Show Your Seedlings Here - Page 11

Ricky Shaw · March 8, 2016

Giant is correct, Grand is Marnier. Thank you Cole Robbie.

Cole_Robbie · March 8, 2016

Oh, ok. I just thought there might be a new marconi pepper that I had not tried. I've got Golden, Red, and Purple going right now.

Ricky Shaw · March 8, 2016

Burpee Alert: For those wanting to leave the room or shield their eyes.

The marconi was left over from last year and I've been practicing with it. I'm doing almost all hybrid bells this year, Walmart had some good looking Burpee hybrids seeds cheap. They've all germinated +95% except the Great Stuff(BigBertha), it's slow and 70%.

Gardeneer · March 10, 2016

This is one of 2 trays of my seedlings :
Three (3) weeks from sowing.

There are few doubles. I will separate them shortly. They have been transferred from cells few days ago.

Gardeneer

Worth1 · March 10, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gardeneer

This is one of 2 trays of my seedlings :
Three (3) weeks from sowing.

There are few doubles. I will separate them shortly. They have been transferred from cells few days ago.

Gardeneer

They all look nice.

Worth

Cole_Robbie · March 10, 2016

I've been a transplanting machine lately. I have 50 flats in the greenhouse, almost 2,500 plants. I'll probably hit 6,000 this year.

I'm trying to use at least a little discipline. For example, when I get a bag of seeds from a swap, I used to just dump the whole baggie in the cell. But now I look at the name, think about if anyone is going to buy that plant, and if it is one that won't sell, I only plant 3-5 seeds so I can get one good plant for my own garden.

For example, a name that sells plants is something like "Rebel Yell." A name that no one is going to buy a plant of is something like "Russian Green."

Some Russian names translate into a marketable name, like Pink Honey, Ton of Sugar, Sweet... for Children, Raspberry Enchanter, etc. Other Russian names are just as confusing even when translated.

Ricky Shaw · March 10, 2016

I think you're right about name, that's a big part of why I'm featuring Rebel Yell and Paul Robeson in my garden. When you walk into Boulder's Taste of Tomato Contest, wearing your Tomatoville T-shirt and holding high a basket of Rebel Yell, it's game over.

BigVanVader · March 10, 2016

Wow Cole! I haven't counted but I think total I may have 1k but tomatoes only around 600 or so. Between the ones I keep and friends/family that leaves about 400 to sell. I kinda wish I started more but things got crazy and just no time to do it all. I was just transplanting as well lol.

Cole_Robbie · March 10, 2016

I set aside my spare bedroom as my transplanting room, instead of doing it at the greenhouse, so I can work after dark. Plus I'm out of the sun, and don't have to take as many breaks on hot days.

I feel like I constantly have perlite dust under my fingernails. Last night before bed I picked a piece of what looked like peat moss out of my ear.

Everything is getting a little sunburned in the greenhouse, but I don't care. It's supposed to be cloudy all week. I'm not going to sell any plants for a month or so. They will have time to grow out of the sun burn damage.

Cole_Robbie · March 10, 2016

Bosky Chabarovsky:
http://i.imgur.com/ImGdCAA.jpg

These plants sat in the dark for three weeks, but are coming out of it. My earliest tomato in previous years has been the first week of May. If the weather cooperates, maybe I can beat that this year.

Gardeneer · March 10, 2016

Thanks , Worth .

Cole, BVV, you guys are workoholics.

Just kidding. I guess you are young and have a lot of energy and ambition. that is good to have some kind of passion.

Me, I will have a total of under 40 plants, out of 28 or so varieties. 30 in Rbeds and about 10 in pots. I have about 3 weeks until my spring training in the backyard.

OK, folks show (off) your pride, your seedlings.

Gardeneer

BigVanVader · March 10, 2016

Cole inspires me to procrastinate less

Plus I'm still outta work so I have more free time.

BigVanVader · March 10, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

I set aside my spare bedroom as my transplanting room, instead of doing it at the greenhouse, so I can work after dark. Plus I'm out of the sun, and don't have to take as many breaks on hot days.

