Yesterday I bought a stack of Jiffy pots. I make most of my seeding
pots out of newspaper, but I find it soothing to purchase at least one little
stack of pots. While the lopsided charm of my newspaper pots is
endearing, there is something in the symmetrical bought pots that appeals to my organizational nature.
My young assistant and I selected a few seed packets that were definitely getting grown this year. Of those, we selected the ones that would most benefit from a head start. Some of the seeds were a few years old, so their germination may be disappointing. Luckily we have more modern back-up seeds for direct sowing should we need them!
3 pots: small decorative pumpkin, seeds
saved from a Samhain gift
3 pots: Rouge Vif d'Etampes
('Cinderella' pumpkin), Southern Exposure Seed Exchange 2012
2 pots: 'Spookie' Pumpkin, Burpee 2011
2 pots: 'Nancy' watermelon, SESE 2012
2 pots: 'Tigger' Muskmelon, SESE 2012
2 pots: "Bush Sugar Baby' watermelon, Burpee 2012
3 pots: Purple tomatillo, SESE 2012
3 pots: assorted color sweet peppers, Burpee 2011
2 large terracotta pots of a basil mix (left over "purple opal" and mystery basil seeds). We'll thin those out when they start crowding each other.
pots out of newspaper, but I find it soothing to purchase at least one little
stack of pots. While the lopsided charm of my newspaper pots is
endearing, there is something in the symmetrical bought pots that appeals to my organizational nature.
My young assistant and I selected a few seed packets that were definitely getting grown this year. Of those, we selected the ones that would most benefit from a head start. Some of the seeds were a few years old, so their germination may be disappointing. Luckily we have more modern back-up seeds for direct sowing should we need them!
3 pots: small decorative pumpkin, seeds
saved from a Samhain gift
3 pots: Rouge Vif d'Etampes
('Cinderella' pumpkin), Southern Exposure Seed Exchange 2012
2 pots: 'Spookie' Pumpkin, Burpee 2011
2 pots: 'Nancy' watermelon, SESE 2012
2 pots: 'Tigger' Muskmelon, SESE 2012
2 pots: "Bush Sugar Baby' watermelon, Burpee 2012
3 pots: Purple tomatillo, SESE 2012
3 pots: assorted color sweet peppers, Burpee 2011
2 large terracotta pots of a basil mix (left over "purple opal" and mystery basil seeds). We'll thin those out when they start crowding each other.