Growing too fast?

suvoth · April 13, 2014

I am growing tomatoes (cherokee purple, caspian pink and sweetie cherry tomatoes) as well as King of the North bell peppers. I am a newbie, first timer and I live in zone 4b. I read somewhere to start seeds 6 to 8 weeks ahead of time from last frost (mine is May 20th). So I began my very first attempt at germination of my seeds on the 20th of March (24 days ago). Well...here's the ting, they are doing too well! My plants are huge already and I am wondering how I can slow them down a bit without damaging them? I already intend to stop fertilizing them (gave them originally 1/4 strength and then 1/2 strength a week apart). They came up essentially from ground on the 7th day of germination so they are only 17 days old

April 13, 2014	#1
suvoth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Canada 4B Zone Posts: 71	Growing too fast? I am growing tomatoes (cherokee purple, caspian pink and sweetie cherry tomatoes) as well as King of the North bell peppers. I am a newbie, first timer and I live in zone 4b. I read somewhere to start seeds 6 to 8 weeks ahead of time from last frost (mine is May 20th). So I began my very first attempt at germination of my seeds on the 20th of March (24 days ago). Well...here's the ting, they are doing too well! My plants are huge already and I am wondering how I can slow them down a bit without damaging them? I already intend to stop fertilizing them (gave them originally 1/4 strength and then 1/2 strength a week apart). They came up essentially from ground on the 7th day of germination so they are only 17 days old