March 27 2015

Tomato seeds planted on 3/19 have not sprouted above soil yet, but I wasn't using the heat mat this time since they are in the same trays as the already germinated stuff and didn't want to dry everything out.   So these should be coming up over the next week.

Reisetomate seeds arrived today along with some bonus cilantro seeds. I'll plant these both this weekend.

Reisetomate

I may get these seeds because they are so weird shaped...Reisetomate.  What a great mutation.  This seems like a "ribbed" phenotype that has gone to the next level. !

2015 Germination

Everything I sowed March 7 has germinated pretty well.  I was very happy to see my CPxIR seeds germinated well!  ~80%.    I was then eager to see if I could already see phenotypic differences intermediate between CP and IR.  I believe that the F1 cotyledon leaves are greener and larger than those of the IR seedlings, suggesting they really were fertilized with CP pollen.   On the other hand the F1s seem to have a darker color in the stems than the parental CPs.   Won't know for sure if they were cross-pollinated till fruit emerges.

Since I had no more seeds left for Flamme (FL) and Hawaiian Currant (HC), I had to re-order these and   sowed them yesterday, March 19, along with some extra CP and BC seeds, and sweet basil.