Losing Wait

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

i gave up on the 2003 uncle steve seeds.

Seeing Keith from Calumet (viewtopic.php?p=83705&hilit=Uncle+Steve ... ian#p83705) was the impetus for me giving Uncle Steve's Italian (USI) another chance, I have two (2) USI plants up and will have more seeds post season, which I'll share.

The Gotch

[rxkeith]

seeing that old thread made me chuckle. world tomato society. hooty tooty, hoity toity.
moving up in the world, yesireee i am. hah!

i have six or seven plants coming up from newer seed. uncle steve seeds are good for about 15 years
at general room temp, so don't give up on them if you got them.


keith

[slugworth]

3 year old saved seed never came up and seedlings that were in bogus potting soil died on me.
I will just have to buy plants this year.

[bboomer]

After six weeks some Siberian Velican tomato seeds finally germinated. I put them, along with all the others which were all between three and six inches tall, into my cold frame. We got a cold snap and I am afraid that the little guys didn't make it. Maybe they go in the "never" time frame.
Not to worry, my babies are back inside during this durn Wisconsin cold spell.

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

After six weeks some Siberian Velican tomato seeds finally germinated. I put them, along with all the others which were all between three and six inches tall, into my cold frame. We got a cold snap and I am afraid that the little guys didn't make it. Maybe they go in the "never" time frame.
Not to worry, my babies are back inside during this durn Wisconsin cold spell.

You's must have a lot of confidence in that there cold frame (picture?) to plant in early/mid March.

Cold snapped here, too...and heck, we're well south of you's...< 1.5m/2.4 kms, am I right?

Anywho, FTR, hard frost on 05/10/2020 and flirting freeze Memorial Day 2021, here.

The Gotch

[bboomer]

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Risk is my middle name. Here is a pic of my cold frame. It is built from a design in The Victory Garden reduced by 50%. I had never heard of such a thing as a cold frame until I moved to the frozen north, er midwest. I was shocked that you could not just toss a bunch of seeds in the ground in April and reap a bounty of veggies in June!

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[bboomer]

I also planted my lettuce seeds last week. Here they are under some garden cloth. Soon I will learn their fate!

[bboomer]

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[rxkeith]

it took three full weeks for a virginia sweets to sprout. helmet head, so we will see.
chalks early jewel has been really slow to germinate. three weeks, and still coming up.


keith

[rxkeith]

one whole month, it took before two little anna russian seedlings emerged.
i don't think the seeds are very old, but hearts are said not to last as long as
other varieties of tomatoes. they are growing, but mighty small.


keith