Starting from seeds. South California.
thanks a lot
aem wrote:
Mark wrote:
I have started seeds for tomatoes,dill, cucumbers, and lettuce.
Tomatoes and cucumbers are summer plants in SoCal. The lettuce will do
fine all fall and winter long.
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But I can see that in a 3-4 weeks or a month, there will be bigger
plants. Also I can see that by the end of October, beginning of
Novembere it could be late to plant these seedlings outside. Even in
South California. Correct?
Correct. You're wasting your time and effort with them.
Usually we do not have temperature below
freezing in San Diego, but still it is pretty cold and I would expect,
plants will die. At least most of them.
It isn't that they will die, it's that there is no chance for them to
get the heat and length of days they need to produce fruit.
So, I am thinking that I will transfer them to bigger containers, where
they can grow somewhere till end of January or February; whatever is
the time to plant in San Diego after winter.
There's no point in that. You'll have old, leggy, confused plants next
spring. Wait five months and start again. Then you'll have young,
healthy seedlings to transplant. -aem
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