The Germinator

I decided to germinate my bush bean seeds instead of planting them. I put them in zip lock baggies with a soaked paper towel and the beans. They have already sprouted after a couple of days and some are already show the beginnings of their first leaves. I should be ready to plant them mid week next week.

It's a good thing that I did not plant them directly in the ground. We caught a light freeze that would have surely killed off any already sprouted seeds being so close to the surface. I covered all the veggies, but some still got damage. The interesting part is which ones suffered damage. Out of the tomatoes, the Hybrids lost leaves and the heirlooms were fine. The green bell pepper was fine, a hybrid, but the red and orange had some damage. Oddly the red and orange were further along pushing blooms out already. The basil lost their tops but the oregano did fine. Go figure.