that is too bad Prof!

I usually have tons of re-seeded tomatoes if you want me to ship some plants. We are in a different zone so mine won't be big till June though.

Tomatoes here will grow if I just throw a rotten one on the ground. When I lived in the south I kept killing them though.

Karen

I bought cuke seeds today for the second time. I was eyeing the Bonnie herb/veggie rack, but I don't like burpless cukes. I want real, straight 8's with the seed. The seed gives them texture. My eggplants haven't done squat either. I blame the seed. They were from a trade, so I can't take all the blame. ;)

I bought a cayenne seedling this morning. I only want one plant. No need for me to fuss over plants that get huffy when it drops below 40.

WS tomatoes seem slow, but as so many swear by them, I think we'll be lucky with them too.

My WS ones are just sprouting, and my inside one are stalled too but healthy and OK so far.
I don't have lights, just newspaper pots in a sunny window.
Hope you have better luck soon prof!

Don't Tomato plants need quite a bit of heat to get
going?

This is my first year starting tomatoes from seed, so
I don't really know anything about starting them the WS
way or directly sowing into the soil.

I have had volunteers before and they really went to
town, only a bit later and caught up with my store
bought plants.

Mary

I planted a container heavily with serrano pepper seed --- under lights, not WS. I only want two plants, but chiles are finicky for me. Plus I keep buying seed packets before I find what I forgot to plant last year, so I have tons of store-bought seed!

They aprouted quite well and have sat there, one inch tall with only baby leaves, for two weeks. I started anchos in the Aerogarden my MIL bought me and they are 5 inches tall and look like something I'd buy as a transplant. Just gorgeous. I have had luck transplanting from the Aerogarden before, so I hope it works again.

I had to pot up the Ronde de Nice zucchini and India Paint eggplant I started at the same time as the anchos, because they are HUGE. I'm going to try to wait until May 1 to plant out, and if they die, I'll buy jalapeno transplants and live without the rest.

Deb

Hey prof...looka MY tomato and peppers starts! I've never had great starts like this and my prob is they are too freaking big too soon. I always allow for slow growth and uninspiring-looking plants. But this year...WOW.

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And these are the GUL toms. I won't even tell you how many are in WS jugs!

Kris (who may need some tomato recipes this year...:-D )

I am fairly new to winter sowing, but I have been starting tomatoes and peppers under lights for many years. My light setup is now in my basement where it is fairly cool. So I got a heat mat which I use with tomatoes until they germinate (usually about a week). By then I need the mat for something else so the tomatoes go to the bottom rack with no heat. I keep the lights a few inches above them, and they don't get too leggy. Have great luck this way. Peppers and eggplants get heat longer, usually until I transplant them to bigger containers; they seem to do better that way. I just tried winter sowing some tomatoes and eggplants this weekend, as an experiment.

I also start giving my seedlings a shot of fish emulsion once a week after they have their first true leaves.

I need to transplant my tomatoes to bigger containers this week. They were started in early March and are outgrowing the flats. I've had them outside for some brief periods, to start hardening them off. They will be ready by Mother's Day when it is usually safe to plant out here.

WOW, Kris, those are amazing! I hope my WS ones do better than my GUL failures. They are actually looking better at this stage than the ones started inside.

Prof