night and I'm 60 miles north of Houston. THEY WOULD HAVE FROZEN HAD NOT JOHNNY MENTIONED TOMATOES. You see, I forgot they were out there.
I thought oh, no, I have killed those suckers due to forgetting they were out there.
See, I can’t seem to solve the world’s problems and grow plants at the same time. When I brought them in, one set of 4 looked great and 2 in the other set looked droopy. Talk about neglect, I did it. So, I put water on all of them, then Johnny said I should have watered them from the bottom, so I screwed that up. Today, they all look healthy.
\I also have a strip I got at Lowes that has lettuce seed in it and you prepare the ground (in my case a long planter on the ground that already has potting soil in it but could use some fresh in there), and place the strip in the planter and I don’t know what else I do because I haven’t read the directions. But, I was beating myself up because I hadn’t already put it out there and if I had, the strip of seeds would maybe freeze tonight and for sure would have frozen tomorrow night.
I have tiny little tobacco plants growing from seed Johnny sent me. That indoor seed sprouting thingy is on a couch in my living area but it’s out of the way and I forget they are there. After Johnny and I talked, I watered them.
See, I’m a fine gardener because I forget seeds/plants are growing. You won’t find me giving them too much care. I must remember to water them once they are all outside. I will need to get some new pots for the tomatoes as none I have are big enough. That’s another trip to Lowes.
That’s it from the extreme newbie reservation. Oh, yes, would someone come and get the bags of potting soil out of my car trunk. I got small bags so I can lift them but I don’t remember to get them out. I must remember I am a gardener, gardener, gardener, gardener and I have to get the soil bags out of the trunk.
LOL. Always a pleasure to read your posts Marcella. You could buy a row cover, and go ahead and plant the lettuce seeds. They are a cool weather crop. Some are more tolerant of cold than others.
This time of year and your location, you should be able to get lettuce going with out fear of frost, as long as you can remember to cover them up when the weather reaches a freezing temperature.
Even an old sheet or some plastic might work. Some time I even us and old blanket in the middle of winter.
Tomatoes - really have NO Tolerance for cold weather 40 degrees doesn’t kill them, but it really puts the kabash on their development. They are like me - like warm weather.LOL.