Phil's One Tomato
Phil's Two Tomato
Merlot Lettuce
Datil Pepper
Indigo Blue Chocolate Tomato
Ozark Pink Tomato
Tokyo Blue Squash
Nicaise Squash
Gulcoy Squash
Odessa Squash
Jigsaw Hot Pepper
Golden Crispy Melon
Mexican Sour Gherkin Cucumber
Purple Ball Basil
Persian Basil
With the new seeds arriving, I was able to get my seed starting kit set up and planted. The line up for this year (so far)?
- Tumbling Tom Red (Tomato)
- Dwarf Firebird Sweet (Tomato)
- Dwarf Desperado (Tomato)
- Dwarf Yukon Quest (Tomato)
- Dragon's Eye (Tomato)
- Yellow Dragon (Tomato)
- Black Dragon (Tomato)
- Shadow Dragon (Tomato)
- Purple Dragon (Tomato)
- Gnome Fight With Shadow (Tomato)
- Persuasion (Tomato)
- Grandpa's Minnesota (Tomato)
- Hazel Mae (Tomato)
- Hazelnoottomaat (Tomato)
- Mother's Tears (Tomato)
- Quingdao Chocolate (Tomato)
- Japanese Currant (Tomato)
- King of Agro (Tomato)
- Vegetable Sorcerer (Tomato)
- Clairvoyant Sorcerer (Tomato)
- Mage (Tomato)
- Milord (Tomato)
- Peter Pepper Yellow (Pepper)
- Peter Peppet Orange (Pepper)
- Lyudmila (Pepper)
- Overlord (Pepper)
- Maria (Eggplant)
- Black Wolf (Eggplant)
- Pink Flamingo (Eggplant)
- Jigsaw (Pepper)
- Moliagul Moon (Tomato)
- Bendigo Moon (Tomato)
- Spoon (Tomato)
- Post Office Spoonful (Tomato)
- Red Rubin Basil
- Purple Ruffles Basil
- Purple Sweet Basil
- Red Freddy Basil
- Dwarf Bubble Gum (Tomato)
- Mexican Sour Gherkin (Cucumber)
- Persian Basil
- Purple Ball Basil
- Peter Pepper Red (Pepper)
- Dwarf Shadow Boxing Type 4 (Tomato)
- Columbine, Tequila Sunrise (Flower)
- Delphinium, Fantasia (Flower)
- Canturbury Bells, Cup & Saucers (Flower)
- Coreopsis, Tall Plains (Flower)
I labeled each seed part with both the name of the variety and the coordinating number, to better help me keep varieties identified. Yes, I'm only growing two to four seeds of each in one single starting pod. It's more of a taste test to see what I like and to compare a few varieties, less about growing out for seeds.
Years ago we got the most amazing purple basil plant from the local greenhouse. It was the best tasting basil I've ever had. We've tried various other purple basil varieties but can't find that one. The greenhouse said it's in their catalog simply as "purple basil" - This year I am growing out all of my red and purple basil varieties in an attempt to identify the one we had so many years ago from that greenhouse - and to refill our stock of dried basil (that we use for spaghetti).
I am growing out all of the dragon tomato varieties, all three colors of Peter Peppers, all of the D&D themed names, and I'm doing a head-to-head comparison of Gnome Fight With Shadow vs Dwarf Shadow Boxing Type 4, Hazel Mae vs Hazelnoottomaat, Vegetable Sorcerer vs Clairvoyant Sorcerer, and Spoon vs Post Office Spoonful tomatoes. There are four flower varieties there upon #3's request. Here's to a great growing season in 2023!
Winter sowing should start sometime in February or March.