[Market-farming] Seedling growth vs temps
Linda A
L_Amico at msn.com
Fri Jan 11 15:00:15 EST 2008
Shawnee,
I do it the way Maury does also. I find they require much less watering as well.
Linda A
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From: maury sheets
To: 'Market Farming'
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Seedling growth vs temps
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
Sustainably producing greens in the Northeast.
From: market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [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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