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Our first round of seedlings are ready for transplant. We are holding
back a bit due to high winds in the forecast for the rest of the week.
Wendy did put some peppers into a bed that already had some seedlings
of red okra. This bed recently contained our arugula and broccoli rabe
both of which provided a incredible harvest this winter.
I know you guys probably think I've turned farmer. But I'm proud of my little garden!
So here are my tomato and cucumber seedlings. This is the first time I've tried growing them from seed - usually I start with nursery plants. I'm pretty proud of these! I started them in seed trays in my kitchen window, then moved them outside when it got warmer, and today I transplanted everything to 3-inch peat pots. In a couple more weeks I'll transplant them again to their large permanent containers.
I've got lemon cucumbers (the ones on the sides with larger leaves) which I plan to grow on a trellis. And 3 varieties of tomatoes (so far): Cherokee Purple, Big Boy, and Red Lightning.
Obviously on my back deck I can't plant all of these, so I'll keep at least 1 of each for myself and give the rest away.
These seedlings are slow to take hold. They were planted in 2017. They have been living under lights and shade cloth in closed plastic shoe boxes.
I have started to renew the media with a coarser pumice mix as the surface was turning green. I may try to graft a few plants when that is complete even though I don't have access to the best root stock material. -Rob
Casuarina equisetifolia Seedlings
Commonly known as sheoak or she-oak, ironwood or Filao
Here with a filao / sheoak / ironwood / casuarina fruit. The round spiky sphrere.
The seeds are contained within the spiky cavities on the fruit. In nature, the fruit is green when still unmature, then as it matures the fruit's skin contracts and pop open the spiky ends which contains the seeds and releases them in the wind. I placed the unriped seeds in a warm spot. I usually keep the fruit inside closed cloth to prevent the seeds from flying away.
These are creamy colored vining nasturtiums. I hope to grow them on a trellis around the new violet-colored hibiscus bush.
Lama seedlings grown in dibble tubes at the Hawaii State Tree Nursery, Waimea, Hawaii Island, Hawaii. Lama grows slowly; these seedlings were sown 15 months before the photo was taken. Note how the racks for the dibble tubes are built with easily shipped tops and bases and put together locally with PVC pipe. Shipping nursery containers and racks to the Pacific often doubles the cost, so any way to ship less bulky supplies is helpful. Note also how each rack of seedlings is labeled with the date the seed was sown or transplanted and the origin of the seeds.
This year's tomato and cucumber plants have started their journey towards, hopefully, a bumper crop.
planted 8/14/2006
given no fertilizer and little water
stunted growth, but still alive.
about an inch and 1/2 tall till recently when i fertilized and started watering liberally.
Curious to see how fast they grow now.
I just had a close look at my big Rhododendron branch that I have in my vivaria. There on one "wet" spot there were 20+ orchid seedlings. I collected the branch outside over a year ago. It has been in the vivaria since then. No idea what species this is as I have had Masdevallias, Pleurothallis, Lepanthes species that have had seed capsules in the vivaria. So I have to wait for a while and see what species these tiny seedlings will grow into.
They are very small now 0,5-2mm in size.
I havent planted any orchid on the branch yet. Just have some hanging on it. On some places some tropical moss have started to grow after it have escaped from some orchids.
So here are some quick shoots of the seedlings!
Seedling of European privet (Ligustrum vulgare), a commonly invasive non-native species in the U.S.
Photographer: Sam Sheline, courtesy of NatureServe