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Nice that you show your troubles. It is a constant learning for all of us. Appreciate you

Frugal tip, instead of buying labels, find some busted up metal window blinds. Cut those up into labels…you’ll get a ton and they last forever.

I used to buy a cheap plastic table cloth to cover my table. When I finished potting I just pick it up and empty on the lawn. Not much mess to clean. Work smarter not harder.

Hi Becky. I see you water the plants and also put water into the tray. That is not the way to water. This way, they end up with their feet in water, and that's what plants don't like. You either water on top or a little water in the trays, not both. Always check after an hour if there is still water in the trays. If so, empty them. That should solve the overwatering problem.

I had this issue after I disinfected the soil with hot water. For some reason this throws the soil off. All my plants germinated and many of the life seemed to be sucked out of them till they died. I feel like the boiling water makes the disease in the soil exacerbate. I had dahlias as well and they died eventually too.

I would check out the channel Gardening in Canada. She is a soil scientist and does a great job describing problems with soil media. People are confused about the boiling method. We WANT our seeds to germinate in a sterile medium, because studies show that it is more likely that bad bacteria/organisms can cause dampening off. However, once germination is accomplished, we no longer want a sterile medium. It is then we want to add fertilizer and then up pot. Seed starting mixes from the store are sterile for a reason. However, plants do need soil nutrients once they start taking off. I would guess you are overwatering…overwatering prevents nutrient uptake. It is like we are drowning the roots. You will get it figured out. And however you choose to grow in the future, it is your call to make. Thanks for sharing! I am so glad to hear your tomatoes revived! ❤

I wonder if the seedlings struggled because of the boiling water killing some of the good stuff in the compost, that would make send on why the dahlias and petunias did better once they were up-potted.

When you bottom water you need to come back and drain the excess water so the plants won’t be sitting in water for long.

Red solo cups are great for your tomato seedlings. Look up videos on using the double solo cup method. The roots will reach into the lower cup finding water, instead of wrapping around in bottom of planting cup.

I just want to apologize for a not real nice comment I made quite a while back. I admire you so much! You do so much. I don’t know how you do it. You deserve everything you get. I do notice you have tons and tons of energy and need control you put a lot on yourself. But your food looks so good and you learn so much. I wish I could do a fraction of what you do Of corse I am a lot older than you, I admire you and am proud of everything you’ve accomplished. ❤

When I repot my tomato seedlings I just go to the dollar store and buy some plastic cups. Melt a hole in the bottom or drill a hole thru a whole stack at once. You can write on the cups and dispose of them after. I reuse them for a few seasons before I need to dispose of them.

Start saving plastic containers for up potting, reperposing yogurt containers for instance, just drill some drainage holes.

Hello!! Txorizero peppers are a very popular variety in the north of Spain, specifically in the Basque Country. We usually wait until they are completely red before harvesting, then we dry them. It is very common to see them hanging in the outside of traditional basque houses. You can enjoy them throughout the growing season: fry them when they are still very small and tender, use them in stews when they are green but bigger and enjoy them red. Txorizero pepper paste is used to make, like the name says, chorizos. But we also use them in many other traditional recipes.

One year I did 100 Roma tomato plants and did 360 quarts of tomato products. Was canning forever!

Bottom watering helped me a lot with over watering. And disease leaves

Becky,when I run out of trays,I drill 3 holes in the stack of red solo cups,I get them at dollar tree easy n cheap n work perfectly plus you get a deep plant with tomatos.

I’ve had tomato plants that looked like that before. When I up potted I made sure the stem was in deeper. Then I pinched off the bad leaves and they can back beautifully.

The tomato seedlngs look like they were over watered. Accounts for the yellowing and the dampening off. Your soil blocks may be too heavy. It would work better in plug trays with a lighter soil. The stems are purple and that is a phosphorus deficiency. There is also nitrogen deficiency all probably related to damage to the roots from over watering. Spots on the leaves probably bacterial spot. Some varieties are resistant. Again indicating too much humidity. 3 eggplants are plenty, they are very productive. They actually need about a 30 inch circle of space. They can be over wintered . In frost free climates they get about 5 ft tall and live about 8 years, but I replace them after three because production drops. It is a common ingredient in Asian cuisines. The yellow pepper seedling may still be salvageable. If they get in good soil, it does not take long to recover. They are heavy feeders. If it is warm enough don't up pot, just put them out. They grow slow on top but the roots are growing faster.

You have a great green thumb. When I first grew my tomatoes sprouts I used to water them from the top and they turned yellow I talk with a tomato grower and she said with sprouts you never want to water them from the top. She said to plant the seedlings in a small container place them in the bigger container that you carry with others and put water in that bigger container and let the sprouts in the small one soak up the water then dump the water out when the soil is good and damp. I hope that helps next year.

You can & should take the seed leaves off your peppers and plant them deeper than you are planting them. They can make roots all along their stem also(like tomatoes) (professional bedding plant grower from Minnesota) love your channel & that you love to learn new things!!!😊