Spring.I have been quilting the last few days while listening to a digital book: David Baldacci's Camel Club. The suspense got to me and I couldn't "put the book down". By the time I checked on the plants, the Roma tomatoes are 2'' tall and the beets are even taller! So, I had to scramble for supplies to transplant them. I had to get some potting soil, made some labels out of a coke can and an old plastic membership card by cutting them in strips, and made pots from newspapers.
Betty, a friend (way back from nursing school) had mentioned about a "Potmaker" tool to make her own pots. I think it's meant for seed starters but I made 3" pots from newspapers using a soup can. Sitting on a tray, it's manageable moving them around. Will they last until May 17th (our official last frost)? I hope so; otherwise, I'll have a big mess to clean up!
There were different reusable containers I saved from the recycle box: cookie packaging, take-out roast chicken container, milk cartons cut to about 4" tall (not shown). The individual round & square ones I bought from the Garden Club's sale table-about50 pots for 75 cents.My total transplant inventory count: Roma tomatoes 29, 'Tiny Tim' cherry tomatoes 30, Beets 8 (all the seeds were viable but I decided to discard them & direct sow more when the time comes), Basil 41, Lavender 14, Zinnia 2/12, and Coleus 0/12. The 2 annuals were old but I thought I'd see if they survived being in the fridge for years!
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