hey phil those mator seeds

[jeanette]

you gave me are growing good.. i got them out of those peat pots, which by the way i will never, ever, use again.. and put one plant each in syrophome cups..

[Compost Pharmer]

How about some pics jeaneete. We love pics.

[Pharmer Phil]

Yea jeanette, some pics!!

[jeanette]

good golly how did i let this picture opertuntity slip by.. ooo i'll be right back. with pics.. i love technology..

[jeanette]

while i'm waiting on photo bucket, i have to explain why those little guys are so puny.. i just got my light hung today.. i've been putting them outside in the morning and moving them to where it is warmest and sunniest..
i started transplanting them but i ran out of potting soil..(i'm sitting on 600acres of some of the most fertile soil in the world) ;D

anyhoo, the ones that are still in those never to be used again peat pots kept falling apart when i moved them.. so i found a place that stays sunny and warm and put the fish aquriaum over them.. they are doing better.. now that i finally hung my light well see if the other fellas will catch up

[crazy1]

Lookin' real good there Jeanette Keep up the good work!
Yeah those peat pots can give you issues I know they gave me some

[jeanette]

they are nice because you don't have to disturb the roots when you plant, you can just put them in the ground however, if you have to move your plant for any reason, they fall apart... i will never use them again...

[Pharmer Phil]

jeanette said:

they are nice because you don't have to disturb the roots when you plant, you can just put them in the ground however, if you have to move your plant for any reason, they fall apart... i will never use them again...

yeahbut On a dry year, and a forgetfull gardener, they can stay fairly intact! I have had those, and the lil jiffy 7's, both NOT work the way they were designed.
And, if you leave an edge above the soil of the lil pot, it acts as a "wick" and actually draws moisture away from the roots,
and yes, the darn things fall apart, usually wayyyy before planting time!
Note: It has been a few years since using the jiffy 7's for me, I heard, but cannot confirm, that they have a minute amount of fertilizer... 2 reasons.
1. What kinda fertilizer?
2. seedlings should not be fed till the first-second
set of true leaves

[Pharmer Phil]

Oh and jeanette, they are doing fine, last year I took the advice of a friend, and did as his mother has done for years.
We waited until memorial day to set the plants out.
Pholks in Minnesota, and You, in northern Ia. can get an edge on potential "early Blight" by waiting.
Very prevelent with these cool, wet springs, no need to hurry!
We set tomato plants out on Memorial Day, that were about 4 inches tall, Tops, some were smaller, they grew at a truly astounding rate.

[Compost Pharmer]

I gave up on the peat pots as well. Never had very good luck with seeds coming up. I now make my own pots out of newspaper. I bought one of those soap stone pot makers. All the seeds I put in the newspaper posts, with my own home made potting soil have come up. The majority of my garden is from seeds I started in the newspaper pots. I think there is something in those peat pots that stop the seeds from sprouting.

BTW jeanette, your little sprouts, in the cups, are looking real good. It won't be long and you should be able to plant them outside.

[deb65802]

I am getting such a late start on my garden this yer. But next year watch out. heheheh

The beds will be n place by then..... all I will have to concntrate on then is planting and harvesting heheh. I am good at voth of those.

lolol

[Adeltia]

I'm with you there Deb... This year i wasn't here much but wait till the next year I'm going to a gardening ger-roo. I did those peat pots, let me tell you what! Never again. those things killed my seeding evertime. right after there first set of true leaves then they curl up and died. i only use sty-foam cups. there the best. Adelita

[digger48]

Hey Farmer Phil we have volunteers that we transplant from up till middle a June. Sure we put some in early but the ones we transplant are open pollinated tomato seeds. Right now they are anywhere from 1/2 inch to two inches high. WE don't touch the old tomato bed till we get our volunteers out. Then I usually fill it with dahlias. Only had trouble with blight once and we brought that in with some tomato seedlings we bought. Thats the reason we try to grow our own transplant stock. Also have found that if ya can plant on the south side of a building the tomatoes really do well.

[deb65802]

Jeannette those maters look good.......I can alredy see them with big bright red things on them..... lolol

blt's here we come.

[jeanette]

it has really been cold and nasty.. i think the weather may have broke finally but we have another chance of rain on friday.. heck they are parts of my garden that haven't even been tilled yet..

[deb65802]

late getting everything in the garden too. I planted tomatoes and pepper seeds right where I want them to grow. Crazy weather. They will either make it or not.