Habanada Pepper

2024-05-13 Seeds

I planted more habanada seeds from the Row 7 Seed company. They will take about 10 days to sprout and require warm soil conditions. I placed them on a Vivosun 10" x 20.75" mat next to the 2024-05-13 batches of midnight roma tomatoes and sweet prince tomatoes

I forgot to water the seedlings and they were noticeably wilted. I gave them a nice soak with the spray bottle, so I wouldn’t disturb the soil too much, and they bounced back.

Most of the plants have recovered from underwatering, but not all. The plants were watered twice using the misting spray bottle and the healthier plants were given water with a very small amount of liquid fertilizer.

The seedlings look bad. I don’t think I packed the seed starting mix hard enough in the trays so it is sinking. It’s also not dense enough to soak up water from the bottom trays and move it up to the seedlings, which have not established their roots deep enough.

I gave the plants in the garden bed an extra deep soak and completely filled the bottom trays with water for the plants that haven’t been transplanted because I will be out of town for a few days. It’s going to be hot so I need to make sure they have enough hydration.

The plants in the garden bed are huge and the ones that haven’t been transplanted look pretty good, too.

I transplanted 4 more plants into a new garden bed with the 2024-05-13 batches of sweet prince tomato, midnight roma tomato, sweet garleek, and basil.

I watered the plants with a new type of fertilizer, Fox Farm Big Bloom, and a Cal-Mag Plus, which is a calcium, magnesium, and iron plant supplement.