{"id":40,"date":"2016-03-07T23:52:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T07:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/146.190.38.139\/?p=40"},"modified":"2023-05-09T13:03:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T20:03:13","slug":"seeding-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/?p=40","title":{"rendered":"Seeding tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/146.190.38.139\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160305_175844016_iOS.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-41\" src=\"http:\/\/146.190.38.139\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160305_175844016_iOS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Seeds\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160305_175844016_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160305_175844016_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160305_175844016_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s that time of year again to start thinking about warm weather crops. Seems to me that this spring is early and the winter was pretty mild. Before I can seed any seeds, I have to make quite a few brail labels and sort everything out to stay on the organized side. I don\u2019t like to plant tomatoes without knowing what I am growing. After all, isn\u2019t the whole point in growing tomatoes from seeds to pick the best varieties, best tasting, the most productive etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/146.190.38.139\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160310_032705758_iOS-e1457581126145.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-51\" src=\"http:\/\/146.190.38.139\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160310_032705758_iOS-e1457581126145-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Seeding tray with seeded tomatoes in individual 6 cells, with soil and labels\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160310_032705758_iOS-e1457581126145-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160310_032705758_iOS-e1457581126145-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160310_032705758_iOS-e1457581126145-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Here is my 2016 list of tomatoes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Sun Gold<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Sweet Million<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Black Krim<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Mortgage Lifter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Gold Medal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Amish Paste<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Siletz<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Super Sioux<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Yellow Pear<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The list is not very extensive, but includes cherry, yellow, black and different red tomatoes. The Siletz are especially interesting because they are supposed to be self-pollinating and quite early. 2 of above varieties are returning from previous growing season, black krim and sun gold. Sun Gold is number 1 in sweetness and Black Krim just perfect tasting beefsteak for summer salads and sandwiches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u201cEcclesiastes 11:4 &nbsp;He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s that time of year again to start thinking about warm weather crops. Seems to me that this spring is early and the winter was pretty mild. Before I can seed any seeds, I have to make quite a few brail labels and sort everything out to stay on the organized side. I don\u2019t like &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/?p=40\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Seeding tomatoes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pacNN8-E","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblindgardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}