First day of indoor seed planting

Last year we bought two Burpee seed kits, containing a heating pad, a tray and a cover. We have plenty of 3" plastic cups, so used those as the planters. We were all ready to start planting our seeds for this year. We first drilled a couple of holes in the bottom of the plastic cups to allow water drainage. Then we added our dirt. Dropped one seed in each dirt-filled planter, covered it a little bit, then watered. Placed the cover on the seed tray, which was already sitting on top of the plugged-in heating pad. Ready to rock n' roll!

Here are my plants that I just seeded indoors. Two habaneros, two poblanos, 16 giant jalapenos and 16 cubanelle peppers. I can't wait to see them sprout through the dirt!

Getting ready for the 2013 gardening season!

Today is the start of my growing season! I am a little late this year. Usually I start at least 2 months ahead of time (Mother's Day planting in ground). This year, I was away for a few days in Maui and didn't want my seedlings to go without water, and perish. Which brings us to this day. My gardening day.

I'm going to do something different this year. I am buying tomato plants instead of growing them from seed. For a few years now, I keep getting blossom end rot on at least 50% of my tomatoes. It's not the soil. It's not just because roma (shape) tomatoes usually have that issue. I grew Mortgage Lifter tomatoes from seed last year and got the same problem. They were nice round tomatoes and still had the problem. So now, I will try just growing a plant and see how that turns out.

But, on the other hand, since I've never had a problem with growing peppers from seed, I am going to grow my usual jalapenos, poblanos and cubanelles, and one new one. I never grew habaneros before, but my husband wanted us to try them.

and 

As you can see, I am a Burpee fan. And yes, I did buy my tomato plants from Burpee.com - A brand new tomato plant that I can't wait to try. The SuperSauce Hybrid Tomato.   

http://www.burpee.com/vegetables/tomatoes/paste/tomato-supersauce-hybrid-prod003154.html

Let's see if I get blossom end rot on those suckers! I can't wait to get them in. Well, closer to Mother's Day, I hope!

More pictures to come! 

Happy growing!