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Eggplant With Three Seed Leaves

Posted on Friday 27 April 2018 by brianbreczinski

One of my eggplant seedlings has three cotyledons or seed leaves.  I’ve found extra seed leaves on my vegetable plants before, but only on cabbage family seedlings (see previous posts Seed Coats, Seed Leaves, True Leaves, & Mutant Kale and Mutant Mustard). … Continue reading →

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Huge Seed Leaves

Posted on Thursday 26 April 2018 by brianbreczinski

I planted ‘green tiger zucchini’ summer squash for the first time this year.  I was surprised to see that they grew huge seed leaves, or cotyledons, that are much larger than those of other squash I’ve grown.  I  measured the leaf … Continue reading →

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Radishes Are Up!

Posted on Monday 04 May 2015 by brianbreczinski

Most of the radish seeds that I planted a week ago have come up. In the middle right of the photo, there are a couple of mustard seedlings.  They are “volunteer” plants, i.e. they came up from seed produced by … Continue reading →

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Okra, Herb, & Tomato Seedlings

Posted on Thursday 23 April 2015 by brianbreczinski

The seeds that I planted last week have been coming up over the past few days. Big okra seeds produce large, strong seedlings. All of the herbs seem to have germinated well except possibly the parsley.  Where two seedlings came … Continue reading →

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Basil, Tomato, Pepper, & Eggplant Seedlings

Posted on Thursday 16 April 2015 by brianbreczinski

My seedlings have been growing well.  They are in front of a west-facing window, but fluorescent lights provide a total of ten hours of additional light in the morning and evening.  Without the artificial lighting, the plants would be spindly … Continue reading →

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Peppers Are Up!

Posted on Thursday 26 March 2015 by brianbreczinski

The ‘sweet banana’ pepper seedlings were the first to emerge yesterday, but now the ‘Takiis Ace’ and jalapeno peppers are starting to come up too. I planted these seeds on March 14th, with the early tomatoes, which have been growing … Continue reading →

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Early Tomatoes Are Up!

Posted on Saturday 21 March 2015 by brianbreczinski

Three of the four tomato seeds I planted a week ago have germinated.  I don’t expect 100% germination, and three should be enough for one group of tomatoes. Even though I am providing ten hours of overhead light each day, the … Continue reading →

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Weeding & Thinning Basil

Posted on Saturday 28 February 2015 by brianbreczinski

My ‘gecofure’ sweet basil seedlings have been growing and now have some true leaves.  It’s been a month since I planted them. Today, I decided to remove the plastic wrap and pull the weeds that have been growing very well. … Continue reading →

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Basil Seedlings

Posted on Sunday 08 February 2015 by brianbreczinski

The basil I planted a week ago has been sprouting over the last few days.  So far, they haven’t produced any true leaves, just seed leaves. A few other plants have come up, because I planted the basil in the … Continue reading →

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Transplanting Herbs & Planting Okra

Posted on Thursday 12 June 2014 by brianbreczinski

The theme this year seems to be “better late than never.”  On Sunday (June 8th), I finally transplanted the herb seedlings that I started on April 12th.  I put them in three different places.  The basil I transplanted into garden … Continue reading →

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