Looking good applestar!
Lindsay - 16 hrs would be better for the lights to be on. The light we can provide is so much less intense than sunlight that we need
to make up for it.
I've been itching to start tomatoes, but knowing that it is still a bit too early, especially if spring comes later this year.
But I looked at the tomato varieties I have on hand (11) and realized that they have a days to maturity range
from Stupice Ultra Early (55-60 days) to Virginia Sweets (90 days). So I figured it would be ok to give the Va Sweets
a little more head start. They are soaking now.
A lot of these are left overs from previous year's tomato giveaway or things people here have sent me
(thanks, everyone!) that I only have a few seeds of. But I thought especially since some are from 2012,
I might as well use them all up, see what sprouts.
My list: Red Boar saladette, Chianti Rose beefsteak, Rebel Yell beefsteak, Amos Coli paste, New Hampshire
sure crop medium size, high acid, Stupice Ultra Early saladette, Better Boy beefsteak, Virginia Sweets
yellow-red beefsteak, AAA Sweet Solano bicolor saladette, Coyote yellow cherry, Zuckertraube
cherry/grape.
You can see how you all have influenced me !
When I came here I grew Early Girl and Big Boy only - round red
hybrid tomatoes. The only reason for two varieties was to have some earlier ripening to have ripe tomatoes in
June. Gradually people here have been pulling me into the world of heirloom tomatoes. I was really afraid of it
at first, because the hybrids have all that disease resistance bred in. I thought I would have a terrible problem with diseases with heirlooms, but that has not turned out to be true. The heirlooms have had no more diseases than the hybrids, maybe less.
If the tomato giveaway happens this year, I would love to see Berkeley tie die. I got those from a previous year's giveaway and they were terrific! My customers still ask about them!
