Plant reproducing

I kept seeing these on my Aerogarden grow deck.



I could not see anything on the plant that looked like this, so I thought they were mosquito eggs. I took the AG apart and I sanitized everything I could. I even treated the vincas with insecticidal soap.

The next day they were back. I cleaned them up. They came back again. And again.

I reached out to the Aerogardeners on Facebook and one woman said they are seeds.

I looked carefully and although well camouflaged, I found seed pods!

Fresh seed pods:



They dry out, then fall off the plant. The seeds fall through to the grow deck but the dry pods land on leaves, which is why the mystery.

Dried pod:



Inside of a pod. See the indentations?



This is so cool!

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Heat for germination

Trying something different this year. I've been reading up on seed starting and came across seedling heat mats and thermostats. I have had major hit & miss with seed starting so I thought I'd give these a whirl. Here we have 2 types of onions, 2 types of tomatoes, and two types of peppers.

Took me all of a minute to figure out the heat mat and thermostat, and in less than 5 minutes, it started fogging up I'm there. I'm excited!

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Cool season crops

My few cool season crops are doing well. Turnips, radishes, and cabbage!

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Vincas

I have vincas in the Aerogarden now. They have been in there for a long time, and this is just ONE plant. They are so cheerful.

Potted plants producing

I'm very happy with the health and production of my potted plants.

Bell pepper



Eggplant



Jalapeno



And the watermelon, although they don't look like much, they are vining and blooming so maybe I will get a watermelon this year. I hope so!

Sprouts a'sproutin

Onion, turnip, swiss chard, radish, squash


Watermelon (struggling)


Cabbage

Hello World

5 rows of seeds were planted in this bed just 4 days ago and already 2 whole rows have sprouted. And a few sprouts in the smaller bed are starting to come up too! (Too small yet to see in a pic. )

We planted red onions, turnips, radishes, swiss chard, squash, and cabbage. I've grown turnips before (just a few) and they did well. I have also grown squash before, which were all affected with a fungus and died of rot (never got fruit on the plants due to leaf rot). The other vegetables that we planted, I have never grown before. Boyfriend claims cabbage is super easy, radishes are just as easy as turnips I am sure, and I have a coworker growing swiss chard right now. He said that it's a piece of cake to grow.

So I'm hoping for great success. I usually don't thin my plants, but I think I am going to this time, to see if I will have a better result.