The Wind Blows Where It Wills

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I got some wonderful tomato seeds from David's Seeds in San Antonio — ten different varieties. 


With youtube guidance, I started the seeds under my new grow lights.


I had great success — almost 98% germination rate. The next move was to be into the garden. Here's where I failed to follow my thus far dependable youtube advice. Between seed starting and planting in the garden the seeds should have been transplanted to larger pots, hardened off outside for a few weeks, and then planted. The plants looked so strong and healthy that I skipped those steps. They went straight into the garden, and into a windstorm which beat them up ferociously. I lost more than half of the plants. It was a sad lesson to learn. 


Luckily, I had repotted a few plants, and they are hardening outside. After the next bout of rains, I will move them to garden, hopefully, with more success.


I have repotted about 50 lavender plants, also grown from seed, and they will soon spending some time hardening before they also get planted in the garden.




Also awaiting their turn to find a place in the garden are nasturtiums, marigolds, and zinnias 
(all grown from seeds). I just hope the March winds treat them all a little less harshly.


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