Post by prairiegarden on Jul 8, 2015 22:43:53 GMT -5
When the garden got nailed by a week of late frost ( I was away) I started some more tomatoes with the plan of replacing the ones that died. BUT.. I wasn't thinking of times to harvest, and planted indeterminate rather than determinate varieties. Is it possible to raise these in a small greenhouse and somehow prune them? How much space (and height) would they need to be given before they start to develop stress issues?
I raised some dwarf tomatoes but they didn't impress me much and they got some sort of issue with the leaves drying down which may have been as a result of being watered with lake water. Everyone swears that nobody cleans their spraying equipment there but the problems started immediately afterwards and with every single plant, probably should have replaced the soil.
We will likely be getting frost in early September if not earlier, it's been a cool summer so trying to think what to do with these seedlings. I have growlights which could theoretically be set about 5 feet above the plants now but should have the bones of a greenhouse in place by the middle of August. Would putting them in a big pot outside and then bringing them back in in the fall work? If they get cut back, will they come back and if so, will they need to be mostly full height again before they'll start to fruit?
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
I raised some dwarf tomatoes but they didn't impress me much and they got some sort of issue with the leaves drying down which may have been as a result of being watered with lake water. Everyone swears that nobody cleans their spraying equipment there but the problems started immediately afterwards and with every single plant, probably should have replaced the soil.
We will likely be getting frost in early September if not earlier, it's been a cool summer so trying to think what to do with these seedlings. I have growlights which could theoretically be set about 5 feet above the plants now but should have the bones of a greenhouse in place by the middle of August. Would putting them in a big pot outside and then bringing them back in in the fall work? If they get cut back, will they come back and if so, will they need to be mostly full height again before they'll start to fruit?
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
