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Re: how long is long enough?

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Norberto,

I agree with Martha. Basil is quite a summer crop even here in Southern 
California. Our basil does not do well until June or so, so we direct seed it in
the garden around May 1st, long after last frost danger, and when the soil is 
pretty warm. In my experience, eggplants and tomatoes, especially, really don't 
like the cold. I don't know where you live, but I live in Claremont closer to 
the foothills and farther inland, and it is still quite cold at night. We wait 
until the end of March before we transplant to the garden, so you might want to 
consider Martha's advice for the tomatoes, to replant in a larger container. 
Just my two cents.

Shawn
Claremont, CA  USDA9b Sunset19
swestaway@coh.org

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Subject: how long?
Author:  Martha Wells <flylo@txcyber.com> at internet
Date:    2/21/99 5:17 AM


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Norberto, I'm as antsy as yourself, but I'd wait awhile. I don't know if I 
saw this on TV or read it, but someone showed how transplanting tomatoes 
into a larger pot (several times) before actually setting out into the 
garden strengthened the stalks, and the plants actually outproduced those 
that were just plunked from 6 paks into the garden.
The plants that were transplanted several times had very large stems as 
opposed to those 'brothers' who were planted directly. All started from the 
same source. You might try the experiment yourself. Trans a couple now at 
the first true leaves, and again when they get a good growth and see if 
those actually do make a difference in the final health and plant yield. 
Peppers and eggplant and basil don't make roots along the stemline so this 
only works on tomatoes. You can direct seed basil, so it probably will be 
ok planted out. Don't look for much growth until the soil actually truly 
warms up though.
     martha (tx) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/5505/index.html


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