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Re: Stan's hot tomato

At 12:19 AM 3/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 07:37 AM 3/27/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>     However, they didn't grow hardly at all since I originally put them
>>out there, and their leaves are turning purple. 
>
>Stan, when tomato leaves turn purple (at least on the undersides) they are
>suffering a nutrient deficiency.  A shot of weak liquid fertilizer should
>fix it.
>
>I used peat pots to start tomatoes and peppers one year, and every single
>seedling suffered from nutrient deficiency.  I have never had that problem
>with seedlings in plastic pots.  Does the peat pot have anything to so with
>it?  What with the mold, the too soggy/rapidly dessicated/no happy medium
>quality, and the impenetrable walls that were supposed to give way to
>roots, I will never use those pots again.
>
>Sheila Smith
>mikecook@pipeline.com
>Z 5/6

What do you use now? I bought a bunch of peat pots in preparation for
transplanting the seedlings I have started. Not a good idea I guess. Right
now the seedlings are living in little plastic trays filled with vermiculite. 

This is my first ever attempt at starting seeds indoors so any advice would
be appreciated. Right now I have tomatoes, cabbage, broccoli, artichokes,
about 5 varieties of peppers, and eggplant all sprouting from seeds in the
plastic trays. Would the experienced folks on the list please offer
suggestions as to what I should transplant the little guys into next? Thanks!

Mike 
Zone 5, Utah
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