mystery pest plague or affliction - Page 2

oakley · May 12, 2016

The survivors look great. Having grown north and in the mountains i've never had problems with 'leggy'.

Mine storm seedlings did surprisingly well. That tray was pathetic but 22sh survived and 8or 9 went to StJohn's to a hoop house. The rest went to neighbors and 4 are going back to NY with me...shush...

bower · May 13, 2016

Your seedlings look properly adapted to cold, alright. Hope you're not travelling today all the same.

Snow in may used to be such a novelty.... now two years in a row.

I usually have my seedlings in a cold basement window with a light setup, but they spent their whole lives in the luxury of main floor this time. Too many and no lights. Started later but they just grew faster.
I find tomatoes are like Newfoundland dogs. The pups are so little and cute that you want to keep all of them, but before you know it....

gargantuan and wildly romping.

I'm pretty anxious to get something to fill the containers, I just hope this weather doesn't delay the availability even further. I have a few plants with buds already ready to open, don't want that to happen in the tiny peat bog bricks they're in.
I decided not to stress these poor puppies in peaty nastiness any worse than they are, brought them indoors last night in anticipation of the cold one. And now they're downstairs where there's really less light, they'll be groping for the light switch by afternoon.

May 13, 2016	#17
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	Your seedlings look properly adapted to cold, alright. Hope you're not travelling today all the same. Snow in may used to be such a novelty.... now two years in a row. I usually have my seedlings in a cold basement window with a light setup, but they spent their whole lives in the luxury of main floor this time. Too many and no lights. Started later but they just grew faster. I find tomatoes are like Newfoundland dogs. The pups are so little and cute that you want to keep all of them, but before you know it.... gargantuan and wildly romping. I'm pretty anxious to get something to fill the containers, I just hope this weather doesn't delay the availability even further. I have a few plants with buds already ready to open, don't want that to happen in the tiny peat bog bricks they're in. I decided not to stress these poor puppies in peaty nastiness any worse than they are, brought them indoors last night in anticipation of the cold one. And now they're downstairs where there's really less light, they'll be groping for the light switch by afternoon.