Comments on Growing Ideas with Johnny's Selected Seeds: What's New At The Farm? 6/17/09

Hi Michael, I passed your question on to Ben in o...

2009-06-22T18:19:38.953-04:00

Hi Michael,

I passed your question on to Ben in our call center. He has some helpful suggestions:

The best place to start is the chart on pg 4 in the catalog (or virtual catalog here: http://www.johnnyseeds.com/Catalog/OLCatalog08.html). The bottom section of the chart shows vegetables that typically are grown from transplants.

Assuming the crop is one that is able to recover from the transplant shock without ill effects, there are several reasons to begin your garden with transplants including:

1) The crop matures slowly and the frost-free season in your area is short.

2) The final spacing of the crop is far apart, and managing its growth for the first 6 to 8 weeks in the greenhouse or cold frame is much easier than cultivating a large area of garden.

3) Insect predations on the emerging crop are so severe as to greatly hamper its early growth in the garden (typically cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower).

4) Transplants minimize the time the crop is actually taking up space in the garden, so more than one crop per year can be grown in the same space.

5) And of course if you don’t have a greenhouse, you can purchase the seedlings at a farmers’ market or garden center and create an “instant garden”…..

Hope this helps, Benjamin W

Hi Rich, You're right. It's because I get swamped...

2009-06-19T17:35:01.288-04:00

Hi Rich,

You're right. It's because I get swamped. I'm sorry to be a bottleneck - I'm trying to get better about it. :)

Question: Can you help me find out which seeds I ...

2009-06-18T10:29:37.947-04:00

Question:

Can you help me find out which seeds I can start into seedlings and which strictly have to be planted as seeds if any? We did lots of different types as straight seeds into the soil. Some have rocketed, some are struggling.

Is there an "Ask Johnny?" section or can you point me in the right direction?

Thanks.

I've noticed that your blog entries generally appe...

2009-06-16T18:49:27.244-04:00

I've noticed that your blog entries generally appear in blocks of three or more posted at the same time, many weeks after the date of the first posting. For example, weeks 6/3, 6/10, and 6/17 were all posted within three minutes of each other on 6/16. Five weeks of entries were posted on 5/26. This is fairly consistent. Not complaining, but it just seems a bit odd - and makes it a bit difficult to follow along - also means the reader has a short novel to read once every month or so instead of nice little articles once a week. Is this intentional?