April 23, 2011

Weekend goals


It's been a busy week of strenuous farm work and helping my sister pack for her impending move to Alaska. But, I'm setting aside some home-time, and my goal for the weekend is to get these tomato seedlings into bigger pots so they can quickly grow into big strong tomato plants!! I love greenhousing.

My rosemary bush in bloom.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, your tomato plants look so much better than mine! Mine are still itty bitty little seedlings. Any suggestions to get these suckers growing? :P

missamandabeth said...

Hmm, what do you have them growing in? I have found that tomatoes will quickly grow to fill the size pot they are in, so I always try to give them the biggest pots I can as soon as I can. I grow them in a standard potting mix, but I find they need some fertilizer every once in a while to really get them going. I either mix up a batch of "compost tea" (or manure tea, if I have any cow manure), or I've also just used organic Miracle Gro. Having a greenhouse also really helps, lots of warmth and sunshine. If your's don't do so well, I'll probably have extras you're welcome to have. (I've got 80+ at the moment. :)