It's been about 3 weeks since my post about starting my tomato plants. You can read that post here.
@amberyooper/starting-my-tomato-seeds
I had been taking the little seedlings out to the greenhouse during the day to give them some sun and then bringing them back in at night. The nights have been to cold to leave them out in the greenhouse, hopefully that will change soon.
Last week we got a spring snow storm, about 8-10 inches worth. It took most of the week to melt away because it was cold outside. The past 2 days have been a bit warmer and I was able to bring the tomato plants back out the greenhouse again for some sun.
As you can see, I have the little pots in large saucers so that they're easier to carry and also easier to water. They're sitting on top of a concrete block half wall. I painted the blocks black so that they'll absorb heat from sunshine. It helps to keep the greenhouse a bit warmer at night, and it's good for the starter plants.
I keep some of my rock collection on the wall also, mostly just so that I can look at them when I'm in the greenhouse. Many of the rocks came from the tailing piles of old copper mines. There's some nice pieces of calcite, and a few other minerals also.
Yesterday, I decided to try to get some marigold plants started for use in between the tomato plants in the garden. It's said that the marigold plants help to keep some of the bad bugs away from the tomato plants, so I plant them.
I decided to try using some fiber pots and seed starter soil to plant the seeds in this time. I decided to plant 20 of the fiber pots and see what kind of luck I have with the seeds. I did the dirty work out in the greenhouse.
After all the seeds were planted in the fiber pots, I brought them in the house and put them in the seed starter tray on the heat mat. Hopefully this will work as well for the marigolds as it did for the tomato seeds. I also started 6 more Roma tomato seeds.
For some reason, I had problems with the tomato plants that I started in the peat pods, especially the Roma plants. I think I may have waited too long to plant the pods into larger containers with dirt that the roots could grow into. That's something that I have to remember for the next batch of tomato plants. It will be interesting to see how long it takes for the marigold seeds to sprout withe the extra warmth.
Once we get into May, I'm planning on starting some squash seeds to get a bit of a head start on the planting season here. Normally, we can't put seeds into the ground until the end of May because of possible frost at night.
That's all I have for this post, thanks for stopping by to check it out!
