Okra. all of the seeds have germinated. The first were Burgundy. They germinated in one day. North + South hybrid were 2nd, even though the seeds were about 5 years old. Every container now has germinated okra seedlings.
Four O'Clocks. All but one of the containers have seedlings. I think the germination rate was around 30%. Some have 2 sets of true leaves, some are at cotyledon stage. If more than one germinate per container I separate them. They seem fairly durable for seedlings. Acclimating the larger ones to outdoors, north side of house out of full sun, during the day.
Tomatoes. The rootstock seedlings have yet to germinate. Those are one year old. The Lemon Boy container has one seedling. Age of seeds - maybe 6 years? Guessing.
I'm becoming more conservative with tomato varieties. Thinking mainly grow the proven ones. Today I started
Lemon Boy, Better Boy, and
Supersweet 100 will be this year's mainstays. If I can find seeds or plants,
Sungold. Then a plant or two to experiment with,
Cherokee Black - I always try, they are good, but now I'm back to liking the big red ones better. Also, Italian Heirloom, Mexican Midget, and a few others but mostly the mainstays. Tomato seeds are in 4 inch pots on the heating mat.
Peppers. Winding down from the "starting" phase. I putted up some plants into larger containers. Maybe keep them containerized and keep one or two in containers I can keep in the sunroom next winter. Setting larger ones outside as for the four o'clocks to acclimate.
