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    Your 2026 Garden

    Apparently it was two stuck together, because Pot #4 finally had a sprout peek through the soil today. So guess I’m 5 for 4. 🤪
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    Your 2026 Garden

    One of my tomato pots is getting the stink eye right now. There is what looks suspiciously like another tomato seedling at the base of the first seedling. 🤨 Best guess is they were two seeds stuck together or else I accidentally dropped the seed for Pot #4 into Pot #3 because that one remains...
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    Your 2026 Garden

    For thinning I usually cheat and just put one seed per pot to begin with, or if they’re too small for that (EX: oregano) I just let them duke it out among themselves. :oops:
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I am currently at 3 out of 4 tomato seedlings. They got moved under the grow lights.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Sounds like you’re going to be doing well as far as syrup! Do you need to do anything about the holes in the trees when you’re done or do they just seal up on their own?
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    jerryse already responded but I’ll answer anyway. Scarification is the removal of part of the seed coating to allow water to access the seed more easily, and by extension trigger germination. So you take your pumpkin seed and rub it against sandpaper or trim away a little bit of the edge until...
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    What's your favorite source for heirloom seeds?

    Seed swaps, seed libraries, and for purchase I’ve had good luck with MIGardener. I also got some Montreal Market Muskmelon seeds from Fedco last year that did well, and this year I’m trying some Fish Peppers from Baker’s Creek, we’ll see how that goes.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Two of my tomatoes sprouted! Two more to go! :yesss: My peppers haven’t done anything either yet. I haven’t done pumpkins or cushaw specifically before but did you scarify the seeds? (I feel like I asked this before. If I did I apologize for the repetition.) I did that with most of my big...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I know I’ve been strongly reconsidering what I’m going to plant. The major part of my garden maintenance is looking like it will need to be put off regardless and the rest isn’t supposed to be until September. I was going to stick to short season stuff or things small enough to move easily -...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    The 48 hours of soaking is done although I’m not sure why it turned the water green. 🤨 It’s planted now anyway. 🤷‍♀️ It’s on the heat mat with the peppers but that 80 degrees might not actually be warm enough in the long term. 🤔
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    MIGardener sells seeds!
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I had meant to plant the coffee today, but I neglected to check the packet until I went to check the planting depth and apparently it needs to soak for two days! So I guess that’s going to be a Tuesday thing. At least I got the pot prepped.
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    Your 2026 Garden

    Why not all three? 😉
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    Your 2026 Garden

    I got my pepper seeds started and the first round of tomatoes too: For later reference: Yellow toothpicks are Cayenne Blue are Fish Red are Ghost The ones without toothpicks are Silvery Fir Tree Tomatoes They’re on a heat mat set at 80 degrees currently. The plan is to move the tomatoes into...
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    Native gardeners in the southeastern US

    I’ve heard the leaves of the spicebush can be used in tea. Has anyone tried it? What is it like?
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    Your 2026 Garden

    +1, or if you remember what you planted and just not which is which, post pics and see if anyone here recognizes them.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Prepped a bunch of paper towel rolls today to use as seedling pots this weekend.
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    Your 2026 Garden

    The first year yes, I got enough to make cayenne powder for myself for a year. Last year no, but none of my warm weather crops did well last year - too cold all summer. My cayenne got to be about a foot tall, maybe a bit more, but nowhere near 3-4 feet. I will note that my hanging basket is...
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    Your 2026 Garden

    I think you can do closer than that, I had 12-14 cayenne plants in a space that was about 1.25 square feet.
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    Your 2026 Garden

    First bean bloom of the year! (With a cameo from a potato.) I tried growing some jalapeno from a hot pepper blend seed packet. I only got one pepper off of it and it didn’t have viable seeds so I haven’t tried growing them again. Poppers sounds like an interesting idea though. 🤔 I think...
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