Growing Heirloom Tomatoes Part 1
Growing heirloom tomatoes part 1 covers heirloom seeds, seeding, planting, and managing to care for many more seedlings than ever imagined. Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3! Click through to YouTube for highest resolution.
A few of Kaye’s Tomato Seedlings
I planted over 200 seeds this year, 150 of them tomato! Nine varieties were from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds and the Indigo Rose seeds were from Box Organics on Etsy. The prolific Red Cherry is from Seeds of Change. I also got Serendipity and Gary O’Sena seeds from a friend.
Kaye holds a pepper seedling stricken with damping off
After 30 plants died to damping off, I planted up about 170 plants, about 120 of them tomato. There is no cure for damping off, and it’s heartbreaking to discover your lovingly tended seedlings laying over on their side, but good management practices can usually prevent damping off.
Girl demonstrates putting tomato seedling “to bed”
Thanks for watching and please leave a comment and share with friends! – Kaye
Category: Late Bloomer Episodes, Urban Gardening, Vegetables, Warm Season
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