mushroom's tomatoes from sprouts to harvest 2011

mushrooms · March 10, 2011

Hey guys!

Just like the title says, I will be posting pics every now and then to show the progression of my tomatoes. This will be a picture growing journal.

Seeds from the Sample Seed Shop
Hahms Gelbe Topftomate
Black Prince (Chyornyi Prince)
Red Robin

My assignments for Dwarf Project 2011
Sweet Adelaide Purple F6 (Happy Line)
Unnamed tasty small purple F5 (Dinky Line)
Giant Blazing Beauty F5 (Tipsy Line)

First off is a picture of the wee-little sprouts poking out of their shells. These were planted about 4 or 5 days ago and left on top of the fridge.

tgplp · March 12, 2011

Cool idea! It's amazing that those tiny little sprouts will be producing tomatoes in a few months.

are they all up now?
good luck, and keep us posted!
Taryn

mushrooms · March 13, 2011

Here are they are 1 week after planting. I'm so glad I got this Jiffy thing with the covers. Our humidity here sucks and the tomato seeds that I planted in a pot a few days before I planted these still haven't popped up yet. Pretty nice for a flimsy $5 plastic container that is probably only $0.25 to produce including the jiffy pellets lol.

browndude3649 · March 13, 2011

So you germinated using pure heat from a fridge? Or was their light coming from a window?

mushrooms · March 13, 2011

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Originally Posted by browndude3649

So you germinated using pure heat from a fridge? Or was their light coming from a window?

I covered the top with cardboard only letting a little bit of light get through. I saw on some garden show where the host says tomatoes germinate better in the dark. I don't think it makes a difference though. Just keep it out of really hot direct sun light.

The top of the fridge didn't even feel warm though, but I guess it kept the seeds like 1 or 2 degrees warmer lol.

kath · March 13, 2011

Hi, mushroom! You got good germination with the fridge, so they were happy enough, right? They are stretching for light at the moment - do you have a light source for them?

March 10, 2011	#1
mushrooms Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: California Posts: 12	mushroom's tomatoes from sprouts to harvest 2011 Hey guys! Just like the title says, I will be posting pics every now and then to show the progression of my tomatoes. This will be a picture growing journal. Seeds from the Sample Seed Shop Hahms Gelbe Topftomate Black Prince (Chyornyi Prince) Red Robin My assignments for Dwarf Project 2011 Sweet Adelaide Purple F6 (Happy Line) Unnamed tasty small purple F5 (Dinky Line) Giant Blazing Beauty F5 (Tipsy Line) First off is a picture of the wee-little sprouts poking out of their shells. These were planted about 4 or 5 days ago and left on top of the fridge.

March 12, 2011	#2
tgplp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pacific North West, zone 8a Posts: 510	Cool idea! It's amazing that those tiny little sprouts will be producing tomatoes in a few months. are they all up now? good luck, and keep us posted! Taryn

March 13, 2011	#3
mushrooms Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: California Posts: 12	Here are they are 1 week after planting. I'm so glad I got this Jiffy thing with the covers. Our humidity here sucks and the tomato seeds that I planted in a pot a few days before I planted these still haven't popped up yet. Pretty nice for a flimsy $5 plastic container that is probably only $0.25 to produce including the jiffy pellets lol.

March 13, 2011	#4
browndude3649 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: napa valley Posts: 23	So you germinated using pure heat from a fridge? Or was their light coming from a window?

March 13, 2011	#6
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Hi, mushroom! You got good germination with the fridge, so they were happy enough, right? They are stretching for light at the moment - do you have a light source for them?