Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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March 11, 2018 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: mi
Posts: 80
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i killed them...but wait.. what's this?
the seeds sprouted and grew well, they were 4-5in. tall nice leaves and strong stems. then i left them un attended/ un watered for a couple days TOTAL destruction all dozen+ plants dead! REALLY DEAD.
they were dead dry and as kind of a joke to my self i watered them. day 1 nothing, day 2 nothing, day3 nothing, day 4: wow some of the stems moved! (all the leaves still dead) day 6 : there is something green!! new leaves! It appears they are trying to come back from just the stem. UNBELIEVABLE ! |
March 11, 2018 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 992
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Life will always find a way!!!!
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March 11, 2018 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posts: 6,793
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That's great! As a bonus, all their drought-tolerance genes have been activated.
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March 11, 2018 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: New York
Posts: 35
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awesome
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March 11, 2018 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 3,194
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Good to know, that if they've been killed by drought, try watering them anyway.
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March 11, 2018 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 421
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I would try to cut the top dry parts off, there is still hope.
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March 11, 2018 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: zone 6b, PA
Posts: 5,664
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Do you have more seed? Assuming you do, I'd start over if you haven't already. The reason I say this is because one year when most of my plants that were already in the ground were killed by a freak frost but some sprouted again from stems of plants that looked nearly as dead as yours (although in a different way), BUT they were very slow to come back and never caught up with plants I started again from seed a week later.
Not sure when you safe plant out date for tomatoes is where you are in MI, but tomatoes sown here in PA zone 6B are plenty big to put out mid-May but I can easily hold them until the end of the month. Anyway, just something to consider, fwiw. Good luck! |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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March 11, 2018 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: El Lago, Texas
Posts: 1,100
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Dead seedlings
Buy the plants from a nursery or big box store.
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March 12, 2018 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MA/NH Border
Posts: 4,917
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i killed them...but wait.. what's this?
I agree with Kath. You likely have plenty of time to start new seeds and have seedlings ready to go by plant out time if these end up not making it or are severely stunted.
And if these do recover, then you'll have back-ups incase they don't survive for any reason after plant-out. I always keep back-up plants for at least two to three weeks after I plant out, just in case... |
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March 12, 2018 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: zone 6b, PA
Posts: 5,664
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Great point - back-up plants are certainly extra work and require more space but ever since I lost over 100 plants in that freeze, I'm never without them. They're easy to give away to friends, family, neighbors, senior centers, etc. I just pot them up to containers that I don't mind not getting back.
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March 12, 2018 | #13 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: NewYork 5a
Posts: 2,303
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I always start a tray a month early, then another a week or two later, then a third
about the correct time. Insurance. Not only does my plant out time change every year depending on weather, something just may go wrong in the sprouting and seedling stage. My early tray is all saved seed of my top ten so I have plenty and free. Top 13 really.... the bakers dozen. If that tray does well, most go to friends and family as they are growing in a slightly warmer zone. I'm not fond of the fiber type starting cell/pots. They dry out in the blink of a eye, especially since I need to run a fan 24/7 as Spring thaw this time of year is very high in humidity in my down stairs grow room. |
March 12, 2018 | #14 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: San Mateo, CA
Posts: 50
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speaking of the fiber type of pots .. this is the first year I've used them .. normally I've used biodome seed starters from Parkseed which uses sponges that you just re-order each year. Well, I was laid off last October after 17 years so was looking at ways to save money and thought seed starting would be one of those areas as I can get a lot of those small fiber pots for 1/3rd of the cost of ordering the sponges.. anyway, I've always bottom watered and was doing the same for these but I've noticed that some of them are starting to develop a white mold around the outside of the pots .. is that normal or something to be concerned about? I never had any issues like that with the biodome sponges....
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March 12, 2018 | #15 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 3,194
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White mold on the Peat Pots never seemed to bother mine. Also, sometimes the white roots poke through the pot, don't know if that's something you're seeing.
Nan |
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