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| Hello, I'm a tomato Newbie. My second year growing tomatoes and my first year growing from seeds. I planted several different variety of tomatoes under a grow light back in early march and made my first mistake and set the light to far from the plant and they became "leggy". This past weekend I had the itch to prep my 12'x20' garden for this up coming season. The ten day forecast looked promising so on Tuesday I made my second mistake and planted my leggy plants. I did harden them for a few days prior and I buried them 75 percent with hopes of a strong root system. Predicted temperatures around mid to high 60's during the day and nights around 45. Did I jump the gun and transplant to early? |
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| Yes. Which garden zone are you in in NJ? When is your last frost date + 2 weeks? Did you pre-warm the soil? I'd make plans to cover them in some fashion to keep them from stunting and to keep them alive until the ground warms up enough for them to begin to grow. Dave |
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| Jersey, yes. More than likely. I have the same problem. One "cure" is to learn which crops are warm weather crops and which are cool weather crops. And then grow some cool weather crops "to get it out of your system"! Onions, broccoli, etc can handle the cooler weather. Try growing them from seeds. My cool weather crops are planted out in the garden now; they can handle the weather. And the tomatoes (and peppers) are still safe under grow lights, only getting set outside for a few hours on nice warm days. All is well with the world. |
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