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SittinDuck said:
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How long have they been in the containers with this medium?
I see tomatoes in all stages of growth, from 3 days or so on the far left to about 2 to 3 months old on the right. (hard to tell age well since there lanky and look to be stretching for light)
If you just transplanted them into this medium about two weeks ago your not going to tell much yet..
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Chris09 said:
How long have they been in the containers with this medium?
I see tomatoes in all stages of growth, from 3 days or so on the far left to about 2 to 3 months old on the right. (hard to tell age well since there lanky and look to be stretching for light)
If you just transplanted them into this medium about two weeks ago your not going to tell much yet..
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They were all the same age (probably a month). There would be no point in the experiment if they were all different ages.

I planted the seeds in a teaspoon of dirt on top of the wood chips, sand, lime. They are lanky because I used cfls.

That pic is 3 years old, so I forgot a few particulars.

The plant in the lime, I kept it for a long time. Maybe 4-5 months before I got bored looking at it. It never grew bigger than that pic, but it never died until I stopped watering it. The fact that it lived at all was amazing.
 
SittinDuck said:
Quote: So your saying that the little tomatoes on the far left that just barely has true leaves is the same age as the tomatoes on the far right?
Sorry, I just don't see all 6 of those tomatoes being the same age.

Your cfl's weren't putting out enough lumens so they started stretching for light and in turn they got lanky and aren't as green as they should be.
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Chris09 said:
So your saying that the little tomatoes on the far left that just barely has true leaves is the same age as the tomatoes on the far right?
Sorry, I just don't see all 6 of those tomatoes being the same age.

Your cfl's weren't putting out enough lumens so they started stretching for light and in turn they got lanky and aren't as green as they should be.
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You could be right about the one on the far left in the potting soil. It's been 3 years, but now that you mention it, I think I remember starting the experiment and then finding a bag of potting soil at Dollar General, so the one on the far left could be a week younger. I think I included it in the pic because it was remarkable just how slow it grew. But the rest, I can say with 100% confidence that they are all the same age.

Try the experiment yourself and see what you come up with. You have better lights anyway. In a few months, we will know for sure. What are we trying to know again?
 
Our favorite by far is Black Krim. Very similar to Cherokee Purple. Both are super dark and meaty heirlooms. I've had little success with starting my tomatoes from seeds so I just buy plants and call it good.
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I like the early girl tomatoes. This year I have two different kinds of cherry tomatoes started from seeds in the house. I don't have a lot of sun here but they are doing pretty good. Their about 3 inches tall. Now if I can keep them alive until May when I can plant them outside.
 

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