Todays Notes

Planted successive seeds today:
Beet mix (all three)
Country Gentlemen Corn (2 square feet)
Amarillo Yellow Carrots
Lunar White Carrots
Cosmic Purple Carrots
Kohlrabi
New seeds were planted into north haven garden fertilizer enriched soil at rate of 1 tsp per plant.

Thinned greens down to three seedlings each

Found more cabbage loopers on greens treated with BT again

Todays Notes

Mulched transplants and tomato pots with Scotchman's organic compost crap

Staked vegetable spaghetti lankiness from seedling

Leaf damage noticed on:

• Butternut Waltham Squash
• Quadrato d'Asti Giallo Pepper
• Mustard Green Southern Giant

Suspect slugs treated all beds with sluggo

Treated areas with rabbit preventative

New Kale Sprouts in E2

Direct seeded Oregano Vulgare such low producer inside seed wanted to test

Direst seeded Lemon grass into pot to test germination only sprouted 1 of 4 peat pellets indoors did not thrive so was trashed

Released Lady bugs

Sprayed with fish oil and compost tea as foliar feed

• 2 gals H2O
• 2 lids fish oil
• 2 sprayers measures Compost Tea

In future only mic 1/2 gal H2O

Side dressed all seedlings with NHGHF at rate of:

• 1 tsp per plant for 4 plants and under
• general covering for 9 and over plants

worked into soil with stake

Todays Notes

Out door seeds sprouting

• Parsley Hamburg Root
• Parsnips
• Dwarf Siberian Kale

Removed following seedlings for replacement with transplant from North Haven

• Early Purple Sprouting Broccoli (3) B6, B10, B14
• Black Palm Tree Cabbage (3) A6, A10, A14
• Romanesco Italia Broccoli (3) left three recently sprouted for test in A3-A5 removed A7-A9
• Purple of Sicily Cauliflower (2) left one recently sprouted as test in A11 removed A12 and A13

Potted tomato transplants with herbs, celery, and lemon grass

Potting soil mix

• 1/2 bag Humax
• 1 bag Plano pure
• 1 bag expanded shale
• 1 bag Vital Earth Resources Compost
• 1 bag  Vital Earth Resources Potting Soil
  
• My worm castings
• Mixed 1 tsp of NHG Herb Fertilizer for each plant into top of soil
• Did not use Epsom Salts in tomatoes

Tomatoes transplanted:

• Brandywine Heirloom
• Celebrity
• Roma

North Haven transplants:

• B6 Veg Cauliflower
• B10 Veronica Cauliflower
• B14 Veronica Cauliflower
• A6 Jade Brussel Sprouts
• A7 Veg Broccoli
• A8 Arcadia Broccoli
• A9 Veg Red Cabbage
• A10 Brussel Sprouts Jade Cross
• A12 Early Dividend Broccoli
• A13 Veg Green Cabbage
• A14 Veg Red Cabbage

List of herbs planted (from North Haven)

• Oregano Hot and Spicy
• Parsley Curled (2)
• Oregano Golden
• Fennel Bronze
• Thyme Creeping mother
• Sage Berggarten
• Arugula
• Rosemary Trailing
• Pineapples Mint
• Dill Hercules
• Peppermint

Today Notes

Seed Failures:

Tomatios and Lemongrass have only sprouted one out of four peat pellets. I threw seedlings away today. Next year better lighting and pad warmer.

Okra still has not sprouted consider paper towel method or pad warmer next year.

North Haven Lecture Notes

Attended the Organic Gardening Lecture at North Haven Gardens today. Here are the notes I came away with:

• Check Squash at l ft for eggs under leaves scratch off to destroy
• Mix herbs into tomatoes
• Tomatoes no later than MArch 17
• Add Compost in Fall
• Add Manure straight into beds
• Untreated cedar for bed construction
• Terminate tomatoes - limit growth, undeterminate tomatoes  do not limit growth
• Look for drawf varieties of cukes
• Add Garden Innoculant for beans or peas
• Start tomatoes in May for second spring
• Feed every two weeks Organic fertilizer of liquid seaweed
• Flat leaf spinach cleaner
• Let broccoli bolt to attract beas if you have fruiting trees
• Black eyed peas second crop in August
• Polinate melons
• Squash, cukes, and melons will cross polinate!

Todays Notes

Five Color Silverbeet (8) and Dwarf Siberian Kale (8) by seed today. I tried to grow these indoors for transplant but too little light caused leggy seedlings.

Carnetan Leeks (28) and Texas Early Grand Onion (28) from seed today did not start enough seeds indoors.

Seeded the following as well:

1. Honey Rock Melons (2)
2. Country Gentleman Sweet Corn (4)
3. Siam Queen Thai Basil (4)
4. Chives (16)

Planted out Transplants of :

1. Vegetable Spagehetti Squash (1)
2. Table Gold Acorn Squash (1)
3. Romanesco Italia  Broccoli Started Late (3)
4. Lemon Cuke (2)
5. Boston Pickling Cuke (2)
6. New England Sugar Pie Squash (1)
7. Butternut Waltham Squash (1)
8. Quadrato d'Asti Giallo Pepper (2)
9. Purple Beauty Pepper (1)
10. Black Hungarian Pepper (1)
11. Oregano Vulgare(2)
12. Sugarbaby Watermelon (2)
13. Carentan Leeks (4)
14. Texas Early Grand Onions (4)