Saturday, March 7, 2009

March 7 Update

Been a little while - Lets just say I need to either slow down or stop planting things. Winter is just too slow at going out the door. With at least 12 inches of snow still on the ground and areas having 4 foot piles - it's going to be here for a little while longer.

Oh yeah - the plants.








Well I have tomatoes on the AG "Hydroponic" station (above) - lots of them too. They range from pencil eraser size to just emerging.









The Cucumber plants (above) are growing well - one if 24" high, the other maybe 12". Both plants have a bunch of blossoms on them too some with baby cucumbers - so cucumbers are coming.








Onion plot/seeds aren't doing that well. The "plot" is dead - I think because it was too shallow (2" deep). Another bunch are ok now - but I fear they might be dead soon too. Instead for some reason I bought 5 bags of onion sets - 4 of which I have already put under some dirt(above), and have already popped their heads up. Some even are 4 inches tall within a week. So I placed them on the porch to slow the growth down. The last 24" window box of seeds I took outside - we will see if they do OK.







Although not mentioned before, around 3 JAN my oldest son and I picked out some hyacinths and we came home planted the bag in a 10" pot of miracle grow soil. Then placed them on the porch. I've watered them once or twice. Well I brought them in 2 days ago and they are starting to pop through the dirt already - I guess they will be ready for easter. I big pot of stinky flowers for under $4. The photo above is it.



Above is a photo of the forest of plants. There are about 5 pepper plants and 5 tomato plants. ALL are 7-10" high. The pepper plants look as though they might begin to fruit. The tomato plants are the transplants from the AG. The majority have buds but nothing coming of fruits.