Well, I'll be...

16 years ago

...darned! First time WSing tomatoes and I'm seeing a little green trying to push up through the soil!!! Grightmire's Pride! I think this will be my best WSing year ever! My Dwarf Hollyhocks sprouted last week, and now Bachelor's Buttons and Melampodium too!

I've always struggled with milk jugs in the past, so this time I used styrofoam cups...larger ones I saved from "cup-o-noodles" for the toms and the 8oz size for the flowers. I cut pieces clear shopping bags to cover and used rubber bands to keep it on. I punched about ten holes in the tops to vent. I also used a couple of plastic "lunchmeat" containers to try and that's what the Melampodium is in.

We're going to get out first heavy rain tonight and I hope I have everything far enough under the eaves to keep them from getting pummeled.

I've never had enough success to do the happy dance before but I'm doing it now!!!

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karendee
16 years ago
good for you!!

I still have a bunch of tomatoes to sow! I hope I have enough soil.

Karen
caryltoo Z7/SE PA
16 years ago
Congrats. My first year with tomatoes and I was worried so I sowed a bunch inside, too. Now I've got so many between the two methods that I'll be giving a bunch away.

Caryl
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gardenweed_z6a
16 years ago
Congratulations noinwi!!! Woohoo!!! Doing the happy dance for all your sprouts and my sprouts! Penstemon 'Esprit' popped up today, as did ladybells, delphinium, Echinacea 'White Swan' & stokesia 'Klaus Jelitto.' Still no sign of life from the Himalayan blue poppy, gaura, soapwort, tall phlox, monarda or Siberian iris but it's early days yet.
karendee
16 years ago
Caryl there is no such thing as too many tomato plants :) that is a good problem to have.

Isnt WS'ing awesome?
Karen
silverkelt
16 years ago
Pre even trying wintersowing, I would plant tons of Toms over a hundred.. becuase for some darn reason.. I always killed tons of them off, probable my impatience. I would have poeple tell me to dampening them off with laundry containers on top to keep the sun off them etc.. Yet would still lose more than half.. like 70% some years. Well who knows why.. one year I probable had like 99% survive... I couldnt find enough people to give 80 plants away! I didnt need more than I planted thats for sure..

Silverkelt