Although 90% of seedlings have been planted and are already grown enough to be considered adult plants, there are still a bunch of baby plants all around my garden and the yard. At this time of the season, I rarely have so many small plants in my garden. Usually, I’d start sowing around March and most of the plants would get big. This year, as I mentioned a million times, is different. This year I didn’t plan enough plants for my garden, so I had to sow more than initially planned, and now I have lots of baby plants around. Also, I’ve sown some perennial flowers that are just germinating so there are more baby plants to take care of. 

This time of the season is very moody, with lots of showers and temperature jumps and drops and it’s hard to grow baby plants in the garden, but as I said, this year is completely different and baby plants are just booming. Temperatures above 30°C(86°F) are speeding the germination process. Since the soil has not heated up fully yet, there’s no danger for the small plants to overheat. The cold period lasted a really long time this year, and the soil temperature in the shaded parts of the garden is barely reaching 20°C (68°F). This is why most of the veggies I’ve sown during the last 10 days are already out and growing, except for the parsley, which takes ages to germinate.

The veggies I’ve sown to fill up the garden are lettuces, celery, and chard. I’ve sown them all around the garden to every empty bed. I’m hoping I will at least get the chance to harvest some baby lettuce. The heat is a real enemy to the lettuce. It starts bolting as soon as the temperature gets too high, but like I said, the soil is still cool, so I’m hoping this will be enough to keep it growing well. Also, I’ve been watering the beds every evening to give them enough water and keep the soil cool. Morning temperatures are high enough not to stop the growth of the plants, even with the wet soil.

I’ve also sown some more zucchinis and watermelons to try and get a small zucchini jungle. I’m thinking that if I manage to grow big enough plants, they will be able to protect the soil around the roots from drying out, and they will produce more fruits. Maybe my plan will be a total failure, but it’s not like I had too many zucchinis last year.

Perennials have been growing well lately. I’ve watered them with organic fertilizers lately, so they are a bit brownish from them, but they won’t mind it. The only problem I have right now with the flower seedlings is that I constantly have to hide them from the storms. I used to carry the crates to the garage, but now I just hide them under the furniture. There’s no point in carrying them to safety when we can have a storm almost every day. Now I just slide them under the nearest peace of the furniture and slide them out when the danger is over. I should start transplanting the small seedlings to individual pots, but this will wait since I don’t have anywhere to keep them.

The baby plant story won’t finish here, once the now sown veggies grow big enough I will need to take care of the plants inside the covered nursery, and also I will sow a bunch of lettuce in seedling trays to have a late-production ready for late summer. One thing is certain, this year the baby plant story will never end.