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Round II Seedling Trays: Tomatoes! And Peppers!

Planted more tomatoes today, as well as peppers. This is “2013 Seedlings Round II,” and consists of:

Also pricked some of the double- or triple-sprouts from Round I seeding into their own cells. Of the Round I seeds, the TS “Taxi,” UPS “Black Prince,” TS “Sun Gold,” and UPS “Stupice” being the most vigorous and reliable, and the TS “Indigo Rose” and TS “Brandywine” the lowest rate of germination. Round I has been in the dirt about three weeks, and everything that’s planning on germinating likely has at this point. Several of the most vigorous seedlings already have true leave, but all at least have healthy cotyledons. 

I haven’t decided what I’ll be planting in Round III yet; I’ve planted all planned varieties of tomatoes and peppers for 2013, so I might start broccoli and lettuce to get a head start on main season greens.

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Peppers have perked up! It’s one of those cool gray summer mornings that’s probably going to give way into more heat this afternoon, but for now it’s lovely.

Peppers have perked up!

It’s one of those cool gray summer mornings that’s probably going to give way into more heat this afternoon, but for now it’s lovely.

Both large pepper plants (as opposed the the three pepper plants that have Failed to Thrive and are therefore… small) were drooping this evening when I went to water. It’s the hottest week of the year here in Seattle, and despite being watered twice today (twice! once before I left for work and once by Mike), the tips were bent over and sad. I hosed a lot of water around their bases and filled their infuser bottles two or three times, so hopefully they perk up again tomorrow.

I also transplanted a few more volunteer raspberries into pots last night, which could have been planned better (not to self: don’t transplant right before the hottest day of summer), but oh well. They’ll perk up and maybe lose the top tips, and then recover admirably. It’s what the rest of the raspberries have done.

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The front terraces in mid-August, continuing to fill out and starting to bear fruit. The peppers are finally starting to thrive — two of them, at least — so we’ll see if there’s enough summer left for them to bear fruit. This photo also conspicuously shows the gap between partial-shade areas. I think it definitely needs more water.

The front terraces in mid-August, continuing to fill out and starting to bear fruit. The peppers are finally starting to thrive — two of them, at least — so we’ll see if there’s enough summer left for them to bear fruit.

This photo also conspicuously shows the gap between partial-shade areas. I think it definitely needs more water.

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Front terrace plantings filling out nicely — this was taken about three weeks ago. That’s strawberries, tomatoes, squashes, peppers, and nasturtiums.

Front terrace plantings filling out nicely — this was taken about three weeks ago. That’s strawberries, tomatoes, squashes, peppers, and nasturtiums.

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A look at my vertically layered front garden: peppers on the bottom, squashes that will (hopefully) trail down the wall, tomatoes (to be joined by basil in a few weeks), and strawberries. In the background, the chickens are clearing more jungle, and the big woody shrubs (including a loathsome box laurel) will ultimately be replaced by blueberries.

A look at my vertically layered front garden: peppers on the bottom, squashes that will (hopefully) trail down the wall, tomatoes (to be joined by basil in a few weeks), and strawberries.

In the background, the chickens are clearing more jungle, and the big woody shrubs (including a loathsome box laurel) will ultimately be replaced by blueberries.

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