Lots of Growies Greening

Lots of Growies Greening

The heat pads kept the greenhouse alive during the new years cold. I tried to use the electric block heater; but with the lights and the pads there was not enough juice. I had to leave the block heater off. No problem. I did not even put the cloches back on because they seem to make a pressure cooker for the green plants. Everything thrived.

Many plants will need to be repotted. Nothing came up in the rockwool. I put it in the trash. Almost everything came up in the dirt. Everything that was planted in wax paper cups will need to be repotted because the bottom of the cups is falling out. Many of the other plants are outgrowing their containers. Styrofoam cups seem to be the best containers. They can be written on to label the plants. They don’t dissolve in the warm water. They fit well into the flats.

The garden is still not laid out for spring planting. I need one more pickup truck load of leaves to finish mulching. The design in my head keeps changing. Changing the direction of the rows is making new challenges. Companion planting worked really well last year. I had way too much basil; but it was fun to give it away. The squash plants survived longer than they have before. We did not have enough zucchini or tomatoes. Do I need to plant more or do something to make them more productive?

David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com/ , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.