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- From: Allan Balliett <aballiett AT frontiernet.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes
- Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 08:07:03 -0400
My heirloom tomatoes in 3 inch pots in the unheated hoophouse took on a great growth spurt in the past two weeks. They've gone from 10 inches tall to probably 36 inches tall without it really dawning on me what was going on. There are about 30 flats of them and, yes, they are side-by-side. Yesterday, a bunch of them 'collapsed' and it became very evident that I had to either repot them or put them out.
They are VERY tender/delicate in the stem. I leave my tunnel doors open but to not have fans to agitate the plants. They are VERY floppy
I'm thinking of running right outside with them and planting then in shallow trenches.
I'm on the east coast and have constant rain for about a week. Highs around 80, lows above 45.
The question: In your experience, do you think I'd really be setting back my tomato harvest (in volume) if I rush these plants into the field without any sort of hardening off?
I don't think it's much, if any, colder outside at night than it is in the house but, yes, the plants are 'weak.' I'm not sure what hardening off means in this case.
I'd appreciate hearing your suggestions and also in hearing what you are using to fertilize your tomatoes.
These are brandywines and arkansas travelers and cherokees.
Thanks
-Allan
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Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants
, (continued)
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Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants,
Liz, 05/07/2009
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[Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts,
Allan Balliett, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, Andy Fellenz, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, Liz, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, Bill Shoemaker, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, Allan Balliett, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, Road's End Farm, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, Allan Balliett, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts and fish-seaweed fertilizer, Road's End Farm, 05/08/2009
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[Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts,
Allan Balliett, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, Bill Shoemaker, 05/08/2009
- [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, Allan Balliett, 05/08/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, breck, 05/08/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, Wiediger, Alison, 05/08/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, breck, 05/08/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, Wiediger, Alison, 05/08/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] slitted row covers, breck, 05/09/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] slitted row covers, Bill Shoemaker, 05/09/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] slitted row covers, breck, 05/09/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants,
Liz, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, breck, 05/09/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, Paul Wiediger, 05/10/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, breck, 05/11/2009
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