A short but exciting update
Tomatoes (and peppers? and potatoes??) for the balcony orchard
A surprise as my tomato seeds germinated from one day to the other. And maybe also my pepper seeds? Plus a curious plant that gives both potatoes and tomatoes!
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3 min readMay 11, 2022
In my latest article reporting the evolution of my garden, I briefly disclosed my disappointment about my tomato and pepper seeds not growing. I even mentioned that I would have to get some plants myself.
So right yesterday morning I went for a couple of plants, left them under some shade in the balcony, and went to work. When I came back late in the afternoon I was ready to plant them in their pots when I discovered this:
Tens of tomato seeds had germinated in one day! These have been very warm days with max temperatures passing 25 C, which probably helped. Here they are:
