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[SheilaAnn]

Not quite the impressive gardens seen here…. But they make me smile.


oh, and that’s a navel orange tree in the background.

[RonB]

I didn't know you had been in the Navy.

[SammyJ]

US Navy got nothing to do with Oranges, except eating them

[FireMan]

You’ve got to be kiddin me. We’re not plantin anything fer 3 1/2 months.

[SammyJ]

Pepper seedling moving along

[nunyaz]

Zone 9b Florida


Babies: clockwise from bottom left - peppers, tomatoes (5-6 types), lettuce, broccoli, lettuce.


Bigger babies all 'maters (with lemon grass and curcumin in background)


Biggest babies - Brandywine 'maters

[SheilaAnn]

I’m 10b. Is it too late to start seeds?

[nunyaz]

SheilaAnn - 10b? okra, field peas, peppers, bananas, lychee, avocado ... you've got a 'tropical' range most of us can only dream of

[acorgihouse]

I'm 9b, and I wouldn't start seeds for any leafy things, but peppers of all kinds are good. It's too hot here already for a lot of tomatoes, most need night temps below 70F to set fruit (the plants will grow though), except some cherry tomatoes and a strain called Everglade. Cucumbers and squash are good to start.

[nunyaz]

acorgihouse - YES!! Everglade tomatoes (cherry-type) AND Homestead tomatoes (Slicers) have both been started. We have some lettuce (Jericho, a Romaine-type) and Anuenue (no idea how to pronounce) - a loose-leaf type are supposedly heat-tolerant lettuces, will keep you posted
50 days. [1987, U. of Hawaii. Anuenue is Hawaiian for “rainbow” (pronounced “ah-nu-ee-nu-ee”).] Seed is able to germinate at higher soil temperatures (above 80°F).
from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange - our go-to

[SammyJ]

Almost transplant eary next month, time to watch forcast close!

[nunyaz]

Got a later start than we hoped, still swinging for the fence


Cukes have germinated 🙌🏽


Lettuce n peppers (overlook the dead leaves from the live oak - and no, that's not a mixed metaphor 😏).

Peace,
Nunyaz

[CandySueQ]

8b here. I planted seeds under the light last weekend. Bought an 8 pack of brussels sprouts and got them in the bed. Planted some onion sets. Nectarine tree is covered in flowers, the pears and plum trees still look dead. Daffys are done, but the wisteria is starting to bloom. May get a freeze next Tuesday night, so I'll cover the nectarine and bring my citrus trees back in the house. I did mow on Tuesday after work, just to chew up the trimmings from roses and weeds. Rain started yesterday.

I love garden life! There sure is a bunch of work in the Spring.

[nunyaz]

There's a lot to love in garden life Been studying up on Kratky Hydroponics to supplement the bajillion bucks a month we spend on 'organic' lettuce at the grocery store.

https://youtu.be/Ws9hDTwYXno

[Donw]

I’m envious of your early planting seasons. I’m still questioning if I have enough pea seeds for our garden.

[SheilaAnn]

I think you’ll be fine so long as you ship to Long Beach, CA. Because fresh peas. 🤗

[RonB]

I think you will do better if ya plant those seeds in the ground.

[MBMorgan]

Aerogarden is starting to bear fruit ... literally:

[SheilaAnn]

😮😮😮 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[nunyaz]

there are few things in life that are purtier than tomato flowers in MARCH!!
Rock on brother 😎

[hoovarmin]

I don't know what this is called, but Leeza planted it and it is blooming. I love it.



Poppy came over and Mia helped him plant a flower bed



I think it will be really nice once it comes up a bit.

[hoovarmin]

RonB that's what I thought too. Thanks buddy.

[SheilaAnn]

hoovarmin what RonB said

[acorgihouse]

Just saw this. I'm in Tampa, this is amaryllis, and they will settle in nicely outdoors. The bulbs will duplicate themselves and spread very easily. A lovely remembrance.

[SammyJ]

Update on my pepper Garden. I have excess seedlings, and decided to not transplant outside until May, (Jim Duffy says not till night temps above 50)

So I am trimming off any fruit thats sets now, and they are producing heavy.

Pickled hot peppers this winter!

[RonB]

I know that tomato plants can be stunted from temps below 55°, but I have never seen anything that sez how long an exposure. I assume that they mean sustained temps, but I'm not sure. We can have temps below 55 ° occasionally into May.

[mnavarre]

It's more about soil temp than ambient temp, 'Maters and peppers don't like cold feet.

[smokenoob]

some color in the plant beds before the summer bake…..😁

[smokenoob]

hoovarmin steel and not sleeping (rust….😂)

[hoovarmin]

They are really nice. I'd love to have something like that.

[SammyJ]

Did you read "Square foot gardening". You plant placement reminds me of that book!

[SheilaAnn]

hoovarmin this was April of last year (here, they are done by January, but they just kept giving).

[Smoke em if you got em]

San Marzano tomatoes.

[SheilaAnn]

Holy marinara sauce, Batman! Nice haul!