Onions
I planted a lot of seeds this weekend. First, I planted a flat of onions. There are 5 varieties and I planted about 30 seeds from each. These will be grown indoors for a few weeks to get a head start. Then they will be transplanted into the garden.
The varieties that I planted are
A. Carentan leek
B. Yellow cippolini onion
C. Yellow of Parma onion
D. He shi ko bunching onion
E. Tropeana lunga onion
Peppers
I also planted several varieties of peppers. We had some issues with germination last year so I planted a lot of seeds this time. The peppers will stay indoors until mid May, when our weather starts getting warm enough.
I planted the following vareties.
A. 8x early jalapeno
B. 4x California wonder bell pepper
C. 8x unknown sweet pepper. The name was ripped off the seed packet.
D. 8x Marconi Rosso sweet pepper
E. 4x Black Hungarian hot pepper
F. 4x Hungarian hot wax pepper
Soil blocks
For most of our seed planting, we use soil blocks. I really like starting seeds in soil blocks. They are easy to transplant and don't require a bunch of plastic trays. Plus, they are easy to make. You just take the soil blocker and press it into moist soil a few times, until it is full. Then, you squeeze the handle and the blocks fall out. It even makes an indent for the seed.
