Yep. My scrawny little tomatoes. I actually have another flat of 72, plus these. Big Boy, Early Girl, Sweet 100s, and Better Boy. They're under a 4' double grow light.
where did you get the grow lights? I've only been able to find a short one at lowes that is blueish and my plants are getting really tall and skinny.
thanks mike
Mine looked exactly like that somewhere back in January. neener neener neener.
That was before they all damped off and died:doh:
But the store bought plants that I replaced them with are in the ground, look great, and are starting to bloom.:thumbsup: I should have homegrown tomatoes for only three times what it would cost to buy them at the store. Thank God I shut my wifes farmstand down. I'd lose the farm the way I'm gardening this year.
I started mine in feb. Don't know if I should post the photo. I don't want to make Barry's look small.
Their 16" tall & have buds now. After starting them in the kitchen for a few weeks I put them in the greenhouse. There was a light bulb on a thermostat to keep it above freezing.
We are still having a little frost. My patty pan squash seedlings actually have a small squash now. 1 gal. pots
Barry - your plants are getting spindly. The fluorescent bulbs should be 2-4 inches from the tops of the plants to get stocky growth.
I put a fan (small computer-type) blowing lightly across the tops of the plants (even when the lights are off). It does several things - it reduces the heat bearing down on the plants, reduces damping-off, and stimulates wind, causing the plants to produce stockier plants (thigmomorphogenesis). You will have to keep an eye on the soil moisture, but I'd rather have a drier situation then a waterlogged plant base. Plant lights should be on 14-16 hours.
Thanks! I've got them about 4" from the light. The lights are grow lights instead of regular flourescents, and they're sitting on a hardwood floor which I think probably slowed the germination and the initial growth because it was too cool. I do turn the lights on around 6:30am and off at 11:00.
Here's my Sweet 100 tomatoes that I started from seed six weeks ago. They need to go outside! We're running out of space in the seed starting area.
That's a pair of cheap shop shop lights running standard lighting bulbs. Cost me about 35 bucks to setup.
Here's my Sweet 100 tomatoes that I started from seed six weeks ago. They need to go outside! We're running out of space in the seed starting area.
That's a pair of cheap shop shop lights running standard lighting bulbs. Cost me about 35 bucks to setup.
I wish I has some time to take some pictures and post them but I need to pick the Watermelons and Butternut squash before the grow shelves we use collapse
(intrepretation - I wish I knew how to post photos' because I do have some good looking greenery)
Well this is all I have. I got plant happy and planted my seedlings a week early. We had a hard freeze here in North Texas last week. Who would have thought a freeze in TEXAS in April! I am replanting tomorrow with all bought plants.
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