The peppers are starting to look like real plants, and most have their first set of true leaves.

Our eggplant seedlings are finally coming through. We replanted them on March 15th, and they finally started to sprout at the very begging of April. We transplanted the seedlings to individual pots on April 7th, and we’ve been watering them on and off with Kelp Tea and PlanTea.

Tip for next year: Eggplants, okra, and peppers need to be started before the tomatoes. The eggplants and okra will need lots of heat to germinate – most of the seed packages say 80-90F! Placing a heating pad under small sprouting trays may just do the trick.

Tomatoes, broccoli, and fianlly some eggplants (in the front right). Seems like the rest of our seedlings are growing nicely – not quite as fast as the crazy tomatoes!

I haven’t taken pictures for a while… mostly, things have just been slowly growing. I bought some Kelp Meal and PlanTea for the seedlings, and we have been adding them to the water about once a week for the past month. Most things are still slow-growing, but these Romas, Cherry Tomatoes, and Early Reds are nearly out of control!

I had to get gallon-sized pots for them, and we transplanted the huge tomatoes in mid-April. My hopes are that they will hold off flowering until we set them out in early June!