I took some advice from here and started peas last week in peat pots. Normally I don't like them as they tend to mold but I did want to try and get a jumpstart with the peas.
With the weather looking like spring this week, I'm hoping to get the pots into a garden bed maybe next Sunday.

With peat pots, would it be wise to cut most of the bottom out so the roots can expand into the soil ?

My tomato plants haven't grown much lately as the area they are in is kinda cool, approx 55 degrees.
That greenhouse project is definitely a go right after I finish up with stripers in late may.

Looking good Pen. 👍 I start in 4" flats and tend not to transplant. Eliminating 1 step.
The garlic beds are cranking. Don't see any dead plants from fall.
Probably be another 2 weeks before I pull straw back.

Got through that 2nd flat today. Looks like I'm going to have to expand my "nursery " area. 🙄. Started picklebush and straight 8 cukes. I'm planning on working the raised bed tomorrow. Get that lettuce and herbs in. Looks like this really cold is over 🤞.

Lol. That's the kitchen table and she wasn't home. 😆. The lights are in the unfinished side of the basement.

Wife went to  Dr last Summer and he had a hundred or more 8 ft plus Hollyhock around the office--she loved them.
When they matured I went and gathered some seed and planted a few dozen right  away.
They got about a foot tall before Winter and were last in the yard to die off, -
They are already popping up for this season--so far about 75% are showing,
Understand they will mature on the second year and had wondered if that first planting might fool mother nature a bit lol

I'm going to go back to the old days of indoor growing before LED. We used florescent lights that gave off mostly blue spectrum. That prompted growth during the growing stage. Once the plants matured, we used high pressure sodium lights which were in the red spectrum which prompted flowering and were for the finishing stage.

In today era, my LED lights have incorporated all spectrums at once but seem heavier towards the blue, even though they look purple.
If yours only have a choice of either, I'd go with blue. They will be going outside anyway once conditions improve

I can't get too excited about my garden right now. I don't have the setup like in the past for starting my seeds and yesterday we had snow and freezing rain.
A few years back I did over 100 tomato plants and it was WAY more than we could keep up with during harvest and canning.
I believe last year we had around 60 plants and even though we use sauce regularly, we still have about 20 quarts left.
Right now I have 50 plants growing and that seems like the right amount for us.

I do agree and see our local farm start tomatoes in the field around mid June with a September harvest. That I may do as well.

Peas are in and garlic is cranking. Freezer is stocked with beef to take us through until next March. Ohhh those steaks were soooooo good last night.

👍💪HT.

Its like 80° here today. My garlic looks great. All my plants look fantastic also. This weather keeps up and I might start to harden them off for an earlier start🤞

There are seeds that are prior to last frost planting. Lettuce, spinach, radish, peas, cabbage, carrots , onions, taters are all good to go. If you wait until May, they won't tolerate the summer

Very difficult to work the new phone.
Hope all your gardens are growing well

Lol. Bones and skulls😄. I have almost everything in. Just beans and some peas left to plant.

I covered all my tomatoes. Glad I did, we got a good frost.

Got everything in today but the peppers as the Mrs wants to baby them in the greenhouse another week. Now it better rain tonight and tomorrow morning like they’re claiming.
 
 
HT post something in the panfish or archery section and I’ll approve it then your post should show up here

 Talked my son out of the new 24' x 96' greenhouse. He bought 2 acres of flat tillable land with some woods and stream on the left side instead. He found a used greenhouse 20' by 60' for $500. Need to get out fishing at least once this week.