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My Grow List

soilent_green
12 years ago

This is a list of what I have started or seeded in flats as of 03.27.12, along with my yet-to-do list. It looks like a lot but most are only in quantities of 6, 9, 12, or 18, based on which flat inserts I used. The exception is impatiens of which I have 800 plants started. Total quantity seeded is around 2300 at this point. My maximum capacity is 3000.

Many varieties are meant for growing in containers this season. I started doing container gardening because so many people I know have had difficulties doing container gardening and I wanted to learn why. Now I am pushing the envelope to see what all can be successfully grown in containers.

I have never started greens indoors, so they are a big experiment I am doing this year. Some will be grown in containers and some transplanted out. We'll see how well this works.

I have started up-potting various seedlings today. This is when the fun work really starts. I am tentatively planning on setting up my second grow box this weekend if this infernal wind ever stops blowing.

And if you are wondering the answer is no, I do not use all this stuff myself. Some varieties are being grown for others by request, and I give away a lot of plants to family, friends, and neighbors. :)

Edibles:

Amaranth Hopi

Arugula Roquette

Broccoli Waltham 29

Cabbage Baby Choi

Cabbage Red Acre

Cauli Snowball Early

Celeriac Large Prague

Celery Afina Cutting

Celery NoID

Chicory Common

Chicory Brussels Witloof

Chicory Italiko Rosso

Collards Georgia

Collards Yellow Cabbage

Corn Salad D'Etampes

Eggplant Garden Blend

Eggplant Gourmet Blend

Eggplant Ophelia

Eggplant Ping Tung

Eggplant Snow White

Endive Green Curled Ruffec

Endive Pancalieri a Costa Bianca

Japanese Mixed Greens

Kale Dward Blue Scotch Curled

Kale Red Russian

Leek American Flag

Lettuce Baby Romaine

Lettuce Baker Creek Mix

Lettuce Barcarole

Lettuce Buttercrunch

Lettuce Crisp Mint

Lettuce Gourmet Blend

Lettuce Grand Rapids

Lettuce Green Deer Tongue

Lettuce Italian Salad Blend

Lettuce Kagraner Sommer

Lettuce Mervelles Saissons

Lettuce Mesclun Mix

Lettuce Home Mix

Lettuce Paris Island

Lettuce Pinetree Mix

Lettuce Prizehead

Lettuce Red Deer Tongue

Lettuce Red Fire

Lettuce Red Romaine

Lettuce Select Salad Blend

Mizuna

Pepper Alma Paprika

Pepper Ancient Secrets

Pepper Baseball Rocoto

Pepper Bhut Jolokia

Pepper Big Dipper

Pepper Big Jim

Pepper Black Hungarian

Pepper California Wonder

Pepper Cascabella Hot

Pepper Cayenne Long Slim

Pepper Chile Loco

Pepper Chilly Chili Ornamental

Pepper Corno di Toro

Pepper Dorset Naga

Pepper Habanero Chocolate

Pepper Habanero Orange

Pepper Habanero Red

Pepper Hot Lemon

Pepper Jalapeno (Am. Seed Co.)

Pepper Jalapeno M

Pepper Jamaican Scotch Bonnet

Pepper Keystone

Pepper Pasilla de Bagio

Pepper Pepperoncini

Pepper Pinetree Habanero Mix

Pepper Pizza

Pepper Red Rocket

Pepper Rellenos Best

Pepper Sheepnose Pimiento

Pepper Siling Lara

Pepper Thai Dragon

Pepper Tobasco Pepper

Pepper NoID Very Hot Red

Radicchio Rossa di Treviso

Rice Blue Bonnet

Sesame Black Seeded

Spinach Bloomsdale

Spinach Giant Noble

Spinach Harmony

Spinach Mustard

Strawberries Alpine

Strawberry Spinach

Tomato Big Boy

Tomato Black Cherry

Tomato Container's Choice

Tomato Delicious

Tomato Polish Linguisa

Tomato Red Robin

Tomato Supersteak

Herbs:

Basil Amethyst

Basil Cinnamon

Basil Common Sweet

Basil Genovese

Basil Greek Spicy Globe

Basil Lemon

Basil Lime

Basil Purple Ruffles

Basil Red Lettuce Leaf

Basil Red Rubin

Basil Siam Queen

Basil NoID Purple

Borage Blue

Cilantro Coriander

Cilantro Delfino

Cilantro Large Leaf

Cilantro Long Standing

Cilantro Slo Bolt

Culantro Recao

Cumin

Curled Chervil

Lemon Grass

Oregano

Sage

Savory

Sweet Marjoram

Ornamentals:

