Transplanted my two pawpaw plants out into the yard. They’re starting to look stressed in their pots (1.89 litre milk cartons) so I dug a couple deep holes in a shady spot under the hop hornbeam. Soil is sandy there so they should like it. The taproot was easily a few inches longer than the carton. Probably 12” long.
Sowed a mix of greens, brassicas and edible flowers into the middle of the new herb bed.
Sowed a selection of melons and squash into 5” pots. Left in DIY germination chamber.
Kale, bok choy, turkish rocket, chiogga beets were transplanted into herb garden. Covered nightly for a week until nights reached around 10°C.
Bok choy took off — would transplant earlier next year and cover overnight.
Rocket is slow, but still alive.
Beets are stunted, not doing much but still alive.
Kale is OK, but is being outgrown by direct-sown kale planted a week later.
Planted Lapin cherry tree and a double haskap — berry blue and aurora. Transplanted a few Canadian garlic (wild garlic) around the sweet cherry.
Brought all the plants outside this morning. Tomatoes, peppers, kale, bok choy, Turkish rocket, chiogga beets, pink celery. Trees: Honey locust, turkish hazelnuts, pawpaws.
Planted two rows of small red and yellow potatoes. They were potatoes from Lufa farms that had sprouted in the cupboard. Planted about 6 of each.
Sow mix of saved seed: rainbow chard, brassica mix, kale, giant red mustard and borage. Sown in a corner of a newly made lasagna style garden bed; cardboard, leaf mould, light sprinkling of hardwood ash, compost.
Also sowed same mix in raspberry/garlic bed among the not-yet-growing raspberry canes.
Multi-sown beets are rolling along. Leggy though, as it’s not been warm enough to put outside in the sun. Hopeful we’ll get enough sun soon.
Planted a couple dozen asparagus seeds in a shallow tray.
Planted some kale into a wooden seed box I made. Soil is mediocre peat moss with vermiculite, but not much vermiculite. No bottom heat, just cool room temperature.
Multi-sown into a wooden seed box I made. Soil is mediocre peat moss with vermiculite, but not much vermiculite. No bottom heat, just cool room temperature.
Planted some pink plume celery into a wooden seed box I made. Soil is mediocre peat moss with vermiculite, but not much vermiculite. No bottom heat, just cool room temperature.
Germinated wild pawpaws are starting to breach the soil surface.
Seeds are from wild pawpaw sourced from Ontario. Seeds stored in moist medium in a plastic bag in fridge for 2 years, unsure of viability. Sown in moist coconut coir, with bottom heat.
Yellow plum cuttings taken from burned out estate in Kelowna, British Columbia. Cuttings taken in December. Planted into moist coconut coir after keeping in cold storage wrapped in moist newspaper. Lightly shaved off bark near base, and dipped in rooting hormone. Using bottom heat in a clear plastic tote to hold moisture and temperature.
Stakes were stuck into moist forest soil mixed with decaying wood shavings, and stored in a garage for almost 2 months before bringing inside. Stored in clear tote with bottom heat.
Planted 2 stakes into moist wood shavings and forest soil. Planted stakes were stored in garage for almost 2 months prior to planting.
Seeds are from wild persimmon, sourced from Ontario. Been refrigerated for 2+ years in a plastic bag, unsure of viability. Planted into moist coconut coir with bottom heat.
Stacked in a nursery pot, alternating with partially decomposed wood shavings (5-6 nuts in each layer).