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Saving heirloom tomato seeds, step-by-step

  • September 15, 2015
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  • Rory
One of the joys of hobby farming is discovering trends that develop over many seasons. A homegrown tomato plant originally inspired me to start my own garden. Five years later I’m still…
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Seed starting lessons learned

  • May 27, 2014
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  • Rory
This year was my first serious attempt at starting seeds indoors. Oh, I’ve made half-hearted attempts before, trying to get through a long Winter, planting random herbs in peat pods in the…
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Seedling surprise

  • May 4, 2014
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  • Rory
Our seedlings are doing amazingly well since transplanting to larger pots. Too well, in fact. In just 12 days they’ve outgrown their pots and are starting to show signs of stress.…
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A new home for the seedlings

  • April 25, 2014
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  • Rory
It was long overdue, relegated to the bottom of my to-do list for weeks. But this week my seedlings finally got a new home. These larger pots will last until…
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Under the grow lights

  • April 3, 2014
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  • Rory
Our tomato seedlings are close to graduation into tomato starts. They’ve done well as our first experiment under the grow lights. Almost full germination and despite some missed waterings, they…
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