Note: This is just an annual documentary of the seeds I sow for my plants sale and for my edible garden in 2026 with all the months in one listing to make it easier for me to relocate for reference starting with the most recent data. This is also a guide to help my seed buyers get an idea when to sow the seeds they purchased from me if they are in zone 9B and 10A.

4. April 2026:

• Basil ETT: Everleaf Thai Tower (sown 4/26)
• Basil ELB: Everleaf Lemon Basil (sown 4/26)
• To-be-tested basil varieties: BH
  BH1.
  BH2.
  BH3.
  BH4.
  BH5.
  BH6.
  BH7.
  BH8.
  BH9.
• To-be-tested heat-tolerant vegetables: V (tray #-row#)
  V1-1.
  V1-2.
  V1-3.
  V1-4.
  V1-5.
  V1-6.
  V2-1.
  V2-2.
  V2-3.
  V2-4.
  V2-5.
  V2-6.
  V3-1.
  V3-2.
  V3-3.
  V3-4.
  V3-5.
  V3-6.

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• Seeds I Direct Sow:

Purple Dove beans (4/23) in left raised bed next to arch, Lemon Basil randomly in tomato pots (4/26)

• Pepper tray 1: P1-P18 (4/23)
• Pepper tray 2: P19-P36 (4/24)
• Fried Chicken pepper tray: x18 (4/24)

Germination data: TBD

• Grace’s Pretty Flowers
  F1.
  F2.
  F3.
• Ethan’s Pretty Flowers
  F4.
  F5.
  F6.
• Snow’s Edible Flowers
  EF1.
  EF2.
  EF3.
  EF4.
  EF5.
  EF6.
  EF7.
  EF8.

3. March 2026

Vegetables (sown 3/24):
V1-1. Broad Leaf Sorrel (poor germination)
V1-2. Crown Daisy (tong ho)
V1-3. Mizuna (Japanese summer mustard)
V2-O1. Baby Bubba Okra
V2-O2. Heavy Hitter Okra
V2-O3. Louisiana 16-inch Long Pod Okra
V3-B1. Yard long bean: Akasanjaku
V3-B2. Romano bean: Bai Bu Lao
V3-B3. Soybean: Tankuro
V4-A1. Pink Beauty Amaranth
V4-A2. Red Stripe Amaranth
V4-A3. New! Chinese Multicolor Spinach
V5-1. Gordini F1 lettuce
V5-2. Reno lettuce
V5-3. Deer Tongue Lettuce
V6-1. Spinach: Green Stem Malabar
V6-2. Spinach: Red Stem Malabar
V6-3. Vietnamese molohkhia (rau đây đỏ)

2. February 2026

• 36 Tomato Varieties (sown 2/11): Need to sow more of my favorite varieties due to customers’ requests

• Kids’ 18 Sweet Melon Varieties (SM) (sown 2/11): Reduce to 12 varieties next year – Make one tray for small size sweet melons, and the other tray for medium-large sweet melon varieties for next year. This year with all the difference sizes of melons mixed up in the listing didn’t make it easy for me to transplant.
  SM1. Japanese Tiger Melon
  SM2. Golden Crispy Melon (small)
  SM3. Dino Melon
  SM4. Kazakh Melon (small)
  SM5. Golden Honeymoon Melon
  SM6. Mango Melon
  SM7. Tigger Melon (small)
  SM8. Rich Sweetness 132 Melon
  SM9. Hami Melon
  SM10. White Lanzhou Melon
  SM11. Diplomat Melon (Louann)
  SM12. Lambkin melon (3/22)
  SM13. Japanese “New Melon”
  SM14. Sakata Japanese melon
  SM15. Kajari Punjab melon
  SM16. Thai Melon (transplant 3/22)
  SM17. Ha’Ogen Melon
  SM18. Kiwano Rund (jelly) melon

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• Kids’ 6 Watermelon varieties (WM) (sown 2/14): 3 small varieties and 3 big varieties
  WM1. Lemon Drop
  WM2. Black Jewel
  WM3. Leanlanu Sweetglo
  WM4. Orangeglo
  WM5. “Whatamelon Hybrid” (cross between watermelon and sweet melon)
  WM6. Gold in Gold Hybrid

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• Cucumber tray (sown 2/14):
  C1. Good Luck F1
  C2. Sikkim
  C3. Jibai Shimoshirazu
  C4. Itachi F1
  C5. Pale Armenian
  C6. Armenian
  
• Squash (Sq) tray (sown 2/14): Summer squashes are for spring, winter squashes are for summer – confusing huh?! =) – for next year, I need to make sure to sow 3 summer squashes first and then 6 winter squashes.
  Sq1. Red Uchiki Kuro (winter) – I am growing this
  Sq2. Zuchini Rampicante (summer) – I am growing this
  Sq3. Shrek Hybrid (winter)
  Sq4. Peanut (winter – pumpkin shape)
  Sq5. Honeyboat Delicata (winter)
  Sq6. Lemon Squash (summer) – I am growing this

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• Herb Basil (HB) tray (sown 2/14): Basil seedlings did not do well, start seeds in March instead.
• Herb (H) tray (sown 2/14): All herbs sprouted.
  H1. Cilantro: Snow’s cilantro
  H2. Cilantro: Leisure Splits
  H3. Dill: Elephant
  H4. Dill: Thalia (TBD)
  H5. Parsley: Evergreen
  H6. Sage: Broadleaf
  H7. Culantro
  H8. Lovage
• Eggplant (E) tray (sown 2/16): No sales, so just sow one of each for my garden unless someone request for a seedling – sow in March instead of February when weather is warmer for faster germination result.
  E1. Orient Express F1
  E2. Millionaire F1
  E3. Taiwanese Ping Tung
  E4. Feng Yuan
  E5. Casper
  E6. Aswad
  E7. Jewel Marble
  E8. Listada De Gandia

• 1010 Spinach tray: Quit sowing cold-hardy spinach seeds in February (tested Winter Spinach, Kolibri F1, Tragopan F1 – germinated well but there were too many pest issues.)
  
• 1010 Mustard Greens tray: Only sow Mizuna and Red Giant Mustard, and new varieties in February
• 1020 Vegetable tray 1: Only sow Fujiyama F1, Tong Ho, aborted the others
  V1. Cauliflower: Fujiyama F1 2/15
  *V2. Yu Choy Sum Green
  *V3. Choy Sum Purple
  V4. (V6. Tong Ho (Crown Daisy) 2/15)
  V5. Sorrel: Large Leaf 2/15
  *V6.Chicory: Full Heart Escarole
  V7. Kale: Black Magic
  V8. Collard: Flash F1
• 1020 Kohlrabi tray: ( )
  Result: Blauer Speck and Terek F1 are heat-tolerant and grew fast, aborted White Vienna, Purple Vienna, Azur Star, and Giant White. Test Beas F1 and Konan in fall.

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• Seeds Direct Sown: Carrots: Uzbek Golden, New Kuroda Shin, Rainbow F1, Glow Stix sunrise Mix (2/16), Daikons: D1-D4, Altari F1 (2/16)

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