Ok, here's my plan for this year. A lot like 2010, but with some additional fun!
This is a preliminary idea of what I'm going to grow. I may add or drop out something:
-Swedes, Brassica rapa. Sown in April-May. Great yield, easy to grow. My favourite! Homegrown Swedes taste very good.
-Parsley, Petroselinum crispum var. crispum. Sown in May. I'm not a big fan of herbs (not very efficient use of resources from a survival-point-of-view), but parsley is pretty fun. They yield lots and are full of nutrients.
-Beets, Beta vulgaris conditiva. Sown in May-June. Yield well, taste good. You can grow them pretty dense in my experience. Will give you a scare when you urinate after eating them.
-Squash, Cucurbita pepo nimba. The package says to sow them inside in jars in April, but that sounds a little late to me. Transplant outside in May-June. I tried these in 2010, but with no success. The things barely survived the transplantation, but they certainly didn't yield anything. Anyway, I hear squash yields well and is supposed to be a fun plant to grow. So we'll see how it works out this time!
-Tiger Tomatoes, Solanum lycopersicum tigrella. Pre-cultivate inside, starting in February (that means now!). Transplant to a greenhouse in May.
-Beans, possibly. Mostly for fun: some varieties become over three meters tall and must be guided as they grow. There are some logistical issues that I need to solve before I can begin a bean-project. I have limited space, and also, I'm a poor student >:( Last season I was working and the expenses from gardening were negligible.
-Bonchi trees. Bonchi means Bonsai + Chile. When I choose what to grow, the survival-factor weighs most (that's why I choose plants that yield well), but this is purely for my own amusement. I stumbled upon the Bonchi-concept when I was considering getting a proper bonsai-tree, and found this page: http://fatalii.net/growing/
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I was wonderfully delighted to see my Chilis are actually germinating. Here are the two first seedlings, the ones that were large enough to get any good pictures of.
One of the unknown breeds was first!
One Ramiro is also on the way.
Could someone please tell me what that white stuff is? A mold (home, mögel)? More importantly, should I do something about it? Pitäisiko tuolle valkoiselle kasvustolle tehdä jotain? Borde jag göra något åt den vita påväxten?
The red circle indicates a seedling. The unknown seeds seem to be of a quickly germinating kind! It will be most interesting to see whether they continue to display the same vitality later on.
