I see I didn't post much last year; this year I intend to keep our records of various breeding projects here, and since I intend for us to make some serious progress, let's get started.
Feb 2 2024 - we planted 2 pots Pusa Meghna original seed, 2 pots Pusa Meghna our own saved seed, 3 pots di Jesi, 4 pots Goodman, 3 pots All-the-Year-Round, 3 pots White Snowball, 3 pots Macerata (green), and 2 pots Romanesco (green). This is about 2/3 of intended early spring plants but remaining seeds are still in the mail.
The hope is that by planting them indoors, very early (I do wonder if this is early enough) we can get good sturdy plants to be planted out mid-March, into still cold and snowy weather (I do wonder if that is early enough, this year) and less light than they were getting inside, and so be induced to believe they have been through the winter and produce some seed once spring actually arrives. We shall see.
Feb 6 2024 - remaining expected seeds arrived, planted 3 pots Wallaby, 2 pots di Bassano Bonorivo, 2 pots Romanesco Precoce, 3 pots Violetto di Sicilia, and 3 pots Paco's Coloured/Mallorcan cross. All seeds from first batch up by today except Early Snowball and di Jesi. (Some signs of both on Feb 7th.)
Feb 10 2024 - All of first batch up save 2 pots White Snowball; Macerata poor. Reseeded some of both. First of 2nd planting up - 1 di Bassano. (Ferdzy's Fave tomato from first batch also up.)
Feb 17 2024 - All up save for 1 Wallaby. Fertilized yesterday for the first time. Starting to fear we have definitely started too late. Hoping for a cold spring, sorry everybody.
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