Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: West Los Angeles
Posts: 203
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I started a single seed yesterday. I told myself to just wait until mid-February when the weather would be warmer and I'd have more sunlight on my patio and less issues with disease but I just couldn't wait. I haven't even finished replacing the potting soil in my pots - which got some RKN last season and some blight. Plants started in March always catch up to the ones I start in Jan/Feb no matter what since I get a lot more sunlight starting in March.
It was like an addiction or compulsion... I really couldn't stop myself. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Southern WI
Posts: 2,742
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Only one seed right? That little plant will take the edge off until you can sow the rest. No harm, no foul!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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You think that is bad I saw a petrified ran over dried out tomato mush in the parking lot of the grocery store.
Seeds were ran over a hundred times. It crossed my mind to scrape some up just to see if they would sprout after all of the abuse. ![]() Worth |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Williamsburg VA Zone 7b
Posts: 1,110
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I started some onions from seed just to calm my addiction. I germinate the seed in my office at home - love to smell the potting soil over the heating mat! A true sickness, I know!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Southern Connecticut
Posts: 435
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Started some micro dwarfs to tide me over.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Hudson Valley, NY, Zone 6a
Posts: 626
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I started micro-dwarfs, too, just to see if they would germinate in my garage in January; all seven came up, so I had to set up a grow light. So then I started some micro-greens, because my diet has become too starchy, and the grow light is 48" long. And then I started some thyme, just to see if the seeds were still good from last year, and they are. And rosemary takes so long to germinate, so I started that, too. And it has been AWESOME to have my fingers in the dirt -- even if it's seed-starting mix -- again.
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