Got mine transplanted to 4” pots the last couple days. I’m at about 4” on avg. it’s easy to maintain with peppers at this point as they grow slow. I’ll start tomatoes, cukes, squash and whatever else on another rack in a couple weeks. They grow so fast it’s a little more difficult to keep the lights at distance. I’ve had them grow up into the lights with no issues. Though I’m using basic high kelvin shop lights. Each setup will probably be a little different. My lights add right at 2 degrees to that area when on.

Looking good! My setup is much more primitive.

this is what i have now...any ideas for strawberry plants like the one that is covered...dang squirrel and birds will eat'm up


needing some raised beds for strawberries at my lake garden

couldn't wait with this beautiful weather, put in some tomatoes in wall-o-waters, stuck some jalapenos in the dirt, scattered some lettuce/spinach seeds, buried some squash seeds, then caught a 2 1/2 lb bass on a 12" worm...dang, whata day

dug a hole, buried the mater up to the top leaves, mounded dirt around it...the green one is done


closeup of the plant


set a 5gal bucket upside down over the plant, put the w-0-w over the bucket, fill the tubes with water, slip the bucket out of the w-0-w


finished product, perty neet huh

Derek,

What week are you going in the ground with squash and maters?
It’s awful tempting right now even though I’ve been gardening forever and it always freezes again.
Awful tempting. What you think? I’m just a tad west of metro area…..

i've got squash up in my garden at Lake Murvaul, as you can see above, i have tomatoes in wall-o-waters doing great, i also have lettuce/spinach up...what does it hurt to plant early? if it freezes, oh well, plant again...if not, you're ahead of the game...Derek learned from me, right Derek?

I hear ya Searcher. I'd be itching to plant this weekend. My saving grace is I'll be out of town. I will be looking hard at the 10 day and long term forecast come the 18th. As of now I don't see anything not stopping NTX from planting. But things can change quickly. If you rock out now just have a plan to cover them if need be the next couple weeks. I don't think we will see another major freeze from what I've seen, so covering should be pretty simple and easy. I do see a 43 deg low on the 10 day and that's at DFW, the concrete corridor. Outside of that it could be a bit more chilled. Overall if you have grown custom seeds and looking to transplant, I might wait another week and see how it goes. If its a common box store transplant and easily replaceable, I'm taking the gamble and planting.

My tomatoes have doubled in size since I put them in the ground Feb 28. If I can sneak them past the next 6 nights I think they will be off to the races!

Did you use any gas from that gas can on them?

i planted mine on Feb 28th also, in wall-o-waters, and they are doing great also; what variety are they? last year sucked for tomatoes so maybe this year will be double good

I have 2 Early Girl 2 Celebrity 1 Improved Porter and 1 Tycoon

Lemon and Lime are cranking out the blooms. Brought them in the garage in case of hail.

Maters going in the ground Tuesday
Still working on squash in the house. Prolly wait two more weeks to put them out once they come up good

I think I babied my maters thru this last cold snap and they are looking good, Even have 4 blooms on the Early Girls. I will cover tonight and then they are own their own!

Buttered Lettuce - I ate one of those buttered lettuce heads that comes live with the little root ball attached. After eating all the leaves, I stuck the root ball in my garden bed. Any chance it will re-grow and be able to eat again?