On Thursday Mar 19 I sowed the seeds for this year’s greenhouse. Two sowing trays with 12 rows of 5 pots. One tray for chilies, one tray for tomatoes. Like most years, our favorite cultivars get two rows to ensure we end up with good plants. The trays have dome on top and are placed in a west-facing windowsill.
Here is what was sown:
Chilies 2015
- Cayenne Long Slim
- Cayenne Long Slim
- Lemon Drop
- Lemon Drop
- Habanero
- Habanero
- Friars Hat
- Jalapeno
- Hungarian Black
- Tolles Sweet Italian
- Goat Horn
- Elephants Trunk
Tomatoes 2015
- Bloody Butcher
- Bloody Butcher
- Black Cherry
- Black Cherry
- Tangidel
- Tangidel
- Rosadel
- Rosadel
- Sungold
- Tumbler
- First in the Field
- Gardener’s Delight
All seeds from 2015.
It feels like late in the spring to plant the seeds, however, when looking into my records, it doesn’t look too bad:
2014: Mar 2
2012: Mar 17 and Apr 1
2010: Feb 28 (Chilies), Mar 21 (Tomatoes & Chilies)
and regardless, I can’t sow them earlier than what I have done now.
Mar 24
On Tuesday the first tomato seedling was visible.
Mar 28
Almost all tomato seeds have sprouted and the dome is removed. The tray is turned so that the seedlings get sun from the other side. No chiliis have sprouted yet, but that is not expected either.
Mar 31
Now the chili seedlings are showing too and dome #2 is coming off.