Fast germination?

Patihum · February 21, 2013

Started 200+ toms on Sunday and two varieties out of twenty-two, Illinois Beauty and Omar's Lebanese were up on Wednesday. Only four days. Do they usually go that fast? I don't have a heat mat so they're on a card table in front of the wood stove. I have a thermometer sitting among the trays and the temp has been 70 to 75 most of the time.

Doug9345 · February 21, 2013

The shortest I had last year was 3 days on 2 varieties. I suspect that I planted them in the morning and I recorded that the had peeked through in the evening. It's more likely 3 1/2 days. One factor that determine a day one way or the other is how deep you plant them. Shallow planting leads to seeing them sooner.

February 21, 2013	#1
Patihum Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Southeast Kansas Posts: 878	Fast germination? Started 200+ toms on Sunday and two varieties out of twenty-two, Illinois Beauty and Omar's Lebanese were up on Wednesday. Only four days. Do they usually go that fast? I don't have a heat mat so they're on a card table in front of the wood stove. I have a thermometer sitting among the trays and the temp has been 70 to 75 most of the time.

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February 21, 2013	#2
Doug9345 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Durhamville,NY Posts: 2,706	The shortest I had last year was 3 days on 2 varieties. I suspect that I planted them in the morning and I recorded that the had peeked through in the evening. It's more likely 3 1/2 days. One factor that determine a day one way or the other is how deep you plant them. Shallow planting leads to seeing them sooner.