New to growing your own tomatoes? This is the forum to learn the successful techniques used by seasoned tomato growers. Questions are welcome, too.
|
![]() |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
![]() |
#1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
|
![]()
I started these seeds about 25 days ago and here is what they look like now.
Here are 2 pictures of the miserable things. ![]() Looks like its time for transplant and its only January. Worth Attachment 21966 Attachment 21967 Last edited by Worth1; November 17, 2012 at 05:42 PM. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 587
|
![]()
Those are some of the healthiest seedling at that size I have ever seen. I have to ask what type of lighting system you are using.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#3 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
|
![]() Quote:
SP65 40W USA. This is what they say. KI use what ever the most lumins I can get These are the bright daylight lights that put out a bright white light. They are 4 feet long and 40 W. I have them on stacks of paper back books and add 2 books one on each side as the plants grow. They are also dirty and I need to clean them off. Thanks to you I cleaned one off so I could see what they were. ![]() Definitely nothing fancy. ![]() Worth |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2010
Location: upstate SC
Posts: 147
|
![]()
Your plants look so healthy, Worth. I am a month away from starting seeds. Enjoy them while they are little.....:-)
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#5 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
|
![]() Quote:
I actually enjoy sprouting and raising them up to the time of the Teenager stage. After that they seem to think they are smarter than me and I kick them out of the house for good. ![]() The only thing I will let them do is drop their children off. ![]() Worth |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#6 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Southwestern Ontario, Canada
Posts: 4,521
|
![]() Quote:
![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2010
Location: upstate SC
Posts: 147
|
![]()
When corrupting the dropees, I have found it is really easy to get them "juiced"......:-)
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Baton Rouge,Louisiana Zone 8b
Posts: 340
|
![]()
Nice looking plants Worth1, mine are about ten days old now. So far my light setup in the garage is working out nicely, even though it is in the seventies and eighties outside.Sure is hard to give them the cold treatment down here.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#9 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: zone 6b, PA
Posts: 5,664
|
![]() Quote:
![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#10 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Baton Rouge,Louisiana Zone 8b
Posts: 340
|
![]() Quote:
I guess I didn't give that one much thought before clicking submit. ![]() Kath, I will say that all of the seeds you gave me through your offers, except for one has had 90-100% germination. Amazon Chocolate was slow, but I do have one that emerged. Rob |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#11 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Germany, NRW
Posts: 225
|
![]() Quote:
They look so sick! Ufff! You should pack them and send them to me! ![]() ![]() Greetings Simone |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: zone 6b, PA
Posts: 5,664
|
![]()
I guess that's sort of a mix of good and bad news about the germination- how many seeds of AC did you sow?
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#13 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 587
|
![]()
So, at what do you fertilize them and what do you fertilize them with?
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#14 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
|
![]() Quote:
just the peat mix. I have a bottle of 10% household hydrogen peroxide to stop damping off. Hydrogen peroxide is already sold at what 3% so it is pretty weak. Then after they get to the size you see them I spray or water with a very weak solution of miracle grow When they get outside and in the garden I use a product called Ladybug made here in Austin by an old Hippie like myself named John Dromgoole who owns a place called the Natural Gardener. Every time I go there it is a great experience I end up giving people advice on plants and what to grow and where and in what kind of soil. If the people that work there dont have an answer they look it up on line. I really love helping folks with plants and I wish I had a job in a place like this. But I digress. Like I said before nothing complicated about the seedlings just plain old farming. Thanks. Worth |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#15 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: oak grove mo
Posts: 406
|
![]()
Looks like the Ole Hippie has got it going on. Love your plants.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
|