{"id":11098,"date":"2013-01-16T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=11098"},"modified":"2013-02-24T17:21:45","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T00:21:45","slug":"stir-crazy-gardener-completes-first-transplant-of-greenhouse-tomato-seedlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/stir-crazy-gardener-completes-first-transplant-of-greenhouse-tomato-seedlings\/","title":{"rendered":"Stir Crazy Gardener Completes First Transplant of Greenhouse Tomato Seedlings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maybe time-lapse photography would have shown growth, but I sure couldn’t see any!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I thought the directions said I should wait to transplant the greenhouse tomato seedlings.<\/a><\/span><\/strong> \u00a0I have waited and waited for the two true leaf stage. \u00a0The tomato seedlings seemed stuck in a timeless space that I walked into once in a while to mist them.<\/em> \u00a0The lettuce is growing some, but this advised cold treatment<\/span> has been testing my gardening-deprived mental state. \u00a0I should be grateful that I have the opportunity to even play around with greenhouse growing right now, but instead I have been stewing.<\/p>\n

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true leaves budding are just visible at the base of the first leaves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, I spied some very small buds of the true leaves!<\/strong> \u00a0Aha! \u00a0No matter that I had to put on my reading glasses for them to materialize.<\/em> \u00a0They were there. \u00a0I ignored any thoughts that I should wait until they were larger, and proceeded to happily transplant all 10 tomato seedlings. \u00a0There is no way I can raise all 10 tomato plants to maturity in my greenhouse, but I have to transplant them all at this point. \u00a0I am sure someone somewhere has diagnosed this condition…<\/p>\n

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curly tomato seedling root<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The roots of the tomato seedlings were longer than the lettuce roots had been at transplant.<\/a><\/span><\/strong> \u00a0Most of them were close to 3 inches long. \u00a0Since the soil in the egg carton was only a smidge over one inch, I felt just fine about gently laying them in the egg shaped hole in their new pots.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I was done, I re-read my information and saw that only the time for cold treatment was based on the appearance of the true leaves.<\/strong> \u00a0If I think I should keep them cold for a bit longer, I still can.<\/span> \u00a0Meanwhile, the soil will hold a little more moisture and the roots can really grow down.<\/p>\n

There is a caution against too much watering in the winter greenhouse.<\/strong> \u00a0I have been trying to evaluate that carefully. \u00a0I know from experience with normal spring seedlings that it is important to touch the soil and feel at least a little bit under the top layer.<\/em> \u00a0Looks can be deceiving and the plants can suffer too much before there are enough visual clues about water levels. \u00a0However, even though a guideline of every 10 days was offered, in the \u00a0dry Idaho winter air, the small egg carton size was needing watering every 2-3 days. \u00a0It always pays to monitor it a couple of times a day.<\/span><\/p>\n

All in all, things continue to look hopeful.<\/strong> \u00a0The leaves are a fuzzy healthy green. \u00a0The stems look strong. \u00a0I did pull the remains off of a seed off of the tips of one set of leaves, and they unfolded like it was all very natural. \u00a0I may have to advertise for adoptive gardeners.<\/em> \u00a0Possibly, if I charge a small fee on Craigslist a few people will take a plant home?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought the directions said I should wait to transplant the greenhouse tomato seedlings. \u00a0I have waited and waited for the two true leaf stage. \u00a0The tomato seedlings seemed stuck in a timeless space that I walked into once in a while to mist them. \u00a0The lettuce is growing some, but this advised cold treatment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,66,19],"tags":[49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11098"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}