This is my third season growing Toms in Sth FL, hopefully with the lessons I've learnt from the first two years I should have some success. I have posted some pics of the early stages, so far so good, touch wood.
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The seedlings after six days. Sprouted in 4 days, then straight under grow lights for 16 hours a day.
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Small plants after 25 days, watering every 2-3 days with very dilute fish emulsion.
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Plants now in there final 7 gallon pots, outside all day getting 7 hrs of sunlight. I will put them outside full time this weekend with some steel cages to support them.
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Looking great! You are doing fine... a lot of Florida gardeners (maybe transplants from elsewhere?) don't seem to get it that your seasons are basically opposite from ours. Where I am too, the tomatoes are winding down and in another week or two, I will pick off all the green tomatoes to keep them from freezing.
Southern FLA gardeners keep trying to grow tomatoes through the summer and it just doesn't work. Your time to start tomatoes is putting transplants out now (you planted those seeds in August I guess) for fall-winter or in planting seeds again in January for spring-early summer. Then shut the tomatoes down for the summer and grow watermelon or something tropical...
Southern FLA gardeners keep trying to grow tomatoes through the summer and it just doesn't work. Your time to start tomatoes is putting transplants out now (you planted those seeds in August I guess) for fall-winter or in planting seeds again in January for spring-early summer. Then shut the tomatoes down for the summer and grow watermelon or something tropical...