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My Tomato Journey

Friday, July 22, 2011

This March I decided that I would try my luck with starting some tomatoes indoors from seed. I was skeptical as I have tried this before and either nothing sprouted or they did sprout and didn't make it to the transition to outside. To my surprise, I managed to plant the seed and transfer the seedlings to pots. I didn't hold my breath. Due to the all the rain we had, I couldn't really harden them and the plants were all weak and spindly. Nevertheless, I thought I would give it a try. I have nurtured them for months and actually have tomatoes! Woo Hoo! They are cherry tomatoes - a variety that are to be grown in pots. The tomatoes are all still green, but I have tons of them. I will leave a few photos below. Knock on wood. Hopefully, nothing will happen to them and in a few months, I'll be eating some juicy, red, ripe tomatoes that I planted from seed! Hee! Hee! I'm as giddy as a little girl!

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SPARKLISE 7/23/2011 5:51PM

    Nice tomatoes.
It makes us feel so proud to grow something ourselves!
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WIGIME 7/23/2011 4:03AM

    Good luck! Mine are just becoming ripe and I ate my first one yesterday. Yummy!

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SENATOR9 7/22/2011 9:43PM

    Lucky you Tomato are my favorite well done emoticon

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CRAZYDOGLADYBO 7/22/2011 7:22PM

    Way to go! I have tomatoes coming in too.

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YELLOWDAHLIA 7/22/2011 6:04PM

    Look at that! You have lot's of yummy tomatoes!

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KARIRDH3 7/22/2011 5:06PM

    WONDERFUL! Looks awesome! Nice job, you Green Thumb, you! Enjoy digging in! emoticon

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ARCHIMEDESII 7/22/2011 4:01PM

    That's a great looking plant ! Well done ! I "cheated". I bought small plants ! LOL !!! I didn't have the patience to grow them from seeds.

My plants are growing like weeds thanks to this outrageous heatwave. They seem to be the only thing thriving in this heat ! LOL !!! I have lots of flowers and you can see very small tomatoes beginning to sprout.

Can't wait to see if they develop. I tried tomatoes a couple of years ago and I did get tomatoes. Did I get to try them ? NO ! but the squirrels did ! ha !

anyway... great looking plant !

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IMIN2GENES 7/22/2011 1:27PM

    Awesome! They look yummy!


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MRDPOLING 7/22/2011 1:25PM

    Mmmm Fried Green Tomatoes

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NINJA_SMOO 7/22/2011 11:40AM

  So cool!

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INFLATED 7/22/2011 10:19AM

    They look great. If you save some seeds from these, you will have some for next spring. I think the cherry tomato is hardier than regular size.

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