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Post by woodeye on Mar 21, 2023 8:34:12 GMT -6
I planted the seeds for my tomatoes on March 2nd. I used hmoosek method of using peat pellets and then unwrapping them once they got their first true leaves and transplanted them into 9 ounce clear plastic cups. This is the first time I have ever used LED grow lights. I have several of the four foot fluorescent grow lights, but didn't want to have to build shelves to use those, so opted for the smaller LED's as an experiment. They seem to like the LED's just fine, they still have 25 days or so to grow before I'll set them out, so they should be big enough by the middle of April. The varieties are Baker Family, Yellow Pear Cherry, Big Beef Plus, Black Krim, Roma, Cherokee Chocolate, Sun Sugar Cherry, and Better Boy.😎
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Post by hmoosek on Mar 21, 2023 8:57:03 GMT -6
You’re off to the races, buddy!
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Mar 21, 2023 9:20:46 GMT -6
Looking good, woodeye!
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Post by woodeye on Mar 21, 2023 9:40:12 GMT -6
You’re off to the races, buddy! I sure hope so! 🐎🐎
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Post by chrysanthemum on Mar 21, 2023 20:16:19 GMT -6
Those are looking great, woodeye. They’ve sure grown quickly if they were just seeded at the beginning of the month. I bet you’ll have some mighty fine tomatoes in the Iron Curtain this summer.
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Post by woodeye on Mar 21, 2023 21:07:34 GMT -6
I look forward to having them all planted inside the Iron Curtain, they should be safe in there. Deer like to munch on tomato vines, but not as much as they do the okra and cucumbers. Another terrorist critter I have here is terrapins. They love the low hanging tomatoes, and of course they wait until one is just about vine ripe, then eat half of it.
One of the yellow pear cherry plants is for Chester, but he is yet to make his second choice. My uncle in Yukon decided to give up on growing tomatoes every year, so I brought the double bucket holder I built for him back home and I'm going to take it to Tecumseh for Chester to use there.🍅🪣
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Post by hmoosek on Apr 4, 2023 17:32:04 GMT -6
I am so behind, I still haven’t set them out in their permanent places. So much life stuff going on, but hopefully, I’ll get roundtoit soon.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Apr 4, 2023 17:48:34 GMT -6
I set out my tomatoes and cucumbers last weekend, I think. Time is starting to get blurry around here, but they’re in the garden now and growing. It’s a nice sight. hmoosek, it doesn’t really seem late to me for North Texas. You’re not behind. You’re just not ahead.
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Post by amyinowasso on Apr 5, 2023 9:30:12 GMT -6
I potted up some tomato plants yesterday. I have some from 2013 seed which germinated fine, but the plants are pale.I'm not going to bother with them. Also some new to me seeds that didn't impress me with vigor. All the plants in paper cups need to be up potted, but it about did me in to do the tomatoes. I must have done about 40.
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Post by macmex on Apr 5, 2023 9:52:29 GMT -6
I potted up some Baker Family Heirloom the other day. They're looking good. I started more, thinking that I didn't have as many as I planned to plant this year, only to discover that I did.
Here's a photo of a tray I started March 12. It has Baker Family Heirloom, Black Beauty Eggplant and Murupi Amarela (Ají Yellow #2). Only today did it occur to me that this tray represents one of the wonderful benefits of seed saving. I've kept Baker Family Heirloom going, since receiving the very first seed in 1995. Last year Hank gave me some Black Beauty Eggplant transplants and I saved seed, starting a lot more for this year. My brother in NJ gave me a couple Ají Yellow #2 (Murupi Amarela) fruit from his garden in 2012, when I was out visiting. I've grown that one ever since.
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Post by amyinowasso on Apr 9, 2023 9:19:51 GMT -6
The tomatoes, at least, have all been potted up. Everything germinated except black brown boar, 2 cups worth. I suspect those were the ones I spilled. Howerver, the seed came from a new company so I need to test germination. They are now outside in clear plastic tubs with flip top lids. The kind with half lids that meet in the center. I can adjust those lids for the amount of sunlight I want. Or close them. One year they were stacked and covered with frost blankets for a late freeze. I like to drill holes in the sides about 1/2" from the bottom. My husband resists this because he wants to use them for storage. It is an ongoing disagreement.
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Post by rdback on Apr 10, 2023 7:40:00 GMT -6
Up-potted the peppers a couple days ago. Planted snap peas in the garden last week - my old favorite Super Sugar Snap and new-to-me Sugar Daddy. I think there's time for a crop before the brutal heat kills them off. Will be up-potting tomatoes in the next week or so.
Pepper starts
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Post by hmoosek on Apr 15, 2023 9:14:41 GMT -6
Well, Ol’ Pop finally got around to getting his plants in the ground. I gave one of my Roselle to Mom for her hummingbirds. That left me 8. Four of them look good and the other 4 look ok-ish. I have 3 Porter tomatoes and 4 Shishito peppers.
Funny thing I guess. I ordered grow bags to use this season. They are sitting right here 6 feet from me. I took a look at the price of potting soil and almost had a fit. Yeah ummm, nah I don’t think so. So…I put them in the ground. I’ll have to keep them weeded, but luckily, I don’t have many sooooo.
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Post by macmex on Apr 16, 2023 6:35:43 GMT -6
Everything is high these days. I generally favor planting in the soil that I already have, if possible. Having said that, Jerreth is experimenting a lot with straw bale gardening, thinking about the day that bending over will be more difficult.
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Post by amyinowasso on Apr 16, 2023 9:00:43 GMT -6
Send Jereth to the Tahlequah farmers market to connect with Lori at Shortline farms. She does most of her growing in straw. I'm pretty impressed with her system.
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