On August 13th I took 3 cuttings from each cherry tomato (a bi-color cherry and a small sweet cherry), trimmed them of their bottom leaves and placed them in a 5 gallon bucket about 1/2 full with water until I saw roots beginning to form.
On September 3rd, I transplanted 2 of each tomato (only four of the six put out roots) into two large pots. I staked them, watered them and put them on the back porch to establish themselves for a bit while the weather is still warm.
Great experiment (but then again, I would think so)! The lankiness in season extension plantings tend to be from low temps as much as from lack of sun. Is it already cold there?
ReplyDeleteThe temps are just starting to dip, but nothing too drastic. The stems I took originally were a bit long...maybe too long. I'm hoping they'll fill out a bit, but am thinking they'll have to get longer before they get thicker...
Deletewow thats great, year round growing is the dream! i hope they keep doing so well for you x
ReplyDeleteYeah...I'm hopeful that we can grow a few things this winter that go beyond the color green ;-) We'll see!
DeleteGreat project so far, I hope it comes out. How awesome if you could squeeze some more growing time out of the season! Like Astra said, the dream of year round growing.
ReplyDeleteI'll just be happy to have a few fresh tomatoes to put on a salad in November or December ;-) Fingers crossed!!!
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