Seeds Planted on Porch 11-6-04

In shallow bowl planter:	In oval planter:
Lettuce ‘Queensland’ in middle	Radicchio ‘Rossa di Chioggia’
Lettuce ‘Nevada Greenleaf’ around outside
	In 7-gallon pots:
In 5-gallon pots:	Turnip ‘Red Milan’
Cucumber Cornichon ‘Cool Breeze’ (2 pots,  4 plants per pot)	Beets ‘Action’
Cucumber ‘Diva’ (1 pot, 4 plants)
Carrot ‘Uberlandia’	In Cottage Cheese containers:
	Calabaza (Tropical Pumpkin) ‘La Primera’ (2)
In 3-gallon pot:
Potato ‘Zolushka’ (pelleted seed)	In Yogurt containers:
	Tomato ‘Equinox’ (1)
In 1/2-gallon pots:	Eggplant ‘Bride’ (1)
Papaya Sunrise (3)
	In long planter:
In 4” square pots:	Lettuce ‘Simpson Elite’
Tomato ‘Kewalo’ (1)	Lettuce ‘Cimmaron’
Tomato ‘Tropic’ (1)	Lettuce ‘Olga’
Tomato ‘Striped German’ (1)	Lettuce ‘Redina’
Italian Edible Gourd Cucuzzi (2)	Lettuce ‘Freckles’
	Lettuce ‘Slo-Bolt’ mix
In 6” pots:	Lettuce ‘Summer Mix’
Moringa ‘PKM-1’ (1)	Arugula
Watermelon ‘Black Tail Mountain’ (2)	Arugula R. selvatica
Watermelon ‘New Orchid’ (1)	Peppergrass / Upland Cress
Watermelon ‘Mini Jubilee’ (1)
In Flat #1 – 9 cells 3” square:	In Flat #2 – 9 cells 3” square:
Chiquapin Hot Pepper (whole fruit)	Tomato ‘Sweet Chelsea’ (2003 seed)
Unknown Pepper, self-collected seed (probably same as below)	Tomato ‘Yellow Pear’ (1999 seed)
Perennial Small Yellow Hot Pepper	Tomato ‘Yellow Pear’ (2003 seed)
Sweet Pepper ‘Chocolate’	Tomato ‘Opalka’
Sweet Pepper ‘Feherozon’	Tomato ‘Italian Gold’
Sweet Pepper ‘Carolina Wonder’	Tomato ‘Sungold’
Pepper ‘Pasillo Bajio’	Tomato ‘Sausage’
Pepper ‘Mulato Islena’	Tomato ‘Black Prince’
Tomato ‘Sweet Chelsea’ (1999 seed)	Tomato ‘Homestead’
In Speedling Tray #1 – 12 rows of 6 cells each:	In Speedling Tray #2 – 12 rows of 6 cells each:
Rattail Radish	Onion Bunching ‘Crimson Forest’
Tomatillo 2” yellow (not sweet)	Onion Bulbing ‘Super Star’
Tomatillo purple (not sweet)	Roselle
Tomatillo ‘Pineapple’ (1” sweet yellow)	False Roselle / Cranberry Hibiscus
Chard ‘Bright Lights’	Cleome ‘Violet Queen’
Chard ‘Rhubarb’	Cleome ‘Violet Queen’
Kale ‘Red Russian’	Cosmos ‘Sensation’
Kale ‘Nero di Toscana’	Marigold ‘Lemon Star’
Broccoli di Rapa ‘Novantina’	Sunflower ‘Apricot Twist’
Collard ‘Top Bunch’	Sunflower ‘Vanilla Ice’
Kohlrabi ‘Kolibri’	Zinnia ‘Giant Dahlia Blue Point Mix’
Mustard Greens ‘Red Giant’	Zinnia ‘California Giant Pink’

I also pre-sprouted seeds of Dill 'Dukat', Bulbing Fennel Florence 'Fino', and Flat-Leaf Parsley 'Prezzemolo Gigante d'Italia'.  This involves wetting a paper towel, squeezing it out so it is just a bit more than damp, then scattering seeds across it and folding it so the seeds are inside.  I place the paper towel in a platic bag and lay it on top of the refrigerator, which generates a small amount of heat.  Unfold the paper towel every few days and check for a white 'tail' of root beginning to show from a significant number of the seeds.  As soon as this happens, plant these sprouted seeds in soil.  This shortens the germination time of difficult seeds like parsley and results in more actual plants for your trouble.

For the progress of this planting, as well as further comments on tasks to be done this time of year, see Germination of Seeds.

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