Re: Transplanting seedlings
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- Subject: Re: Transplanting seedlings
- From: "* L* <l*@planetkc.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 20:43:11 -0600
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> Hum.. guess I'll be shopping for lights. (oh, just remembered that I
> just moved them under these skylights on Thursday... probably still
> need the lights thought..huh..)
>
> So are these tomato seedlings still okay ?
>
> Also, will I be pinching back the tips on tomatoes to make them
> thicker ? I have some that are intermediate (that's the term,
> right?) and therefore ''vine-er'' ? and some that are not... Are
> there other veggie plants that could be ''pinched'' back ?
Hi Carleen,
I grew tomatoes from seeds last year with only fluorescent lights (12-16
hours per day) and little "natural" light. They were a little leggy, but I
transplanted into larger pots and buried them all the way up to the first
set of true leaves. once I began hardening them off they filled out
nicely... and when I was actually ready to transplant them to their
permanent spot in the garden, I buried them deep once again, just a few
leaves sticking up out of the ground and the rest underneath. They grew
like gangbusters from there, yields were high and no significant
disease/insect problems.
I'm doing the same thing this year with another variety added.
Linda
>
> Sincerely,
> ~Carleen~
> Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
> ----------
> > From: cvinson@mindspring.com
>
> > It's not enough light for 'maters....tomato seedlings really,
> really need
> > lots of light. The goal with tomato seedlings is to produce a
> transplant
> > that is as wide as it is tall. Short and stout, in other words.
> >
> > Catharine/Atlanta, zone 7b
>
>
