On 05/23/2017 08:38 PM, wg_2002 wrote:
On Tue, 23 May 2017 20:07:29 -0700, T wrote:

On 05/23/2017 07:34 PM, wg_2002 wrote:
Anyone else in the Midwest sick of all the rain and lack of sunshine
this spring? The cool temps here aren't helping either. The high
today was 63...sigh...
My cool weather crops like onions, radishes, broccoli, and cauliflower
are suffering due to the lack of sunshine and my warm weather crops
like my peppers, cucumbers, and tomatoes are just sitting there due to
the cool night temps.

About the only thing happy in my garden right now is the four heads of
romain.

Anyone else in the Midwest going through the same thing? Because the
weather in Illinois this years really stinks!


Wait until the weeds come out! I have so many weeds this year I am
overwhelmed. (We are dead nuts on the Pineapple Express.)

All the water/snow/ice killed all but four of my potato onions.
All my garlic and onions loved it. I will make a better bed for my
onions next years that won't flood so much. I like to make them a
little recessed so that I can spot water and the water won't run off,
but it bit me this year with the Pineapple Express.

Do you have good luck sprouting pepper seeds?

My garden is on the smaller side so I'm able to tarp it with weed barrier
and the mulch it to help keep the moisture in. This setup helps keep the
weeds out too which is nice.
I tried germinating peppers from seed for the first time this year. I was
pretty happy with the results. I put 2-4 seeds per pot and got most of
them to germinate successfully. It's a crappy pic but here are my
results.http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o282/fry_daddy/
DSCF5397_zps64qfsdbm.jpg
I have tomorrow off and plan on transplanting the larger ones into the
garden.

There is something about getting on your hands and knees and
feeling the soil in yours hands when you transplant a sprout.

Only my tomatillos and zukes have sprouted, plus a few black
beauty tomatoes seeds Southern Exchange gave me for free.
(Last year they gave me cabbage, that was a bust.)

The tomatillos and tomatoes only look like a green hair
so far.

I loved the picture. I can see the wonderful things in
their future!

What kind of peppers where they?