We picked up 5 more shop lights this week. It’s amazing how much light that seed starting rack puts off now. I call it the artificial sun.

If that wasn’t enough, we stopped by IFA in Riverton today… $100 later, we’re planting even more seeds (and we have “all” the seeds we’ll need this year). Now I’m not only going to need more lights, but probably another whole rack when the seedlings get big enough to need a little more space.

So, today we planted:
24 Hungarian Yellow Wax Peppers
24 Big Jim Peppers
24 Tomatillos
24 Sweet Red Peppers
12 Eggplants (Ichiban Hybrid)
12 Big BerthaHybrid Peppers
12 Cherry Tomatoes
8 Spaghetti Squash
4 Banana Squash

And here’s what has sprouted:
22 Jalapeno Peppers
20 Big Boy Tomatoes
19 Brandywine Tomatoes
13 Orange Sun Peppers
12 Banana Peppers
11 Pepperoncinis
10 Cherokee Purple Tomatoes
9 Poblano Peppers
4 Anaheim Peppers
3 Habanero Peppers
1 California Wonder Pepper

Still nothing has sprouted from the crappy Jiffy soil. Isn’t that just pathetic? That’s 288 seeds that probably won’t sprout. The lack of sprouts in the Jiffy soil probably played a large role in convincing us to buy more seeds and seed starters today. I’m still very frustrated with Jiffy.