Well, I did get SOMETHING done this week! I planted the first tray of 72 peat pots. I’m behind schedule right now. I have another tray of seeds to plant. In the near future, I have to get a roto-tiller and till the garden beds. It’s still too cool to set plants out. Last year I jumped the gun and planted seeds (I’ve always done direct planting before this year) April 25th. We had two frosts about that time, but everything made it. This year, I don’t think I’ll risk it. It’s very cool yet and Upstate New York is still full of surprises. Snow is even forecast for this evening.
Well, here’s what I did. I bought the little peat pucks (as I call them). They are dried up and shriveled and look just like checkers. With the addition of water, they swell up. Once they are moist, seeds can be planted. The instructions say to plant the seeds twice as deep as the length of the seeds themselves.
I planted the pansies first. Those are mighty tiny seeds, almost as small as weight loss pills, wouldn’t you say?
But then I opened the nicotania packet, and WHOA! Those are tiny seeds! I couldn’t even handle them. I couldn’t “plant” such tiny seeds, it was more like “sprinkling” them. We’ll see how they turn out. Hmm.
I needed something larger. My hands were killing me by this point. Ahhh good ole New England pumpkin seeds! Much better.
I also planted cantaloupe. And that’s all I did! Next up will be the yellow squash, basil, cauliflower, and Marigolds.
April 12, 2008
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