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- From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
- To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] direct seeding
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:21:24 -0600
Stephen Sadler wrote:
Have some of you tried direct seeding of tomatoes, impatiens, etc.? I read
years ago that direct seeded plants would catch up with, and overtake,
indoor-started plants in terms of size, vigor, and production.
Direct seeding does produce tomato and pepper plants that mature faster. I used to direct seed some at the same time I transplanted seedlings grown under lights when I lived on the Texas Gulf Coast in Zone 9b. The direct-seeded ones set fruit first.
That said, direct seeding is an option only for those with long growing seasons. Mine is 95-105 days. It's all I can do to get the entire tomato crop size up properly before the first freeze, which was Sept. 23 in 2004. About a quarter of the crop ends up being picked green just before the freeze and ripens in the sunroom over the next three months or so.
Doreen Howard
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[NAFEX] indoor lighting,
Mark Lee, 02/19/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] indoor lighting,
Doreen Howard, 02/19/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] indoor lighting, list, 02/19/2005
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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RE: [NAFEX] indoor lighting,
Dave Griffin, 02/20/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] indoor lighting, Thomas Olenio, 02/20/2005
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[NAFEX] Awesome Indoor Lighting,
Bernie Nikolai, 02/20/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Awesome Indoor Lighting,
Pat Meadows, 02/20/2005
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RE: [NAFEX] direct seeding,
Stephen Sadler, 02/20/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] direct seeding,
Doreen Howard, 02/20/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] direct seeding, Diane Whitehead, 02/20/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] direct seeding, list, 02/20/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] direct seeding, Pat Meadows, 02/21/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] direct seeding,
Doreen Howard, 02/20/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] Awesome Indoor Lighting, Charles Paradise, 02/21/2005
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RE: [NAFEX] direct seeding,
Stephen Sadler, 02/20/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Awesome Indoor Lighting,
Pat Meadows, 02/20/2005
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RE: [NAFEX] indoor lighting,
Mark Lee, 02/21/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Growing indoors,
Hélène Dessureault, 02/21/2005
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[NAFEX] USPS shipping efficiency,
tanis grif, 02/23/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Shipping efficiency,
Hélène Dessureault, 02/23/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Shipping efficiency,
tanis grif, 02/23/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] Shipping efficiency, Lon Rombough, 02/23/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Shipping efficiency,
tanis grif, 02/23/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Shipping efficiency,
Hélène Dessureault, 02/23/2005
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[NAFEX] USPS shipping efficiency,
tanis grif, 02/23/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Growing indoors,
Hélène Dessureault, 02/21/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] indoor lighting,
Doreen Howard, 02/19/2005
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