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No soil on top. Mulch would be fine, but no soil. The whole idea is to keep sunlight from enabling the young plants to grow, and if they do germinate, very few can penetrate the barrier (huisache and mesquite being obvious exceptions). If you get a thick enough weed barrier, then mulch is unnecessary, other than from a purely aesthetic aspect. But think about this- mulch and copperheads have similar coloration. Copperheads would really stand out against a black or dark gray background. I prefer bare weed barrier.

If you can start the seeds soon (this weekend), I think you'll be right on time. I'm ahead of schedule which just means I have to manage larger plants inside. Not ideal.

Plan to start around the 2nd or 3rd week of march. Be prepared to cover them all if we do get a frost.

Thanks again guys, where do you guys prefer to buy seed? I have a lowes, tractor supply , and a russel feed store near me .

So in my mind one seed makes one plant ? So I need to figure our how many plants per row and that gets my seed count?

I also need to figure out not only row spacing but space between each plant on each row

Sow more than what you want per row some may not sprout . If you get 100% sprouting then just thin the weak one's out.Got a mesquite tree close by ? If so when your mesquite tree buds you are safe to plant in most case's . Mother nature will tell you lot's if you listen .

If I agree with anything Dr. Parsons says, it is is planting times. You could just wing it like we are doing, or follow a guide like this

https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/earthkind/ekgarden14.html

After learning here last week (after planting my seeds) about soaking pepper seeds...I realize my cayenne, bells, and jap seeds are not sprouting like the other plants. I better start soaking a batch tonight and get them sowed.

I soaked and planted my second set of peppers 9 days ago I think it is. Only one of the 9 I planted has sprouted. These pepper seeds have been a PITA. If they don't sprout by the weekend I am going to do the paper towel method. Google/Youtube it. Seems pretty simple and appears to work pretty good.

Ok I lied. I got bored and started some seed using the paper towel method tonight. As they mention and I've read this a lot some pepper seeds could take a month to sprout put in soil and this should speed up the process. So the ones I have in the soil could and probably will still sprout. This is what I did. I put my on top of my DVR. It puts off a lot of heat.

Just transplanted my pickles and yellow crookneck squash into the new garden box. Gonna let all the others build up some more roots.

Where do you guys buy your seeds?

Depends on if I'm looking for a specific verity. Crapyetr put me onto Improved Porter Tomatoes last year and loved them, elcoyote, esq. put me onto White Scalloped Squash this year. Not verities you typically see in stores. I bought my peppers and porters from Reimer Seeds online. And the squash from Baker Creek online. I buy my dill and radish seeds from the feed store or local nursery or wherever.

Thanks

Organic seeds are little harder to find. I think I found mine at Home Depot. I was too late to order some GMO Free seeds.....next year I will order them.

You are aware that almost every seed you buy, including organic seeds, are in some way, genetically modified, right? The old farmers harvested seed from the best and strongest of their crop, ignoring the weaker, lower production plants, thereby modifying the genetic makeup of the seed that is now being sold and planted.

Got my seeds ordered from reimer last night , tomato , japs,squash,raddish,cucumbers . Have no idea what I bought because there's so many variety.

10 t post set today ( four beer job) , time to make rows in my 16x36 tilled area. Should I make my rows 16' or36'?