Fall Veggies

Yay, my Burpee order came yesterday, so I can get some more seeds going.  I got...

• Radishes, "Crimson Giant," alleged days to maturity: 29.  (Not 30, why would you even say that.)
• Pak Choi, "Toy Choi Hybrid," days to maturity: 30 ("Radish, stop being an overachiever.")  The Bok Choy I planted already (the only one that is actually growing; what did I do with the others?) is looking kinda big, more like a grocery store Bok Choy.  I want the babies, the ones that are twice the price by weight.  
• Chicory (Radicchio), "Red Verona," days to maturity: 85.  That's a long time.  That's like... almost 3 months.  If I plant them now, I don't get them until mid-November.  Well, I better do it right now.  
• Spinach, "Harmony Hybrid," 42 days.  Why did I buy these again?  Oh, right, they were on sale.  If I plant these today, I should have spinach in early October, so that's cool.

I planted a tray of the baby Choy and put them under the light.  And now I'm reading the package and it says "Harvest in 30 days," and also "seedlings emerge in 10-21 days," but they're supposedly direct-sow, and usually Days to Maturity refers the sowing as the start date for those.  How could you go from germination to maturity in 2 weeks, for anything that's not lettuce?  I guess I should keep an eye on it and see what happens.  I'll also do a tray of the Radicchio.  

I planted 2 rows of Radishes next to the Kale that I have in a long container.  I figured the radishes would be a quick turn-around, and the kale can be a longer standing plant.  I also put a row of radishes behind the basil in the raised bed, but now I'm thinking that might not be so great- the basil is going to be there for a while, and I don't want them to block the sun for the radishes.  But whatever, I can keep sowing them every week or two.  

I transplanted a tray of Romaine into another long container, the 24" one.  (Actually just 5, the 6th never germinated.)  And I added some of the Mesclun seed tape around them, so hopefully that starts to look nice.  Next I need to transplant the other Radicchio starts into a container, I guess the 32" ones.  Maybe I'll add Spinach in next to it.  And I have some Kale starts in various containers.  

I started what I hope will be a pretty container I can give to mom.  It's that big square one, and there's a border of Mesclun, and then a border of Spinach inside, and then I'd like to put a Swiss Chard in the middle.  I've only got like, 3 weeks.  If I can't pull it off, I guess I'll just be getting her a real present.