This past weekend we worked on our seedlings. We transplanted our Giant Romas from 3-4 in a tiny pot to single plants in larger pots.

It was a bit incongruous since it snowed all weekend: April 9, 2016.

We also bought yet another shop light for a fourth row of sprouts!

We noticed that our spinach has started to go to seed. We think its because they are under the lights 24/7. It is Tyee spinach, a hybrid that is supposedly slow to bolt. Sending up a flower after the second leaves is ridiculous but is no big deal. We will pinch off the flower and maybe they will continue to grow. If not, we will plant more. The recommendation is to plant spinach seeds every 2 weeks for a continuous harvest. We usually do a buzz cut at the soil line and they will grow more leaves.

We also planted some new seeds- Roma VF and San Marzano. Both are Italian style plum tomatoes for making sauce.

Maybe today we will make some compost tea to fertilize our little plants. Stay tuned….