The light freeze we had this week didn't effect me too badly, although i did see a light blanket of ice all over the place and totally panicked. The tomatoes got covered and the only parts that were really affected were the parts that were in contact with the sheet. So for next time i'll have to put up stakes or something so that no parts of my plants are coming in contact with the sheet. lesson learned. Hibiscus was fine along with everything else.
2 of the 6 four o'clocks have sprouted. yea! one of the marigolds so far. The jiffy greenhouse has algae in it so i propped the lid open so hopefully that will go away. I dont think the algae will affect them too much. I planted some of the nicotiana seeds i saved from my plants from last season along with some columbine (that were labeled as such, but look nothing like what i see online...). Nothing from them yet, but its only been like meh, a week or so.
Planted a poppy mix in a strawberry container. I have no idea how thats gonna go, but they can be winter sown i've read. the container is great b/c it has slots in the bottom already to suck up the water and a nice hinged lid on top. I put it in a container with water at the bottom so that the potting mix could suck it up when it needed it and i could have a bit more room to be careless.
Still waiting on the datura seed pods to be ready. i covered the biggest pod with pantyhose so just in case i miss it i won't lose any seeds. Theres a ton of people who want seeds so i'll have to save as much as i can. i'm a people pleaser, what can i say? i walked outside and it had fallen over and was dry. i freaked out and ran over to it like a mother if my child had just hurt himself. I hope that small drying out period isn't going to affect the pods. Oh, and some of the flowers didn't get pollinated so i think i'm gonna try to hand pollinate the rest of the flowers that bloom. I need to find a nice perennial vine that i like to cover the horrible side of the garage... i donno if this one is gonna fit the bill. I decided if i wanna grow more of it.
The tomatoes came out fairly unscathed through the cold weather. they still haven't really done much but i think that this season has been a good learning experience and i've gotten to see what varieties have out performed the others. I've been pleased with the roma tomatoes, sweet 100 and the better boy (in that order) and the beefmasters have been a grave disappointment. i'm not sure if it was that i bought it so late in the season or what, but i'll be very weary of buying them again....
