Potted up tomatoes

[MontyJ]

I started my tomatoes in seeding flat trays to save room. They came up very fast and are just a week old. I don't trust the seeding flats because they dry out so fast.

They should be much happier with more leg (root) room and sitting a little deeper.

 

[journey11]

Some people even start them altogether in one big tray. Once they get their second set of real leaves, they should be sturdy enough to pot up. They're pretty resilient little guys anyway.

What kinds are you growing this year?

 

[MontyJ]

I've seen people start tomatoes in flats like that. I just can't bring myself to tear the roots apart like that. THis year we're sticking strictly to canners: Big Boy, Super Beefsteak, Rutgers (more for fresh slicers and Dew's fried green maters) and lots and lots of Romas...probably 80 or more for tomato soup.

 

[journey11]

That's what I'm looking forward to...fried green tomatoes.

 

[MontyJ]

Dew eats fried green tomatoes like potato chips. I'll pass.

First true leaves are showing up. They are showing a tiny bit of purpleing (is that a word?) in the stems from the cold nights, but I was expecting it. So far, so good.

 

[catjac1975]

Monty- I think tomatoes are one of those plants that likes to have it's roots torn up a bit. And of course plant them deep.

 

[HotPepperQueen]

I usually wait until the last possible moment to transplant mine....

I should probably do that soon.

 

[MontyJ]

I'll be potting mine up into 4" pots is a couple of weeks. Then into the greenhouse they go.

 

[aftermidnight]

I'm just starting to pot up from 4 and 9 packs into Styrofoam coffee cups, this way I don't lose my plastic pots when I give the extras away . The tomatoes I keep for myself will be potted on in gallon pots when they've outgrown the coffee cups, they'll stay in the greenhouse until such time as they get planted out in the garden.
I didn't get as carried away as I did last year with varieties . This year it's Cherokee Purple, Rinaldo, Goldman's Italian American, and Celebrity. Cherries and salad, Tigro, Black Opal, Cheerio, Indigo Rose, Yellow Pear and Cherokee Green Grape. The family have requested a variety of different colored cherries, mom is such a pushover, sigh, I could use that bench space for other things.
Annette

 

[valley ranch]

Hi, Can Fried Green Tomatoes really be eaten?

Just googled a recipe for Fried Green, we'll try that.

Richard