As with most of y'all seed starters, I've been busy (in my own very small, limited way). In my DIY gro station (in my living room ), I have: 22 marigolds, 23 tomatoes, 6 chinese asters (3rd year in a row failure) and 24 zinnias (the replacements for those missing asters). . all in their final month!! The grand plant out (with the extras going. . . elsewhere!!! hehehe) is around May 1 for ALL of them!!!

#1 sowing set-up (pic is 2015 but same for this year)


Other pics are of this year's seedlings

any updates?

yes, I grew out 22 tomatoes (~10 varieties), kept 9 for MY Tomatoe Jungle and gave away the rest. Pics are posted in Vegies forum, thread Hybrid Tomato Reports...elsewhere, complete pics are posted in Photo Gallery forum at tomatoville.com undder user name Roman.

My past and present experiences with Chinese ast3ers is in this forum, under thread "propagating advice for chinese asters??"

the Naughty Marietta marigolds were an unqualified success, as usual. This was the 2nd year I used that seed and had almost the same germination rate. They all survived & thrived: thery are now in my gatrden with each plant producing 5+ blooms. (those can be seen at the edge of MY Tomato Jungle pics at tomatoville)

Current, up-to-date pics are postponed until I recover from my fall. I broke a bone in my spine, so am relying on a collection of friends, garden helpers and neighborws to get by until I can resume y gardening.

OUCH!! That sound very painful. Do you expect to recover fully? Please take good care of your back until then!

I'm so sorry to hear about your fall. Hope you get better soon and thanks for the update.