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Sun, Mar 16, 14 at 11:34
| We decided to plant our Tomato seeds incrementally this year so they don't come on all at the same time. Maybe some of you are already doing this? It may be easier in a GH because we have a longer season. We are planting them about 2-3 weeks apart in 4 separate plantings. We hope this will give us the early tomatoes - that we can't wait to ripen and extend the season a bit - by taking advantage of the tomato plant production cycle (indeterminate plants) by planting some of the plants later in the spring. We are trying this with our regular producing favorites - Better Boy & Brandy Boy (photos). We always plant a few experimental varieties that will get planted with the first group of plants in the GH. One more planting to go.
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| Hi Hudson - long time no hear. :) Looking good so far and I hope it is a good year for you. I do something similar each year only I do it with cuttings rather than from seed. Easy to do in the GH and it saves lots of time and seedling space. Something to consider for next year. Dave |
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- Posted by centexan254 none (My Page) on Sun, Mar 16, 14 at 13:48
| I staggered the planting of mine as well. This is also an insurance measure seeing as how last year in this area we had a couple of late season freezes. After replanting from that there were 4 hail storms in 3 weeks. By the time I had decent seedlings in the ground that the weather did not kill it was early June. |
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- Posted by Hudson...WY 3 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 17, 14 at 9:46
| Hi Dave - yes, not much going on during the winter but gearing up again. I haven't planted anything in the GH yet so maybe cuttings would work for me this year. Thanks for the suggestion - I'll have to look it up on how to do it again - guess I just take the sucker and propagate like I do my Geraniums? That will be a lot quicker and less effort! Thanks for suggesting it ! Sometimes I overlook the obvious! |
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- Posted by suncitylinda 9A SoCal Inland (My Page) on Mon, Mar 17, 14 at 11:55
| I have a long growing season, almost year round. I started my tomatoes back in December and have started more every few weeks to the present. I hope to avoid the crush of tomatoes all at one time. Typically my nights stay cool until August so this should be a good plan. |
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| I have done late season planting from cuttings when I was gardening back in GA, where we had fairly long season(7 + months) and a lot of those planted in the spring would get worn out and tired. it takes Tomatoes anywhere from 9o days to 120 days from sowing seeds to first ripe fruit.(or about 60 to 90 days from transplanting). Then they continue another 2 -2.5 months, So that is fine if you have about 5 to 6 months growing season. |
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