[Market-farming] Seedling growth vs temps

maury sheets maurysheets at verizon.net
Thu Jan 10 22:10:11 EST 2008


Shawnee,

 

Better yet,  if the tomatoes have foot long stems, when planting take off
all the lower leaves and bury the whole stem along the ground.  Roots will
grow along the whole length and make more nutrition available to the plant.
Pulling up the plants at the end of the season will show you what I mean,
the whole length will be covered with roots. 

 

Maury

 

 

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[mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Shawnee
Flowerfarmer
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:30 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Seedling growth vs temps

 

An excellent source for growing methods-free-for nearly every vegetable and
many flowers is the Stokes Catalogue.  I have been getting a hardcopy of the
catalogue for nearly 30 years and their information, while sometimes more
technical than I need, is always good science.  Stokes taught me to
germinate tomatoes, peppers, eggplants warm and then immediately grow on
cool which, with adequate light, results in fat seedlings.  I have found
that purple coloring of the stems is more a fertility issue because unless
the light, temp and pH is in balance, the seedlings can't access the
available fertility.  Sometimes the stunted purple color also indicates too
much compost in the potting mix.
 
A tomato trick...if the seedlings are stretching, cut them back and root the
cuttings.  The cutting usually roots in a week or ten days and provides a
back-up crop if you need them.
 
Shawnee, zone 5

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