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  Tomato (Micro-Tina x Dwarf Johnson's Cherry)
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2024 Spring
March 28, 2024: Miscellaneous Event (Today I pollinated a Micro-Tina flower with pollen from Dwarf Johnson's Cherry. Tagged the bloom.)
April 6, 2024: Miscellaneous Event (We have a nice healthy green fruit forming. I trimmed every other fruit and flower from the plant. )


Bunching Onion (Allium cepa 'Warrior')
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2024 Spring
February 7, 2024: Seeds sown (6 cells)
February 10, 2024: Seeds germinated
February 21, 2024: Potted up (These are still pretty small, but I went ahead and moved them up into 4" pots.)
March 23, 2024: Transplanted (I installed one of these into a raised bed. The rest are still in their 4" pots. Nice healthy plants with good roots.)

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Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan)
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2024 Spring
Received seeds from Desde mi Huerto. March 22, 2024: Seeds sown (Sowed 4 cells.)
March 27, 2024: Seeds germinated
April 11, 2024: Transplanted (Installed these into the north bed.)

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Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'California Wonder')
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2024 Spring
March 7, 2024: Seeds sown (Sowed an entire packet into a petri dish with a thin layer of moistened coco coir. Placed on the shelf in the grow tent.)


Sweet Chili Pepper (Capsicum chinense 'Sabrosito')
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2024 Spring
Obtained seeds from Desde mi Huerto. March 22, 2024: Seeds sown (Sowed 4 cells.)
April 10, 2024: Seeds germinated (That took a while. Got one seedling so far.)

Grows wild all around Puerto Rico but this farm is cultivating th

Culantro (Eryngium foetidum)
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2024 Spring
Obtained as seeds from Desde mi Huerto. March 22, 2024: Seeds sown (Sowed 4 cells.)

At maturity in zone 4b.

Hyacinth Bean (Lablab purpureus 'Ruby Moon')
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2024 Spring
January 30, 2024: Miscellaneous Event (Nicked 4 seeds and put in a jar of water to soak overnight.)
January 31, 2024: Seeds sown
February 3, 2024: Seeds germinated
February 6, 2024: Miscellaneous Event (Looking good and strong, 2 inches tall.)
February 11, 2024: Potted up (Put into 4" pots.)
February 26, 2024: Transplanted (Installed two of these into the landscaping. Will be watching weather for frost...)


Tobacco (Nicotiana rustica 'Limonka')
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2024 Spring
February 17, 2024: Seeds sown (Sifted very fine peat moss into a petri dish, soaked it nicely, sprinkled seed onto wet surface. Placed in the growtent under the light.)
February 19, 2024: Seeds germinated (Very high rates of germination. I pulled out 12 of them and potted them up into 4 pack cells.)
March 23, 2024: Transplanted (Planted these all over the place, mostly around my tomatoes.)

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Basil (Ocimum basilicum 'Everleaf Emerald Towers')
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2024 Spring
February 10, 2024: Seeds sown (Sowed 12 seeds into cells.)
February 14, 2024: Seeds germinated (Several sprouts today.)
March 12, 2024: Transplanted (Installed these in various places around the back yard.)

Micro Dwarf Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Baby'), ripe toms .5 to

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Baby')
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2024 Spring
February 1, 2024: Seeds sown (Sowed 4 seeds in DIY seed starting mix.)
February 6, 2024: Seeds germinated
February 21, 2024: Potted up (Potted into 4" pots.)
March 6, 2024: Potted up (There are 2 of them. Potted them into 1 gallon cans.)

Image used with permission of the Victory Seed Company.

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Dwarf Arctic Rose')
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2024 Spring
March 7, 2024: Seeds sown (Sowed an entire packet into a petri dish with a thin layer of moistened coco coir. Placed on the shelf in the grow tent.)

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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Dwarf Eagle Smiley')
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2024 Spring
March 7, 2024: Seeds sown (Sowed an entire packet into a petri dish with a thin layer of moistened coco coir. Placed on the shelf in the grow tent.)

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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Dwarf Emerald Giant')
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2024 Spring
March 23, 2024: Seeds sown (Sowed 16 cells of these.)
March 27, 2024: Seeds germinated (Got a few sprouts.)

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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Dwarf Firebird Sweet')
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2024 Spring
January 9, 2024: Seeds sown
January 16, 2024: Seeds germinated
February 5, 2024: Potted up (Moved them up into 4" pots.)
February 15, 2024: Potted up (These are growing really fast. I potted them up into 1 gallon buckets today.)
February 24, 2024: Transplanted (I'm taking a gamble. I transplanted these out into the garden today, near the driveway. They were fully rooted in their gallon buckets, large healthy plants. We may have frost in the future and I will cover if necessary. If a freeze threatens, I will actually dig these back up but I hope I won't have to do that.)
March 8, 2024: Miscellaneous Event (I see flower buds emerging on all 8 plants. Also it is starting to form suckers.)


Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Dwarf Johnson's Cherry')
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2024 Spring
January 23, 2024: Seeds sown
January 26, 2024: Seeds germinated
February 11, 2024: Potted up (Put into 4" pots.)
March 1, 2024: Transplanted (Put these into the raised bed today under black plastic.)


Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Dwarf Mignonne')
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2024 Spring
February 6, 2024: Seeds sown (Sowed 9 seeds.)
February 10, 2024: Seeds germinated
February 21, 2024: Potted up (Potted up into 4" pots.)
March 13, 2024: Transplanted (There are 7 of these plants and I planted them in the bed south of the garage. Placed a cattle panel behind them for tying.)
April 8, 2024: Bloomed (Quite a few open blooms out there.)

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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Extreme Bush')
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2024 Spring
March 7, 2024: Seeds sown (Sowed an entire packet into a petri dish with a thin layer of moistened coco coir. Placed on the shelf in the grow tent.)


Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Gajilete')
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2024 Spring
Obtained seeds from Desde mi Huerto. March 22, 2024: Seeds sown (Sowed 4 cells.)
March 27, 2024: Seeds germinated

Micro Dwarf Tomato Inkspot, one month old, 2.5 inches ... nearly

Micro-Dwarf Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Inkspot')
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2024 Spring
February 1, 2024: Seeds sown (Sowed 3 seeds in DIY seed starting mix.)
February 6, 2024: Seeds germinated (Got 2 germinated so far.)
February 15, 2024: Potted up (3 seedlings. Potted them up into 4" pots. Watered with kelp.)
March 6, 2024: Potted up (There are two still alive. I potted them both into 1 gallon cans.)

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Dwarf Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Laura #5')
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2024 Spring
January 24, 2024: Seeds sown (Sowed 24 cells.)
January 27, 2024: Seeds germinated
February 9, 2024: Potted up (Moved 18 of them up into 4" pots.)
March 2, 2024: Transplanted (Installed 15 of these into the raised bed on the north side. Kept 3 back in their 4" pots, and I will bump them up into 1 gallon containers and keep them growing indoors.)

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