jelly bean tomatos-2 or 3 per peat pot. Thin out later. Plant out after cold weather has passed. 1 bush per seed.

top sirloin hybrid tomato-As above.

pink radish-Should be planted where they will grow. Don't like transplanting. Wait till the soil warms outside or plant in a 6" deep tray and move it outside on warm days. Bring it in if nights are cold. One radish per seed, plant close together. No need to use jiffy pots here, just some seed raising mix on a bed of good soil.

tendergreen burpless cucumber-One or two per peat pot. Thin later, transplanting once cold weather has passed. One plant per seed.

danver carrot-plant where you want them to grow in deep well cultivated soil with no manures in it. Don't like transplanting. One carrot per seed.

mustard, inda-not sure. Is it for salad greens? It's a great green manure crop. I think you can sow the seed outside once the weather warms the soil a bit. I doubt it would transplant well. Probably the same as for the radishes would work ok.

black beauty eggplant- as for tomato

dixie hybrid squash-as for cucumber

zucchini elite hybrid squash- as for cucumber

parris island cos (romaine) lettuce-As for tomato.

and 1 jiffy 72 peat pellets starter- bear in mind that these peat pots have no nutrient value so a very weak brew of liquid fert wiil be required every week-10 days once the plants have their first set of true leaves. If the seedlings get "leggy" they need more light. Keep max sun up to the seedlings to aid their transition from inside to outside. Seeds do not require light to germinate. They require warmth. Over 15 deg Celsius is a good minimum.

This is a pretty rough guide. Good luck. Maybe try a few of each a week or so apart until you get the hang of it.

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Crikey, haven't you got enough to do?
Not sure about the dandy greens. If you're growing everything indoors from start to finish, your biggest problem is going to be light. I just read back thru your other topic and got the jist of what you are trying to do. I thought you were just trying to germinate indoors then moving outside after winter. All my info above re transplanting etc should still work ok. Light is, as suggested, gonna be your biggest challenge. The seeds will germinate ok. I'd suggest again that you start small with just a few plants. Please be sure to do the electrical setup safely and make sure your circuits can handle the load you're going to need to put on them. Don't piggyback double adaptors and such. If in doubt call an electrician before setting up. Some grow lights can pull a lot of current so if they trip your circuit breakers, find out why. Pleeez:)

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Yes, I had asked about the lighting system too,
very critical if you are only gardening inside....
Also, don't forget about the tinfoil and mirror's too for light reflection!!!

Weezie

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oh, myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
((I THINK))

Alright, we gotta talk seeds first...
Have you done any reading up on the type of seeds and which seeds need lighting and the depth to plant each type of seed and to cover or not to cover with dirt, etc????.
And the hieght of the lights over the plants/seedlings as they grow a bit you have to elevate the lighting...

Weezie

P/S I would love to talk about those babies... but I gotta keep on track of the seeds for you...
(***I get off track so often around here)

I do want to say though, I'm sure at some point trying to garden and all those sweet precious wee~one's will be a bit much for you....
Have you thought about the organic foods in the grocery stores/???
Organic's have very strict guidelines they have to adhere to to be able to put "ORGANIC" on their labels... maybe do a little bit of checking into that.... The organic growers put alot of work into growing thier foods, some times they don't always look that great, but you know pretty much with confidence that they are healthy to eat....

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I sure hope you have some volunteers lined up to help with all this.

You might check around and see if someone close by plants a large garden, could be cheaper to buy from them.

Here in the summer all veggies are cheaper than planting and growing them my self, the only thing I plant is some tomatoes, orka and bell pepper. Corn for instance requires alot of water and my water is high, but when corn is in season I can get 12 ears for 1.00. I usually buy about 15.00 to 20.00 dollars worth and put in the freezer at season time.

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Connie,
Will you ever have any access to the outdoors come summer time for the plants???
Just curious????

Also, you're doing the jiffy seed pellets right now, do you have any bigger pots???

And what have you gotten for dirt???
And how much have you gotten for dirt???

I got some very large pots at The Family Dollar store last year....Square, rectangle and round...
*I had to drill holes in them too though*
Got a couple almost reasonable priced at Wally~World too...

But for things like carrots, you want it to be reasonable deep.. *like the length of the carrots in store???*

For one plant of zucchini, you're looking at about 2ft wide at least?????

(I'm an outdoor gardener, I usually put 3 plants to a hill, but don't think you'd have room for that???)

The cucumbers, you need some type of system to be able to climb up.... Did you see the one set of pictures I posted somewhere's of how they grew vertically????

The romaine lettuce can be just grown in a large pot, I grew mine in a window sill type rectangle one for my mom..... The root system on those aren't deep...

Tomatoes *My personal favorites* can get up to 4ft or higher!!! I grew them in 5 gallon pails..
drilled holes in the bottom and found some casters at the dollar store for a buck *although they did bust by the end of the season* but good to wheel around if different lighting is needed..

I have never grown eggplant, so I am not sure about that....

The raddishes your 10 year old should like doing, they sprout fast and grow and produce fast....
The bulb it's self is not deep into the dirt/pot but it will have a deep tap~root...but small or fine in texture, like yard almost..

Weezie

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Was thinking about this one on the way home from school just now....
Have you done any reading up on hand~pollenating?
You'll need to know a bit about that too,
for pollenating the flowers to make fruit!!!

I haven't grown sweet pototoes, someone has, I remember them talking about them?? Can't remember.

Now, do you know how to do the potatoes??
You plant them in the dirt, then as the green plant grows out of the ground/dirt, you continuously throw on more dirt over the top...
as the plant keeps coming up the soil, it'll spend out it's potatoes along the way???
You need a really deep pot for those, maybe even a mini barrel...(no light should be exposed to the potato/fruit, as it causes it to turn green and is actually poisonous..... I can't say it's that harmful, we get green potatoes in the store all the time, but with a hubby that's sick, just be sure you peel off alllllllll the green skin on your potato...

Weezie

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when I grew sweet potatoes, I bought a bundle from wal mart and planted plants, not seeds.

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