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| Durgan |
Tomatoes 2008Tomatoes 2008http://chazaf.notlong.com/ 31 January 2008 Starting tomato seeds. Pictures of method. Two plants of each of the following varities were chosen: Cherokee purple, Mortgage lifter, Better boy, Burpee big boy, Black krim, Black prince, Pilgrim, Japanese momomato, Better boy, Pink girl, Green zebra, Japanese black treffle, Marglobe supreme, and one plant of Sweet million. Three seeds were placed in each pot, and the stronger will be chosen when they germinate. The other two will be cut off at soil level. A total of 27 plants. The plants will be put in garden soil about the 24 May 2008. |
| Local lass |
we keep are tomatos in the green house.
i picked up the wrong packets of seeds as i picked up cherry tomatos which i dont really like. ares are not going in untill the middle of feb. |
| Martin Peck |
Dont sow them to early they suffer badly with the cold temps.
Martin |
| Local lass |
do you do out door or in martin? |
| Martin Peck |
I do them to sell plants in pots and won't sow any until March.
Later sown plants growth will catch up with early sown plants and they grow on better. Beware any annual plants in garden centres they sell 2 lots 1 to die as people will plant at holiday times and1 lot to live. Never put any bedding plants out until the 2nd week in May. Martin |
| Local lass |
do you grow anything else martin? |
| Martin Peck |
I don't grow much at home not really a veg man. I have worked in horticulture since I was 15 went to Lackham as an apprentice. Have 7 silver medals at Chelsea. Now teach special needs students horticulture. |
| Local lass |
wow little did i know we have a expert gardener on here .i shall know where to come for advice now :wink:
7 silvers is hell of a acivement . :D |
| Durgan |
http://chazaf.notlong.com/
The little plastic bags keep the humidity level high, and the pots need no watering. The other choice is to keep a high humidity level in a growing room, which is difficult in a living area. Probably humidity does more to encourage germination than soil moisture, and since the seeds are close to the soil surface, the seeds tend to dry out rather quickly if not in a high humidity environment. The top of the clear plastic covers are opened when the seedlings are about one or two inches high. I use this procedure for all my seed starting and it appears to promote germination without further care until sprouted. All the tomato seeds have now sprouted, except for mortgage lifter-first time grown. Some plants are an inch high. This is four days from planting to germination. This is evidence that the little miniture plastic bag greenhouses really work. Seeds planted on 31 Jan and all up on 4 Feb. |
| Durgan |
http://kaile.notlong.com/ 27 February 2008 Pictures indicating tomato seedling growth |
| Martin Peck |
TomsWhen you prick them out plant them deep just below the cotyledon leaves. They will put out roots from the stem and give a stronger plant. |
| Durgan |
http://caewa.notlong.com/ 11 March 2008 Transplanting Tomato Plant.
The tomato plant is placed into a larger pot about one gallon size. This pot will be placed in the greenhouse, until ready to place in the garden about the 24 of May. A coffee filter is placed in the bottom of the pot to preven earth from spilling out the drain holes, and a plastic bag is place around the outside of the pot to prevent water seepage, whilest kept inside the house.The first leaves are cut off, and the plant is placed in a paper bag to keep the roots contained so the roots are not disturbed, and the tomato plants is covered with earth to slightly above the first leaves. Roots will form from the buried stem. |
| Durgan |
http://zeila.notlong.com/ 16 March 2008 Moved to Greenhouse. It warmed up a bit.
http://ohdoho.notlong.com/ 20 March 2008 All Tomato plants now in greenhouse. |