Aster Dwarf Border Mix

Astilbe NoID

Balloon Flower Blue

Balloon Flower White

Blackberry Lily

Canterbury Bells Cup & Saucer Mix

Cardinal Flower

Cleome Queen Mix

Coleus Rainbow Mix

Columbine McKana Giants

Cotton Brown Lint

Dwarf Snapdragon Mix

Flowering Kale

Gomphrena Mix

Hyacinth Muscari Grape

Impatiens Mix

Jacobs Ladder Blue

Larkspur Giant Imperial Mix

Lobelia Crystal Palace

Nemophila Penny Black

Ornamental Allium

Pampas Grass

Pumpkin-On-A-Stick

Purslane Fuschia

Silver Dragon

Strawflower Dwarf Yellow

Swan River Daisy

Sweet William Dark Red

Torenia Mix

Turtlehead Pink

Yet To Do:

Edibles:

Amaranth Burgundy

Amaranth Golden Giant

Broccoli Misc. Varieties

Brussels Sprouts

Cabbage Misc. Varieties

Cauliflower Misc. Varieties

Eggplant Black Beauty

Tomato Misc. Varieties

Herbs:

Borage Blanca White

Lovage

Parsley Misc. Varieties

Rosemary

Thyme

Ornamentals:

Cosmos Cosmic Orange

Forget-Me-Not Annual Firmament

Marigold Misc. Varieties

Petunia Misc. Varieties

Portulaca Magic Carpet Mix

Ribbon Corn

Salvia Misc. Varieties

Tithonia Torch

Tobacco Misc. Varieties

Comments (7)

  • zenpotter
    12 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Of course you can always bring them to the plant exchange as well.

  • soilent_green
    Original Author
    12 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    zenpotter, I have been following your thread regarding your hosting of a plant exchange. It is a very nice thing you are doing. I know the Lake Nokomis area quite well from my youth. I always have lots of extra plants and divisions from existing perennials to give away.

    It sounds like a lot of fun and I would love to go, but unfortunately coming up is my busiest time of the year plus I think the gasoline costs would be kind of hard to justify. I do go to the New Ulm plant exchange because that is closer to me and I am usually back home within three hours.

    I will withhold a final decision until I see what date you choose for the event.

  • aliyahbukra
    12 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Wow, that's a huge list!! Good luck!

  • katkni
    12 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Nice list! I would estimate I have 400-500 plants started so far, anywhere from 2-6 of each item. I've been too busy to keep tracking up on my spreadsheet, but I do have start dates, so I know when to start planting. My estimate is that I will probably start another 150-200 plants to put out over the summer, as we dig up perennial beds. Then maybe another 100-200 for fall. We do share A LOT, to keep good will with the neighbors.

    I always have greens in containers, as well as starting indoors and direct sowing, and of course volunteers reseeding.

    My experiments this year are winter sowing and cold frames.

  • soilent_green
    Original Author
    12 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    The winter sowing concept is quite interesting. I have been saving containers with the intention of trying out this method one of these years.

    Plants/seedlings are doing fine at this point. I am heavy into up-potting seedlings now. Everything I wanted to seed is now seeded in flats. I had a lot of germination problems this year with Burpee seeds - never had a problem in the past but this is probably enough for me to be done with this company for good. I know others on GW don't like Burpee seeds for this reason.

    Any tricks to growing greens in containers? My seedlings of lettuce, spinach, etc. are doing fine but plants seem a bit "floppy". I am hoping the wind action will stiffen up the plants' stems a little better. They are outpacing what I early-seeded in the kitchen garden, but the plants in the kitchen garden aren't floppy. Very interesting being able to see comparisons.

    A couple days ago I caught a rabbit - on the porch of all places - munching on my little potted container greens. I didn't start the conflict, but the war is on.

    -Tom


  • katkni
    12 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I don't remember noticing floppiness in container greens. They required more attention and seemed more fragile, but I don't really remember the details.

  • soilent_green
    Original Author
    12 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Out of habit, I bring all plants in at night during early spring. The greens and cabbage family have improved greatly since I have been leaving them outside 24/7 in the cool weather (which is obviously what the seedlings face that are growing out in the kitchen garden). I think the warm temperature that I maintain in the grow room for the warm weather plants is too much for the cool weather veggies such as cabbage family and greens. As a result they stay too tender, grow too quickly, and the plants get floppy.

    It never seems to fail that when I baby plants too much they never seem to be as healthy or productive as they should be.

    Brought everything inside the last two nights - all the plants potted for the exchange as well as my cabbage family and greens. Got down to 29 degrees here last night, all night, and when last checked it was 25 degrees at 11:00 pm tonight. Definitely a test for everything that is coming up around here. Not good...

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