I feel like I constantly have perlite dust under my fingernails. Last night before bed I picked a piece of what looked like peat moss out of my ear.

Everything is getting a little sunburned in the greenhouse, but I don't care. It's supposed to be cloudy all week. I'm not going to sell any plants for a month or so. They will have time to grow out of the sun burn damage.

Yeah I do mine at the kitchen table. Just put down a old sheet and grab a few plastic totes and get down. I normally keep mine on a rack in laundry room after for 2 days then move to the GH, but I have been debating pushing that to 24 hrs. Any suggestions?

Cole_Robbie · March 10, 2016

My decisions like that are usually weather-based. If it is cold and cloudy outside, I don't mind delaying a day or two more before moving them to the greenhouse.

Dark Rumor · March 11, 2016

This group is ready to be deployed this weekend now that the storms have left East Texas.

March 10, 2016	#156
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I've been a transplanting machine lately. I have 50 flats in the greenhouse, almost 2,500 plants. I'll probably hit 6,000 this year. I'm trying to use at least a little discipline. For example, when I get a bag of seeds from a swap, I used to just dump the whole baggie in the cell. But now I look at the name, think about if anyone is going to buy that plant, and if it is one that won't sell, I only plant 3-5 seeds so I can get one good plant for my own garden. For example, a name that sells plants is something like "Rebel Yell." A name that no one is going to buy a plant of is something like "Russian Green." Some Russian names translate into a marketable name, like Pink Honey, Ton of Sugar, Sweet... for Children, Raspberry Enchanter, etc. Other Russian names are just as confusing even when translated. Last edited by Cole_Robbie; March 10, 2016 at 02:34 PM.

March 8, 2016	#151
Ricky Shaw Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro Posts: 1,910	Giant is correct, Grand is Marnier. Thank you Cole Robbie.

March 8, 2016	#152
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Oh, ok. I just thought there might be a new marconi pepper that I had not tried. I've got Golden, Red, and Purple going right now.

March 10, 2016	#157
Ricky Shaw Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro Posts: 1,910	I think you're right about name, that's a big part of why I'm featuring Rebel Yell and Paul Robeson in my garden. When you walk into Boulder's Taste of Tomato Contest, wearing your Tomatoville T-shirt and holding high a basket of Rebel Yell, it's game over.

March 10, 2016	#158
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Wow Cole! I haven't counted but I think total I may have 1k but tomatoes only around 600 or so. Between the ones I keep and friends/family that leaves about 400 to sell. I kinda wish I started more but things got crazy and just no time to do it all. I was just transplanting as well lol.

March 10, 2016	#159
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I set aside my spare bedroom as my transplanting room, instead of doing it at the greenhouse, so I can work after dark. Plus I'm out of the sun, and don't have to take as many breaks on hot days. I feel like I constantly have perlite dust under my fingernails. Last night before bed I picked a piece of what looked like peat moss out of my ear. Everything is getting a little sunburned in the greenhouse, but I don't care. It's supposed to be cloudy all week. I'm not going to sell any plants for a month or so. They will have time to grow out of the sun burn damage.

March 10, 2016	#160
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Bosky Chabarovsky: http://i.imgur.com/ImGdCAA.jpg These plants sat in the dark for three weeks, but are coming out of it. My earliest tomato in previous years has been the first week of May. If the weather cooperates, maybe I can beat that this year.

March 10, 2016	#161
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,919	Thanks , Worth . Cole, BVV, you guys are workoholics. Just kidding. I guess you are young and have a lot of energy and ambition. that is good to have some kind of passion. Me, I will have a total of under 40 plants, out of 28 or so varieties. 30 in Rbeds and about 10 in pots. I have about 3 weeks until my spring training in the backyard. OK, folks show (off) your pride, your seedlings. Gardeneer

March 10, 2016	#162
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Cole inspires me to procrastinate less Plus I'm still outta work so I have more free time.

March 10, 2016	#164
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	My decisions like that are usually weather-based. If it is cold and cloudy outside, I don't mind delaying a day or two more before moving them to the greenhouse.