Am I the only one?

[imp]

Originally Posted by Old chef

I have an announcement to make.....

I have the best wife in the whole world!!!
somehow she found my charts. Under some books in the library
I do not have any idea how they got there but they are found

Hallelujah

Promise to heed all the advice given .....

Truly appreciate the positive wishes

Old chef

Oh, thank goodness and thank your wife! I always get so mad at myself for misplacing stuff, LOL!

Good luck and garden on!

[hovermother22]

So happy for you, old chef!

[cloz]

My plants are a little overdue getting up-potted but work got in the way. They get done tomorrow. There are 50 varieties in this flat and the chart indicates what is where. I notched one end of the flat to identify the starting point. I took a picture which then goes to the cloud and my computer so the likelihood of loosing the chart is slim.
It works for me. I make a similar simple chart noting the location and variety of each plant in my garden when planted out.

Cloz

[Bulldog]

Old chef, there are a hundred ways to not know what your seedlings are. The terrific print out 72 cell chart on here helps.

Things that have happened to me to avoid:
Putting them out on one of those small greenhouse shelves and letting the whole thing blow over in the wind, seedlings fall out and you don't know what they are. All of my cabbage things right now from earlier this spring are in one mystery raised bed.

Watering a speeding tray propped on a large pot and turn around and the whole thing has slipped to ground, few tomato seedlings fall out. Could be one of 5 varieties......

Trip and lose whole 72 cell tray, mixed to the ground.

Repot a bunch of cabbage things put one label for each group and then it's musical chairs after a couple weeks....

[dmforcier]

I have the best wife in the whole world!!!
somehow she found my charts.

Let this be a lesson to us all. Spend more on your wife than on your garden.


oakley, I mark the flat either by using the LR corner cell to hold all the woody bits from the starting mix, or by snipping off that corner of the plastic. The latter option is indelible.



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[Gardeneer]

Every year I get few surprises, originating from the mistakes I make in sowing and labeling.
This year I have couple of them , so far as I know.
So, Old Chef, you are not definitely alone.
In the meantime keep looking , in your paper works pile, in seeds box , inside your notebook ...
Gardeneer

[Jonnyhat]

Originally Posted by cloz

My plants are a little overdue getting up-potted but work got in the way. They get done tomorrow. There are 50 varieties in this flat and the chart indicates what is where. I notched one end of the flat to identify the starting point. I took a picture which then goes to the cloud and my computer so the likelihood of loosing the chart is slim.
It works for me. I make a similar simple chart noting the location and variety of each plant in my garden when planted out.

Cloz

how do you get the tomatoes that big out of a 50 cell flat? I usually transplant much earlier, but I was experimenting and now these guy are huge and nearly rootbound... any tricks?

[Gerardo]

That's a partner!!!

Just start a landrace. You don't have to know what the parents were. I usually write on the containers with whiteout, markers (if they're white), or put sticker labels on them. Lots of people lose track of what they're growing around these parts. I think I and a few others are the only ones I know in my area who care much about what the varieties are called.

Edit: Looks like you found them. That's good.

[cloz]

Originally Posted by Jonnyhat

how do you get the tomatoes that big out of a 50 cell flat? I usually transplant much earlier, but I was experimenting and now these guy are huge and nearly rootbound... any tricks?

I use an old butter knife to push down along the side of the cel, grab the seedlings with my other hand and force the whole plug out of the cell. I can then separate them and replant as needed. A fork would work just as well. When i was making a mixed flat for my daughter, I removed what I needed and put the plug right back in the cell for further transplants later. The seedlings are quite durable. It works for me.

Cloz

[Gardeneer]

Nice conclusion .

Here is how I did this year.