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17 May 2009Waah!Uh-oh. Left in a hurry today without watering — I meant to, because my seedlings were moist yesterday but I could see the top layer of soil was a little dry. It got up to 90 while I was gone and when I came home a lot of my little seedlings were wilted. Especially the arugula, lying right d...Sunny 17°C / 62°F
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11 May 2009Third Tray Seed Starting garden , Onion, Barletta White (pickling) Sown, Onion, Florence Red Sown, Epasote Sown, Basil...Got a third tray started tonight. This time I made life easier by using the white labels that came with it.13°C / 55°F
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10 May 2009Which is which? Balcony Container Garden garden and Strawberries, Sweet Bounty and/or Sweet Titan BloomingI can’t figure out which of my plants are Sweet Bounty and which are Sweet Titan. Not sure it matters much — apparently both are being sold by the same company in large commercial venues online and on TV, but there is no mention of them elsewhere. So I’m going to edit my plantin...Sunny 16°C / 60°F
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10 May 2009More first tray sprouts Seed Starting garden , Chive, Garlic Sprouting, Poppy (for bread) (died) Sprouting, and Chrysanthemum, Shun...Update on the first tray — I found my little map to it and used the chives as a reference point. I now have chives, two Shinguku chyrsanthemums, one cosmos, one breadseed poppy, one garlic chive. The chrysanthemums have been up for a few days but I couldn’t figure out what they were w...Sunny 16°C / 60°F
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10 May 2009More second tray sprouts Seed Starting garden , Nasturtium, Trailing Single (Pers D1, Prov B1) Sprouting, Basil, Genovese (Pers B1x ...Everything in my second tray is now sprouted, including both basil and nasturtium*. The cabbages were up yesterday, and there are a few nasturtiums today. I’m afraid all the lettuce and arugula are too tall and leggy — long long fragile stems — but I’m setting it outside f...Sunny 11°C / 52°F
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09 May 2009Online Web Soil Survey 1A link on a mailing list pointed me to the online Web Soil Survey from the USDA. Directions on the website are pretty clear — you open their web application, locate your area (I entered county and state, then zoomed in on the map, since I don’t know the street address for the communit...Sunny 16°C / 61°F
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09 May 2009Moved trays to balcony Seed Starting garden , Arugula , Basil, Genovese (Pers B1x 4, C1x1 Prov D5x2 Sprouting, Lettuce, Super Gour...I moved my seed trays out of my living room, which is dim even when I have the blinds open, and onto my balcony. It is cold but sunny today, so once the sun moves around to the west side they will have some sunshine, and in the meantime they will get some brighter light. I took the lids off the l...Sunny 10°C / 50°F
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07 May 2009Shungiku Chyrsanthemum Seed Starting garden and Chrysanthemum, Shungiku (for stir-fry) (died) SproutingI think these were up about the 6th or 7th of May — I didn’t record it because I had lost my notes and couldn’t tell what they were yet.Sunny 16°C / 60°F
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07 May 2009Second tray sprouting Seed Starting garden , Arugula Sprouting, and Lettuce, Super Gourmet Salad Blend SproutingMy second tray of seeds is starting to sprout — Wow – I have 18 cells of arugula (accidentally) and almost all of them are up. It is definitely EASY to germinate. The Super Gourmet Lettuce Blend is also popping up.Overcast 13°C / 55°F
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04 May 2009New tray Seed Starting garden , Lettuce, Super Gourmet Salad Blend Sown, Cabbage, Derby Day (4 transplants, Pers C1 ...Planted 6 of the 9-cell sections of a new tray tonight. Too tired to be taking good notes but here goes. B D F H A C E G A Lettuce – Territorials Gourmet Salad Blend B Cabbage, Derby Day C Trailing Nasturtiums D Genovese Basil E Arugula F Arugula This is where I got too tired. I either hav...12°C / 53°F
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