May 25 Update

Gone 2 weeks and this is what happens.

Everything is getting so big

Pepper experiment

7 peppers in a 5 gallon bucket.  Lets see what grows!

What is causing this???

Update 4/20

Daily update

So the majority of my peppers are beign hardened off this week and will be replanted next week.  I still have some tomatoes and peppers under the lights.  The ones that are smaller and the orange habaneros which seem to grow slow but have nice leafs.  I planted 2 bush bean seeds today.

I also picked my first ripened strawberry today.  It was delicious.

Update

After a week or so outside hardening off, I've repotted the tomatoes.  2 Pink Brandywine in 5 gallon grow bags and 2 in 3 gallon grow bags.  Also repotted the chocolate cherry in 3 gallon and 5 gallon grow bags.

Update

It's been a few weeks since I've updated.  I've repotted into 3" pots and they are doing pretty well.  This morning I added the stakes.  They are currently getting 16 hours of light per day along with 2 hours of fan time to make them stronger.

Repotted the lemon and lime trees

Day #8

After 1 day under the lights the seedlings are standing upright towards the light. 

Day #7

All seeds have successfully sprouted.  They will now be under 16 hours of light per day until ready to go outside.

Day #5

Today I gave them some light.  They are definitely liking the light and I can see activity in almost all of the seedlings.

Fruit Trees

This past weekend I went to the home and garden show up in Del Mar.  I got the idea to do patio fruit trees from a vendor there.  While there I received a coupon for a complimentary rose plant at evergreen nursery.  I also picked up a dwarf Meyer lemon tree and a Bearss lime tree.  Both in 5 gallon pots and probably about 2 years old.  I am going to repot them this weekend.  Both are full of flowers and smell pretty amazing.

Day #4

Day #4

Day #4 - As you can see the sprouts are coming up real quick.  These are the Pink Brandywine tomato and there is some activity in the soil in a few of the peppers and also the Cherry tomato.

Day #3

Day #3

Day #3 - As you can see on the left side sprouts of started to pop out of the soil.  The Pink Brandywine tomato are the first ones to show.

Day #2

Day #2

Day #2 nothing going on yet.  Still on the heating mat.

Day #1

Day #1

Day #1 I've added the seeds into the starter pellets and placed the tray on a heat mat.  The heat mat will stay on until I put them under the lights.  Note that the light is not on yet, just set up. 

My Project

This year I decided to start my garden from seedlings.

What I'm using:

Seeds from Ohio Heirloom Seeds

Tomato:

Pink Brandywine 

Chocolate Cherry Tomato

Peppers:

Sweet Hungarian Pepper

Stavros Sweet/Hot Pepper

Jalapeno Pepper

Cayenne Pepper

Orange Habanero

70 Cell Jiffy Greenhouse starter kit

Heating mat

Grow Lights