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Originally posted by Man View PostScotty I may have asked you this last year. Buy transitioning you tomatoes/peppers from artificial light to sunlight....you have any problems? I get a lot of casualties with them turning a silverish color and dying??
I have had a lot of problems growing from seeds in the past. They got a couple of inches tall and keeled over. The heating pads and grow light have made a world of difference. The main thing Is keeping the light right above the tops of the seedlings. ( I raised it up for the photo)
It's actually sitting on the plastic tubs right now. Also, don't water too much.
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Garden is Mrs Gummi's area. She loves organic gardening, and any time I help, I get fussed at. I have learned to stay out of her way. When she needs me, she will say so *usually to unload bags of dirt or mulch from the truck*
She has ordered her heirloom seeds, and Cowpots. I suspect she will put them together this weekend to start seedlings. She has these small hydroponic trays for starting seeds.
I got her a 4' x 12' raised bed for Christmas, so I'm sure I'll be putting it together in the very near future. She made up half of her list from this one store: http://www.gardeners.com/home Tomatoes will go in these: http://www.gardeners.com/buy/gardene...S.html#start=8
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A couple questions:
We've had tomatoes and peppers in raised beds for the last few yrs. Just moved to South of midlothian and was planning on tilling (if I can with the rocky soil) but would you recommend tilling in some topsoil or going with raised beds? we'd like to do a much bigger operation this year and have about 1.5 acres open of which I'd like to do about 1/8 of that into a garden
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I would add compost instead of topsoil. As compost will aerate the soil better and fertilize at the same time. Also if you have access to Medina Plus, which is a soil activator, that can help break up the soil and stimulate the microorganisms in the soil. Also if you spray with liquid molasses, it may keep the fire ants out. Fire ants hate molasses
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