Thank you both Katty2&Lyn for taking time and responding. Your comments were very helpful. Just to clarify again I used the plastic bags only during germinating stage to "create green house affect" and were removed immidiately after germination but in my case it does not seem to be working. However,I learned quite a lot during this process.Of course first hand experience and your contribution were valuable . Thanks a lot again...
If you go back a few years to grandads day, they didn’t have plastic bags. There loads of time to sow courgette seeds, once they germinate they grow quickly and you can’t put them out until the end of May at least.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
The pot of seedlings at the front of your pic are probably saveable if you pot them up now into individual pots and bury half their stems in the compost - thus reducing their height by half. They then need to be put onto a windowsill in bright light to grow on. To stop dampening off, remove any plastic covering as soon as the seedlings start to appear and prick them out as soon as possible into individual pots.
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I dont sow courgettes, sweet corn, runner and french beans under glass until the beginning of May, with a view to planting out beginning of June. Plenty of time to start again.
I dont sow courgettes, sweet corn, runner and french beans under glass until the beginning of May, with a view to planting out beginning of June. Plenty of time to start again.
Same here ... and I sow my tomatoes in mid April.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you hogweed your comments and suggestions were invaluable.
Yes I will try to replant them individually.Since they are so leggy and fragile I was hesitant so far but if I delay any longer I fear I will loose all of them .. I tried to point earlier that front pot is different variaty (perhaps disease resistant) that's why they are doing well. The other leggy ones Sun Gold variaty by the way (from my own growth from last season).
I have also started new discussion about Tomatoe grooving from seeds ,transplanting,caring,feeding,watering ,disaese control etc.
Please join the discussion, share your thoughts,ideas and experiences so that we will learn from each other.
Please also invite others for discussions.I have noticed the posts about tomatoe groving are either not adequate or too old..
There are so many new varieties and new techniques for grovers ..like developing new varieties, developments by cross pollanating or grafting etc.
So there are so many topics for discussions and sharing experiences and tips.
Hi Guys, I hope that you are all well and since the weather is getting better and better you are all excited to go out and find excuses for gardening. Do you remember I posted some pictures of tomatoe seedlings some of which were collapsing and of some could hardly stand up on their own. Some suggested "lack of light", some "dumping off" disease etc. Lucky,at least half of them survived and I have transplanted them to individual pots...I planted them deeper and they are becoming stronger and stand up on their own now!!! I will give them few more weeks and share pictures of them with you... Mean time is there anybody else who is trying to grow their own tomatoe seedlings....I am _and sure others too want to hear more sharings and experiences... Kind regards. Ceyhan
I am glad you were able to save some of your tomato seeds. Plant them deeper every time you pot on.. and when you plant them out, consider planting them on their sides in a trench (either in ground or in your growbag/pot). They will send out new roots all along the underground stem, meaning more nutrients and water capacity.. and possibly more tomatoes. I've not seen any scientific research, nor conducted my own, but it makes sense to me. It also keeps my leggy or overly tall tomatoes from getting wind bashed once they are in the ground. The remaining growth soon toughens up, and quickly grows into a fruit producing plant.
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Your comments were very helpful.
Just to clarify again I used the plastic bags only during germinating stage to "create green house affect" and were removed immidiately after germination but in my case it does not seem to be working.
However,I learned quite a lot during this process.Of course first hand experience and your contribution were valuable .
Thanks a lot again...
There loads of time to sow courgette seeds, once they germinate they grow quickly and you can’t put them out until the end of May at least.
To stop dampening off, remove any plastic covering as soon as the seedlings start to appear and prick them out as soon as possible into individual pots.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes I will try to replant them individually.Since they are so leggy and fragile I was hesitant so far but if I delay any longer I fear I will loose all of them ..
I tried to point earlier that front pot is different variaty (perhaps disease resistant) that's why they are doing well.
The other leggy ones Sun Gold variaty by the way (from my own growth from last season).
I have also started new discussion about Tomatoe grooving from seeds ,transplanting,caring,feeding,watering ,disaese control etc.
Please join the discussion, share your thoughts,ideas and experiences so that we will learn from each other.
Please also invite others for discussions.I have noticed the posts about tomatoe groving are either not adequate or too old..
There are so many new varieties and new techniques for grovers ..like developing new varieties, developments by cross pollanating or grafting etc.
So there are so many topics for discussions and sharing experiences and tips.
Kind regards.
Ceyhan
I hope that you are all well and since the weather is getting better and better you are all excited to go out and find excuses for gardening.
Do you remember I posted some pictures of tomatoe seedlings some of which were collapsing and of some could hardly stand up on their own.
Some suggested "lack of light", some "dumping off" disease etc.
Lucky,at least half of them survived and I have transplanted them to individual pots...I planted them deeper and they are becoming stronger and stand up on their own now!!!
I will give them few more weeks and share pictures of them with you...
Mean time is there anybody else who is trying to grow their own tomatoe seedlings....I am _and sure others too want to hear more sharings and experiences...
Kind regards.
Ceyhan
They will send out new roots all along the underground stem, meaning more nutrients and water capacity.. and possibly more tomatoes. I've not seen any scientific research, nor conducted my own, but it makes sense to me. It also keeps my leggy or overly tall tomatoes from getting wind bashed once they are in the ground. The remaining growth soon toughens up, and quickly grows into a fruit producing plant.