Operation Urban Rooftop Farm – Week 2

 

Well apparently I got a great batch of seeds, because these puppies are growing like weeds.  In just one week I’ve gone from seeds to well established seedlings.  Owen’s nursery is apparently a decent place to call home.  The plants that have really done the best so far are the pole beans and tomatoes.  Everything else is fairing quite well too, including the crimson-stalked Swiss chard, which are by far the most visually appealing seedlings as yet.  What I find to be incredibly interesting is that despite being very different plants when mature, all of these plants look more or less identical after one week of growth.  The pole beans are the outlier here.  They are making every other plant look bad.  My brown-nosed pole beans are growing at an incredible rate…they are already in need of repotting.  The only plants that have not exploded with growth are my peppers.  The cayenne peppers have just barely sprouted, and I’ve seen zero action from my orange bell and habanero peppers.  Hopefully this won’t be the case in next weeks post.

 

The seedlings above are mostly my tomato plants.  I have been watering daily, making sure that the soil never feels dryer than a damp sponge.  Also, I just introduced my plants to sunlight yesterday.  I put them in a spot that gets only a couple hours of direct sunlight per day, thereby introducing my plants to sunlight gradually.  I plan on repotting my pole beans this weekend, putting them in cleaned out, quart sized yogurt containers.  I am going to put stakes in with them to give them the support that they need.  These beans are climbers, so they need something to climb on.  I will not be posting until after March 15th, because I am heading to Spain with the rest of the Delicious Attack crew for a week.  There will be PLENTY of material posted upon our return since we will be exploring the new “it” food region in the world.

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