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Sacha writes:
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| Here's what Ray is dictating to me about tomato growing:

Most interesting. I may start my seeds a little earlier this year.

| We would try to maintain a 60F temp. regime though it probably went to 55F
| at night until much more modern heating was introduced. On some nurseries,
| they would expect to see the first red tomatoes by the end of March.

So warm but not modern house temperatures.

| If you're going to use e.g. Levington's compost with a high nitrogen
| content, the plants will be less controllable in terms of growth than they
| would be in a John Innes compost. Once you water Levingtons, it's wet and
| stays wet for some time so the plants grow fast. If you're growing in the
| present amateur way, which is similar to the old fashioned commercial way,
| you're probably better off using John Innes."

Ah. So growth was controlled in other ways than temperature as well.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.