tomatoes – Chalet Lang

Greenhouse babies

The peppers, okra, and eggplant all got repotted into bigger nursery pots and will get some time to get bigger in the greenhouse. A beaverlodge and a lizano went in big planting bags in the greenhouse too (for now)

Planting!

Put in all the plants today- tomatoes , squash, beans, etc. will do pepper okra and eggplant bags tomorrow

If a tree falls on your garden…

There were just a couple of peas coming up under there- I’m pretty sure that a v/mole ate my seeds. I sprouted some in the greenhouse and transplanted them in the rebuilt/repaired bed.

Along with the ones I planted in the box, hopefully I’ll get some peas out of it.

I repotted most of the seedlings and moved them to the greenhouse (heater set to 52).

I think the pods>small pots was the way to go. Other than plant light misfire, the tomatoes got big and strong.

I potted one orange pepper plant and brought it inside.

Tomatoes and peppers started

Started tomato and pepper seeds. I was short on sungold and Lizzano so here’s hoping they come up.

So yeah

Honestly, this year was so disappointing that I didn’t want to record it. Deer. Raccoons. ROBINS. Grosbeaks. Stupid weather patterns. (Warm weather started late- then immediately got over 90 then cold again.)

Green beans recovered after I fenced them in against deer, but other than that and some excellent carrots everything was a bummer.

Here’s hoping 2024 is better.

Yesterday we pulled the tomatoes (all green) and planted garlic. Duganski & Italian late & music (in that order starting from shed).

Green tomatoes went in a box, and I dug up some of the peppers and bagged them for the greenhouse.

Put tomatoes out

I planted tomatoes (in waterwalls), tomatillos, and put more bean and pea seeds out (stupid robins). I also put some sunflower seeds by the lower wall and P got me an artichoke! I did buy one graft San Marzano tomato that’s huge, a banana pepper, and some lithodora (that p planted on the slopes.)

Potting outside

I need to take better photos, but this was all I got cause I was so exhausted.

Uppotted tomatoes and tomatillos. Moved peppers outside. Put an orange pepper, all the okra, and a eggplant in planting bags. Refloored the greenhouse.

Uppotting and progress

Moved a few more seedlings to the greenhouse ahead of warm weather- and here are some progress shots

Fertilizing, weeding, progress, uppotting

It’s been warm for a few days, but we’re in for a stretch in the 40-50s. I weeded and fertilized the strawberry patch, fertilized the potted herbs, harvested more rhubarb for soda, mint for drying. The older plum tree is finally blooming, so hopefully we’ll get some pollinators. the peas are finally large enough to uncover, and the beets and carrots are sprouting. Garlic and onions are doing well. Potatoes (from grocery store) are sprouting and I’ve covered them a couple of times.

I up- potted a few of the larger starts and put them on the floor of the greenhouse, and moved the (late) sprouted peppers into 3” pots. I’m still unhappy with my starts, but I think some will pull through. (Btw- I felt the same way last year and it wasn’t as cold!) I definitely think starting with the little pods and transplanting is the best way to go.