Winter Greens

Under the tent is
Burpee Lechuga Vivian
Seed Savers Merveille des Quatres Saisons
F-M Collards
F-M Kale
Seed Savers Susan’s Red bib
Burpee Little Gem lettuce
Seed Saver’s Arugula
Seed Saver’s Winter Density Lettuce
Seed Saver’s Spinach
Burpee Spinach

Forty days gets me mid-November. If things stay mild, could be eating through December.

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Update on starts

On day three, I watered from above. Today I thinned plants — my hotdog fingers cannot manage to get a single seed in the whole — and soaked the bottom with 4/5 water and 1/5 nutrient solution. I find thinning plants, whether in the rockwool or outside, to be disheartening. After all I’ve had success in getting them started and now I have to kill some of them?

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