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Durgan · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject: Tomatoes 2008

Tomatoes 2008

http://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.

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Durgan. Brantford, ON, Canada Zone 5B
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Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2606 Status:

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 · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:32 pm Post subject:

Dont sow them to early they suffer badly with the cold temps.
Martin

Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2606 Status:

do you do out door or in martin?

Martin Peck · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:44 am Post subject:

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 · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2606 Status:

do you grow anything else martin?

Martin Peck · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject:

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 · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2606 Status:

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 . Big Smile

Durgan · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject:

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.
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Durgan · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:13 pm Post subject:

http://kaile.notlong.com/ 27 February 2008 Pictures indicating tomato seedling growth
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