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When to thin
On 1/31/2015 9:45 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
George Shirley wrote: On 1/30/2015 5:58 PM, Terry Coombs wrote: Well , I've got lots of tomato seedlings now ... and two in most cells . When do y'all thin your seedlings ? I can do it now , but then if one dies ... or I can do it when they're bigger , and the dominant one is more apparent . That approach however uses more of the finite amount of nutrients available , and maybe thinning now will make one that wouldn't have been dominant actually be stronger than ... Decisions decisions ! If there were two or more seeds planted in the same cup I just pinch off all but the sturdiest seedling. Don't have enough space to plant a lot of tomato plants. The plants themselves need plenty of room around here and I keep them pruned so that sunshine gets into the plant. On occasion I have transplanted extra seedlings from a group and mostly they succeeded but not as well as the primary. And, like you said, the secondaries suck up all the energy for the primary. And this morning I snipped all but the strongest in those that had multiples . The saved Romas from last year germinated better than expected , some cells had up to 4 seedlings ! I'm seeing some action now on the peppers , my serranos are coming up though none of the rest are yet . I used to cross hot peppers to get more heat but, as I've aged, the heat doesn't agree with me anymore. Only grow sweet chiles and a bunch of those. We like Gypsy, Giant Marconi, Carmen (a poblano type that gets huge) and the occasional Aji Limon de Peru, a hot yellow that doesn't bother my innards as much as others. I've been growing the Aji's for over 20 years, traded with a gentleman in Lima, Peru for the seeds back before it was banned. Had some nice hot ones from a fellow in Bulgaria, sort of a hot Longhorn, right tasty. I miss those days sometimes and then I don't due to worldwide terrorism. Never could eat the really hot habs though, did not agree with my digestive system and hurt on both ends. G |
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