03.12.06
Toasted Tomatoes….
They’re dead.
Tried over the last 3 weeks to transplant the seedlings. Held them by a leaf, not stem. Was very careful not to damage the roots and very careful about potting them on. They all died. Every time.
Total disaster, never had a problem with tomatoes before. I normally have so many that some end up in the compost bin. The only thing I can think is that the temperature that I germinated them at was too high. Hmmmm.
I’ve planted some more tomato seeds. Hopefully I’ll have more luck with these, I’ll keep you posted.
02.06.06
Tomato A GO GO!
The tomatoes that I planted here have germinated. In fact they’ve really sprouted very tall. I’ve never had tomatoes that have done this before. This could be because it is too hot in the room or I didn’t plant the seeds deep enough. Anyway, either way these seeds are the first this year!
| The bulk of the seedlings in this picture are tomatoes. The more stocky seedlings in the foreground are Gazania |
The best of these seedlings need pricking out into individual pots before they get too large and moving to somewhere a little cooler – else they’ll not fit indoors and it won’t be hot enough to put them outside.
01.28.06
Neat & Tidy Propagator
I always grow from seed. I always have the seeds indoors because its warmer. I’m very careful, but I’m told by my beautiful wife that I always leave soil around. Weird.
I found a cheap coldframe/propagator when I was christmas shopping. Its a clear plastic box. I don’t like buying plastic but I wanted something that I could move easily between the house and garden without loads of mess and would double as an indoors propogator and an outdoors cold frame.
These boxes are fab. They are strong, they are clear, they are big enough to take seed trays (with a little adjustment) and they have a lid. I think they will be just perfect. I used to have a greenhouse. This was fine for bringing plants on early but no good at all for raising seedlings. Instead I filled all the windowsills in the house with seedtrays and even though I put paper underneath, I still managed to stain all of the paintwork…..
I planted some tomatoes, Gazania and some other thing this evening as you can see. I think I may just get away with it this year!
