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29 Jan 2010Tomato Kumato - Have you had a chance to try them? 1 6Sunny -8°C / 18°F
The other day the hubby was out and about at a local grocery store and spotted these little beauties and wanted to give them a try. I’d never heard of such a thing so I was super excited to get a taste of them. FANTASTIC! Such intense flavor, such a unique color – made amazing BLT s...
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29 Jan 2010Tomato Progress 5 2 Tomato Black Krim (Heirloom) Fertilising, Tomato Yellow Pear Cherry (Heirloom) Fertilising, Tomato Black Ze...Sunny -9°C / 16°F
So far so good. The tomatoes are growing really well so far – I swear a mile a day at this point. It seems like I’m raising the light 2 – 3 times a week. Due to the early germination of some (example yellow pear) and the later germination of others (example moskovich) –...
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17 Jan 2010Tomatoes get more legroom 1 4 Tomato Black Krim (Heirloom) Potting Up, Tomato Yellow Pear Cherry (Heirloom) Potting Up, Tomato Black Zebr...Overcast -3°C / 27°F
Some of the tomatoes were getting pretty squished in their container. I know you are “suppose” to thin them to one seedling per container – but I’ve never been good at it. If I have 3 healthy seedlings, I like to give them all a chance and pass any extras on to friends a...
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15 Jan 2010Finally Have True Leaves 1 Tomato Moskovich (Heirloom) Showing True Leaves and Tomato Big Rainbow Showing True LeavesTomato Moskovich and Tomato Big Rainbow have finally produced their first set of true leaves. I’ve been feeding the other varieties but these two have had to wait and it’s very obvious they are quite far behind. I plan to repot the others, but these two little guys will have to wait...Overcast -3°C / 27°F
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13 Jan 2010The Story Of My New Primula 2 5 Primula Flowering and Indoor / Houseplant gardenSunny -6°C / 21°F
Well, the last two weeks have been a bit on the rocky side here at the Plantaholics residence. DH and I, heavy smokers for 15+ years have quit smoking (One of our many New Year’s resolutions). We’re determined to quit and coming up to the two week mark tomorrow – we are defina...
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10 Jan 2010True Leaves on Tomatoes 4 Tomato Black Krim (Heirloom) Showing True Leaves, Tomato Brandywine (Heirloom) Showing True Leaves, Tomato ...-7°C / 19°F
Taking the tomatoes out to water them this morning – I was happy to see that 4 of the plants have their first true leaves. Soon will be starting half strength fertilizer to give these little guys a boost.
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05 Jan 2010Moskovich Heirloom Germinated :) 5 Tomato Moskovich (Heirloom) Sprouting and Indoor Veggie gardenToday the first moskovich tomato has popped up. Super pleased with how these tomato seeds have performed. At least one of each of the 6 varieties I planted have germinated…in spite of the fact that some of the seeds were not fresh from the ’09 season.Cloudy -4°C / 25°F
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03 Jan 2010More Tomatoes Sprouting! 1 3 Tomato Brandywine (Heirloom) Sprouting and Tomato Black Zebra SproutingDay 5 after planting…we have more tomatoes popping up. Brandywine, Red/Green Zebra are both sprouting at least one seedling – if not two. The third seed planted in the yellow pear cherry also popped up today. One left – the moskovich tomato still hasn’t shown any signs ...Cloudy -5°C / 23°F
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03 Jan 2010Big Rainbow Tomato Sprouted Tomato Big Rainbow Sprouting and Indoor Veggie garden5 days after planting…the big rainbow tomato has sprouted. I can’t wait to see how these turn out – they look amazing and are suppose to have great taste and texture.Cloudy -5°C / 23°F
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02 Jan 2010Black Krim Tomatoes Sprouting Tomato Black Krim (Heirloom) Sprouting and Indoor Veggie gardenAfter only 4 days, one of the Black Krim seeds have sprouted. Germination is definately sped up by bottom heat!!Snow -7°C / 19°F
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