Gotta love 3 day germination!! :)

gssgarden · February 10, 2015

Started Sat morn, placed in front of a South facing window with heat mat. 15 different varieties are showing signs of life!
Spring can't come soon enough!

Greg

JJJessee · February 10, 2015

Not bad, GSS. What kind of total numbers and plant-out schedule are you shooting for?

gssgarden · February 10, 2015

About 34 plants in raised beds, a bunch of dwarves in pots. Looking to plant out first week of april, maybe second if weather is cold.

Blueaussi · February 10, 2015

Nice!

ginger2778 · February 10, 2015

Very nice!

FLRedHeart · February 10, 2015

Prettier than magic, to imagine all the big tomatoes that you'll get from those tiny things!

Starlight · February 10, 2015

Congrats on your new babies. May they grow up big and strong and bring you lots and lots of produce. : )

gssgarden · February 10, 2015

I can't believe what a day through the window did! I'll post again tomorrow, but man they jumped right up!

peppero · February 11, 2015

Makes a person feel good.

I bought some Large Red Cherry seeds by American Seed at wmart, soaked in chamomille tea and put them on top of the fridge. Three days and they were popping up.

Yep, it does make a person feel good.

jon

PA_Julia · February 11, 2015

Three days!! Excellent!! Spring here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

crazyoldgooseman · February 14, 2015

Gonna start in 9 days for zone 7A in Md. A bit early but I do the cold treatment so I guess that slows me a bit. Nice start!

rxkeith · February 14, 2015

best germination setup i ever had was in our first house in calumet. the bedrooms had those heavy old metal radiators with a dial on the bottom to regulate the heat. i would put a towel on top of the thing, and then place the seed tray on top of that. three or four days was all it took for the seeds to pop. peppers would be up within a week. it was great!

keith

Worth1 · February 14, 2015

I once had seeds germinate so fast they sprouted in my hand ran out to the garden and planted themselves.
It was early in the spring and a late frost came along, the plants snatched up some fuzzy caterpillars and used them as fur coats.
Wildest thing I ever saw.

Worth

Snowman · February 15, 2015

Question. Are the seedlings which germinate in optimum conditions more healthy than the ones which germinate in lower temps? Or is it more important to give the seedlings better conditions once the germination process is over?

gssgarden · February 15, 2015

Gooseman, I have the Redorta up and growing!!

Greg

February 11, 2015	#10
PA_Julia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, Ky Zone 7A Posts: 2,208	Three days!! Excellent!! Spring here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ Personal Best- 4.46 LB Big Zac 2013

February 14, 2015	#11
crazyoldgooseman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Southern Maryland 7a Posts: 200	Gonna start in 9 days for zone 7A in Md. A bit early but I do the cold treatment so I guess that slows me a bit. Nice start! __________________ Anybody see where I sat my beer? -crazyoldgooseman

February 10, 2015	#2
JJJessee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Abingdon, Va Posts: 184	Not bad, GSS. What kind of total numbers and plant-out schedule are you shooting for?

February 10, 2015	#3
gssgarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.C. Posts: 1,827	About 34 plants in raised beds, a bunch of dwarves in pots. Looking to plant out first week of april, maybe second if weather is cold.

February 10, 2015	#4
Blueaussi Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Zone 8a Posts: 1,205	Nice!

February 10, 2015	#5
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Very nice!

February 10, 2015	#6
FLRedHeart Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: FL 8b/9a Posts: 262	Prettier than magic, to imagine all the big tomatoes that you'll get from those tiny things!

February 10, 2015	#7
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	Congrats on your new babies. May they grow up big and strong and bring you lots and lots of produce. : )

February 11, 2015	#9
peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	Makes a person feel good. I bought some Large Red Cherry seeds by American Seed at wmart, soaked in chamomille tea and put them on top of the fridge. Three days and they were popping up. Yep, it does make a person feel good. jon

February 14, 2015	#12
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,848	best germination setup i ever had was in our first house in calumet. the bedrooms had those heavy old metal radiators with a dial on the bottom to regulate the heat. i would put a towel on top of the thing, and then place the seed tray on top of that. three or four days was all it took for the seeds to pop. peppers would be up within a week. it was great! keith

February 14, 2015	#13
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I once had seeds germinate so fast they sprouted in my hand ran out to the garden and planted themselves. It was early in the spring and a late frost came along, the plants snatched up some fuzzy caterpillars and used them as fur coats. Wildest thing I ever saw. Worth

February 15, 2015	#14
Snowman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Slovenia Posts: 4	Question. Are the seedlings which germinate in optimum conditions more healthy than the ones which germinate in lower temps? Or is it more important to give the seedlings better conditions once the germination process is over?