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@digitS' The fuel is kerosene and is does uses electric. The heater plugs into a thermostat, the thermostat then plugs into the wall and then the thermostat controls the electric to the heater. The heater pumps the kerosene through a nozzle (kind of like a fuel injector) then the kerosene is...

I start heating the greenhouse around February and I use a Reddy Heater with a aftermarket pigtail thermostat. I set it at the temp I want and I'm good to go.

The seedlings are stretching do to the lack of light, the lack of light is do to the seed coat being stuck to the cotyledons, the seed coat being stuck to the cotyledons can be do to a number of reasons. Age of seeds, I know you said that they were new seeds but were they bought from a good...

The root system of a most plant reflects the plant above ground. I can assume that the tomato/ es that the test was done on were indeterminate type and they would get much larger that say a determinate tomato type or dwarf type so in turn the root system should be larger but still that is a lot...

Wow!!! 60 ft³ is a lot of root space for one tomato. A container that is 5' long x 4' wide x 3' high is 60 ft³

Well I just got started with my ordering. My experimental* tomato order will take the longest to receive (about 4 weeks) so I put it in first. These will be; Rutgers 250, Ramapo, Moreton and KC-146. These tomato seeds will be coming direct from Rutgers and I hope they do well. * New seeds that...

I know this is a old topic but had to post. On the Poinsettia, most people don't enjoy the blossom, in fact most people don't get to see the full flower in most cases they only see half the flower if there lucky. What we enjoy seeing is the colored Bract that come in Red, White, Pink etc. The...

Cornell mixes are used by a lot of manufactures, one being Pro-Mix. One Pro-Mix formula used/ uses 11 parts (by volume) peat, 5.5 (by volume) vermiculite and 5.5 (by volume) perlite then they used/ use a "Base mix fertilizers" that is a mixture of ground limestone, superphosphate, calcium or...

The information below is from the book " The Complete Book Of Growing Plants From Seed" by Elda Haring. I thought it may help some of the amateurs and novalis alike. Vermiculite This is a form of expanded mica with a tremendous capacity for holding moisture. It can be used with excellent...

@SprigOfTheLivingDead if I remember I'll do a updated post on it. It wont be for awhile still a but cold here for peppers.

We had some rain earlier (about 9pm) then it turned to snow (got about 4 inches) and now (330am) we have a mix of rain and snow @ 35ish degrees. Oh well, Friday they say is going to be 52.

What your describing is Layering, I'm talking about Air Layering. I think that you would get a better result from Air Layering and you can get a lot more clones off of one mother plant.

@digitS' you might try Air Layering peppers to clone them. http://gardenofeaden.blogspot.com/2013/05/what-is-air-layering.html

As for Nyboy's question, I've used Pro-Mix in the past (In school and in my greenhouse) but like my own mix best. 4 parts Peat (sifted to a medium grade) 2 parts Builders Sand 1 part Horticultural Grade Vermiculite

Another link to growth regulators and growth retardants. http://www.greenhousegrower.com/uncategorized/plant-growth-regulator-primer/

I've grown most of the tomatoes that I have listed. I think the only ones on that list that I haven't grown was Believe it or Not, Big Zac and Aussie.

These tomatoes are some that produce large fruit. Beefmaster VF Better Boy VFN Ultra Boy II Delicious Striped German Brandywine Oxheart (Red) Burpee Burger SteakHouse Believe it or Not Big Zac Aussie