So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #90 on: January 14, 2012, 08:47 »
 1 Gartenperle germinated so far, happily in it's foil enclosure  :). Nothing doing from the others yet.
Mash  :)

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #91 on: January 14, 2012, 10:30 »
Yesterday I put in 2 seeds of each of:
San Marzano
Belle
Garten Pearle
Sweet Baby
Money Maker
Harbinger
Celine
Gardener's Delight

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #92 on: January 14, 2012, 10:55 »
I have planted 4 self saves Koralik seeds in a pot on a tray on a radiator in the bathroom to get some bottom heat.As yet no sign of life.

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #93 on: January 17, 2012, 11:17 »
Today I have planted up.

2 Harbinger
2 Celing
1 Gardeners Delight
1 Money Maker
2 San Marzeno
No show as yet from the Gartenpearle or Sweet Baby

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #94 on: January 17, 2012, 12:06 »
So how tall are your plants now guys, are they beginning to stretch?

I would like to know as im itching to start   :happy:

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #95 on: January 17, 2012, 12:14 »
1" high, quite sturdy, second leaves appearing. May pot on soon, but no rush.
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #96 on: January 17, 2012, 12:24 »
Hmmmmm,

I might put some Gardeners Delight in tomorrow!
Seems like the foil is doing the trick, i sowed in april last year and had to watch as everyone else was enjoying real tomatoes whilst we were still eating supermarket bullets.


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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #97 on: January 17, 2012, 12:28 »
Foil is handy. You can also quickly make it into a helmet when the aliens land to protect you from their brainwaves.

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #98 on: January 17, 2012, 13:10 »
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You can also quickly make it into a helmet when the aliens land to protect you from their brainwaves

Im posh, i have a colander for just such occasions   :wacko:  :nowink:  ::)



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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #99 on: January 17, 2012, 13:11 »
I tried that, it didn't work.

Then I found it was a plastic one.

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #100 on: January 17, 2012, 16:50 »
About an inch and a half high and some are starting to develop tiny real leaves I noticed this morning...

Next weekend I think I will cull the weaker seedlings in the pots where they both germinated...

And I have two pots resown and in the propagator as nothing came up last time...

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #101 on: January 17, 2012, 17:50 »

All 4 up now; Gartenperle was 1st, now also St Pierre, Marmande & St Marzano. 1 of each lol! All in the foil enclosure about an inch high. So far so good  :)
Mash.

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #102 on: January 17, 2012, 19:13 »
My Cherry toms are looking good in their little foil parcels, they are about 3" high and quite stocky considering it is mid January.

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #103 on: January 17, 2012, 23:26 »
I had a couple of packs of gardeners delight (one pack a year or two old and one new pack) and planted a few (4/5) of each on the 3rd...  2 of the new ones have germinated today  :D  hopefully the others will also germinate soon.

I also planted some cabbage, cauli and aubergine on the same day and the cabbage started to germinate yesterday - A new year of growing has begun - yey!!   :D :D :D

mine are now between 1 and 2 inches, the larger developing true leaves  :D

on another note, the older seeds, from 08, have had better germination (5 seedlings) than the new, 2011, pack (still just the 2 seedlings) - although the 2 newer ones germinated a little quicker  :unsure:

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #104 on: January 19, 2012, 17:07 »
I've just popped in a couple of "Black Krim".

This is more out of curiosity to see if the things actually germinate as they were self-saved seed, the first time I've tried it with tomatoes.

I hope so, as they were a cracking tomato.


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