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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Zone 9b Phoenix,AZ
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Tennessee
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Starlight I feel I should book mark your posts. I am going to change the way I start seed.
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
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Stainless what are and where did you get those nifty trays your peppers are in?
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: VA
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Michigan
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I have five 288 plug trays I've started using this year (so far on cool season plants like lettuce and cabbage). I will probably end up mutilating at least one of them, since I have no need to start 288 tomatoes at once and they are a pain to support in a 1020 tray. Plus, I have no idea how I'm going to get my bigger seedlings out of this huge flat without dumping the younger seedlings that need to grow some more. Eh, I'll figure it out. It'll probably involve the blunt end of a pencil...
I always started my seeds in a 72 cell flat, but it can get pretty light consuming. If I can save myself a couple weeks on less lights, I'll do it. I'll post some pictures after I actually start my tomatoes, which I haven't quite gotten around to doing just yet... |
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: AL
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I have so many varieties this year as I have the tomato bug big time since I discovered how good heirlooms are. I have never seen most all the tomatoes I have started and will start let alone taste them. I'll take all the ones I am growing and save enough seed to give back and share with others and the tomatoes will go to feed folks. In the fall I go around to those homebound, seniors, and anybody else that I know that might need fresh veggies to supplement their diets and give just about everything I grow away. I grow mainly for the joy and pleasure of it and the sharing. It's alot of work, but seeing the smiles on folks faces is all worth it. For me anyways. More babies! This is such a neat thread. I love getting to see all these tomatoes. It is interesting to see how folks all grow them and those that have tags, seeing new tomatoes you haven't heard of yet, but now feel the need to add to your collection. ![]() All these pics is not helping my addiction. ![]() Quote:
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That's why I started cutting them 288 trays up into sections before sowing. Cutting into 72 cell sections when you need more of the same seed is a whole lot easier to handle and you can still put all the sections into a flat to hold them. |
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Michigan
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Chicago
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Ashland,OH
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Nice seedlings.
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: El Lago, Texas
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I have only 8 plants, but that's plenty for me and my DH. I may win the prize for growing the fewest plants on Tomatoville.
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Indiana, zone 5B
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Just repotted mine yesterday for the first time! I'm growing some for friends and family this year too, and I don't have enough room! I'm keeping the black pots for myself, the tan and green ones will be leaving for new homes soon. I'm going to have to rotate top and bottom shelf! These guys are just over 4 weeks old.
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: zone 6b, PA
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First 2 pics show some of the tomato plants growing inside under lights- sown on 3/3 and 3/12. Last 3 pics are of 6 cherry varieties (Aiaparl, Ditmarsher, German Extreme Dwarf, Jagodka, Pearly Pink Orange, Russian Cherry) sown on 2/18 and now growing in the greenhouse.
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Chicago
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: France
Posts: 688
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wow, these babies are just beautiful and so healthy !!!
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Near Reno, NV
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I've got ten tomatoes and peppers that are WAY too big for their solo cups and I'm starting to get them into their final homes. Most of these will live on my south-facing porch and be carried inside at night until June. Some will probably go into Walls O'Water in the garden. I wish I had a GH! Most of my "main" garden plants are still really tiny and just under lights. Some haven't been started yet. It's usually not safe until early June around here... we're still in the 20s at night. I'll post some more pics in a week or two though!
I love seeing the photos, it makes me smile and think of the glorious possibilities of SUMMER... warmth, sunshine and lots of tomatoes! By the way, for those that haven't seen Craig's Dense Planting Method, check out his thread. It was a revelation to me for sure: http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=437 Here's some of what I've got going: Zluta Kytice (new to me this year): zluta.jpg Dwarf Desert Star F5: Plucky4783-plant1.jpg Shishi and Urfa peppers: peppers.jpg My first bloom (almost) of 2015, goes to Utyonok: Utyonok-bloom.jpg |
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