Progression of Seedlings - yearlings...
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Comments (12)this batch of seedlings and been growing out of its funny leaves. the ones that had the funny looking leaves have moved to more regular leaves with spiky edges at they grew taller. I have a new batch of seedlings that i started in June of last year. about 1/2 the batch is nearly 2 feet tall. the other half is much shorter, anywhere from a foot to only a few inches. i think this is simply normal in the way the seedlings grow. i have several mature plants the are opposite ends of the growth spectrum. some grow very slowly and others are very quick growers. As long as your seedlings are growing leaves near the top of the stem, they should be okay - maybe a bit more fertilizer is needed? I also have had some that simply didn't have leaves up most of the stem. to get them to branch more - many people will pinch the seedlings at a certain point. I don't usually so mine are getting about 5 plus feet tall before they branch out and start flowering....See MoreJanice's Tomato Seedling Progress
Comments (37)Update: Of the 30 or so plants set out around 10 Aug, all but six died from leaf diseases and heat stress. I added two big box store tomatoes in late August. The plants did not show real growth until about 10 Sept.. At the end of Sept/beginning of Oct, I had some nice plants with blooms and many buds on the way. Then on 8 Oct, a Category 1 hurricane hit with sustained winds of 85 mph for a period of time. There were 45-60 mph gusts a half day before, and a half day after. My growing method of staked cages did not protect the tomato plants. The ground in the garden area, and about everywhere you look, is covered in green confetti. A hurricane is natures way of providing a severe trim. Many trees down, branches, and leaves everywhere. Other plants in the garden seemed to be growing fine or even better after the hurricane: carrots, collards and lettuce. Even the mature pepper plants managed fairly well, keeping their blooms and even half ripe peppers. Lessons learned: 1) Plant at least some of toms in containers so I can move them out of the sun on blistering hot days. 2) plant some later as a hedge against the early losses due to heat, 3) Containers would have allowed me to move the plants inside during the storm. 4) Consider a Florida weave. Whgille (Silvia) , a Florida grower, also experienced the storm with fruit on the vines and suffered little damage. Silvia also restricts the amount of sun exposure to morning sun only on younger plants. This limits the heat and seems to allow the plants to grow/survive. I have three or 4 plants left. They are in bad shape. They seem to be shifting energy into intact growing tips. I can see they will soldier on and survive. I don't think they can regrow, bud, bloom, set fruit, and ripen before 30 Nov. i will probably pull them. I have photos. They will not lift anyone's spirits, especially not mine, so I will not be posting them. Here is one photo of a Cherokee Purple from one week ago:...See MoreSeedling progress, Thai socos.
Comments (21)Yes, but it's only a regular anglepoise lamp with a low energy high output bulb which I used as soon as they germinated till they seemed like they wanted to live, ha-ha! It just greened them up quickly and gave them a bit of a boost come evenings. We have had some really hot sunny days so they seem to be doing fine now so I don't use the lamp. I've actually got a very large 5 bed roomed house with plenty of rooms but I just don't want to house tons of seedlings in it. I want to concentrate my efforts on the 'chosen few' so to speak! Plus my children all visit with their families since losing their much loved dad last year, so I fear they would object to having to share with my floral experiments! My g/h is ailing and I'm not sure if I can get it replaced....what will I do with my 5 palm trees that I've grown from seeds, plus the ten others palms, and my 25 assorted Jade plants, stapelias etc etc that need winter quarters? Hopefully, it will last this winter, but then....Answers on a postcard please :-/ !! My house would be like the Little Shop of Horrors. Gill...See Moreobesum seedling...root training in progress...12 months young
Comments (4)Jericson, I'm going to be so disappointed next year when my seedlings are 12 months old and won't look anything like yours......See Morercharles_gw (Canada)
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