Stalks tender but trying.

All four gardens well in process with over 80 plants planted out in Staten Island, East Village Manhattan, Fort Greene and Boerum Hill Brooklyn. Yeah! Hopefully up to another 50 to add if things go well. I think I took some of the plants too quickly from indoors to out. I overestimated the importance of temperature and didn’t think enough about stem strength and wind. Many plants look teeny and spindly when planted outdoors but thankfully they seem to mostly be surviving and thriving.

Bought a batch of seedlings from chileplants.com at the last minute. Now that I see how full and healthy their plants look I really feel like my indoor babies are starting out weak. But hopefully they will toughen up. A week of coolish temperatures and massive thunderstorms may cull a bunch of the weakest transplants. Very exciting to see these gardens coming together.