Show Your Seedlings Here - Page 14

BigVanVader · March 28, 2016

Nice! Your gonna be a busy man for awhile, I been off work and still cant seem to get it all done. Here is my wife and I at market. We mostly just had Dwarf Project varieties and bell peppers, but will have most everything ready next week it looks like. 80 degrees here now.

clkingtx · March 28, 2016

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

This morning:

My eight year old saw your picture and said "Wow....that sure is a lot to take care of!"

Nice work, very impressive!

Carrie

alexita · March 28, 2016

I start my seedlings outdoors, where they get full sun until about 2 hours before sunset. And plenty of wind.

These are 9-day-old Heidi seedlings in the front that were transplanted into their own cups yesterday, with older seedlings (mix of Green Zebra, Riesentraube, Eva Purple Ball) behind.

Closeup of the Heidi seedlings. I think they've been my fastest and strongest growing babies yet, and they germinated especially quickly too.

These were Opalka seedlings that are also 9 days old, although they only started to catch up to Heidi yesterday and were separated into cups today. They're pretty floppy!

And here are some older ones that are ready to put in the ground wherever I get around to it. I have Green Zebra, Riesentraube and Eva Purple Ball that were started sometime in December. These are my slow growers because most are in the ground. There's also a purchased German Queen and Yellow Pear in there, and purchased chili peppers in the back.

I've also got Stupice that I started with Heidi and Opalka but took an extra two days to germinate, and some seedlings I saved from a couple grocery store tomatoes that tasted especially good (a round, medium orange and black pear-shaped cherry).

ginger2778 · March 28, 2016

They look nice Alexita. I hope they do well with all this heat and humidity! I fear it is already too hot.

alexita · March 28, 2016

It's been so hot... I have low expectations until November, but I gotta keep busy somehow!

Barb_FL · March 28, 2016

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Originally Posted by alexita

It's been so hot... I have low expectations until November, but I gotta keep busy somehow!

There is always the Bzzzzzz. You just need them to grow quickly.

Thinking about when it gets too hot for fruit set, I'm going to try buzzing early in the morning.

Spike2 · March 28, 2016

Probably this up coming Saturday or Sunday I will finally be able to get my seeds started!!

Gardeneer · March 29, 2016

I am taking mine outside, for hardening off this Tuesday, March 29th.
In about a week or 10 days I should be able to plant out, weather permitting.
It has been almost 5 weeks when I sowed the seeds.

Gardeneer

NoahYates · March 29, 2016

3 days until I sow 1128 tomato seeds!!!! Wooooooot! Until then here are some more shots of my pepper seedlings.

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BigVanVader · March 29, 2016

Here are a few shots from the GH. Had my first enemy bugs on one of my Goldman's Italian American.

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These GIA are the best of the bunch this year, they all look like this.

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And Fuzzy Wuzzy is certainly fuzzy.
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imp · March 29, 2016

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Originally Posted by BigVanVader

Nice! Your gonna be a busy man for awhile, I been off work and still cant seem to get it all done. Here is my wife and I at market. We mostly just had Dwarf Project varieties and bell peppers, but will have most everything ready next week it looks like. 80 degrees here now.

I see the PU, but how do you transport that many tomato plants if there is more than a single layer for the bed?

Ricky Shaw · March 29, 2016

Mother-Baby Clinic, temperature controlled and fan circulated.

Germination 1st Floor, Newborns 2nd floor, Clone Pavilion to the left.

BigVanVader · March 29, 2016

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Originally Posted by imp

I see the PU, but how do you transport that many tomato plants if there is more than a single layer for the bed?

They all fit in there, its the long bed XLT and I can fit 12 flats of 18 and since I have never sold that many in 1 day at market at this stage it is enough. I just use wood slats over a tarp and screw it down to the truck to protect them from wind, works great. I would eventually like to get a small enclosed trailer and build shelves inside but that is a long way down the road.

imp · March 29, 2016

Thanks, I didn't realize it was the big bed. I have a little Mazda PU and an even much smaller Dodge ram, so if I ever did plants at like the flea market, would have to figure out a shelf of some sort.

imp · March 29, 2016

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Originally Posted by Ricky Shaw

Mother-Baby Clinic, temperature controlled and fan circulated.

Germination 1st Floor, Newborns 2nd floor, Clone Pavilion to the left.

Wow that is an interesting set up! I've seen sort of the same, but for different plants.

March 28, 2016	#198
alexita Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 42	They are born hardened off I start my seedlings outdoors, where they get full sun until about 2 hours before sunset. And plenty of wind. These are 9-day-old Heidi seedlings in the front that were transplanted into their own cups yesterday, with older seedlings (mix of Green Zebra, Riesentraube, Eva Purple Ball) behind. Closeup of the Heidi seedlings. I think they've been my fastest and strongest growing babies yet, and they germinated especially quickly too. These were Opalka seedlings that are also 9 days old, although they only started to catch up to Heidi yesterday and were separated into cups today. They're pretty floppy! And here are some older ones that are ready to put in the ground wherever I get around to it. I have Green Zebra, Riesentraube and Eva Purple Ball that were started sometime in December. These are my slow growers because most are in the ground. There's also a purchased German Queen and Yellow Pear in there, and purchased chili peppers in the back. I've also got Stupice that I started with Heidi and Opalka but took an extra two days to germinate, and some seedlings I saved from a couple grocery store tomatoes that tasted especially good (a round, medium orange and black pear-shaped cherry). Last edited by alexita; March 28, 2016 at 06:16 PM. Reason: Trying to fix giant images that didn't resize

March 28, 2016	#199
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	They look nice Alexita. I hope they do well with all this heat and humidity! I fear it is already too hot.

March 28, 2016	#200
alexita Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 42	It's been so hot... I have low expectations until November, but I gotta keep busy somehow!

March 28, 2016	#202
Spike2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 992	Probably this up coming Saturday or Sunday I will finally be able to get my seeds started!!

March 29, 2016	#204
NoahYates Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Kentucky Posts: 156	3 days until I sow 1128 tomato seeds!!!! Wooooooot! Until then here are some more shots of my pepper seedlings. IMG_7855.JPG IMG_7857.JPG IMG_7859.JPG IMG_7860.JPG

March 29, 2016	#205
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Here are a few shots from the GH. Had my first enemy bugs on one of my Goldman's Italian American. 20160329_082526-resized-800.jpg These GIA are the best of the bunch this year, they all look like this. 20160329_082854-resized-800.jpg 20160329_083814-resized-800.jpg And Fuzzy Wuzzy is certainly fuzzy. 20160329_083222-resized-800.jpg

March 29, 2016	#209
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	Thanks, I didn't realize it was the big bed. I have a little Mazda PU and an even much smaller Dodge ram, so if I ever did plants at like the flea market, would have to figure out a shelf of some sort.