Transplanting done

Got the rest of the seedlings moved into 4 inch pots this weekend (4/19/15).    I think that some of them are kind of spindly.  They got off to a leggy start the first week or so but then some sort of slowed down.  Yellowing cotyledons, and even some secondary leaves, may be indication that things were too wet.    For example, a Reise is one of the biggest plants even though they were planted last.  However I think things will pick up now that they are in pots.  Will try to keep them outside at least a few days this week.

April 1 update.

Planted Reisetomate on 3/28 and got these, and some more HC, on the heat mat.  By today I see 4/6 Reisetomate have sprouted, and some of the HCs.    So germination is just about all done.  I count 81 "wells" have sprouts.

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.

Some more notes and thoughts

Looks like I will only plant about 10 of the varieties from last year.  I should put down lots of tarp - and early - it's totally worth it.

Here is my list to plant this year.

Black Cherry, Cherokee Purple, Costoluto Genovese, Flamme, Green Zebra, Hawaiian Currant, Indigo Rose, Kellog's Breakfast, Mortgage Lifter, Orange Slicer, Super Sauce, and the CPxIR hybrid seeds. = 12 varieties.

CPxIR hybrids: Plant them all as I'm not sure if these will germinate well - since I harvested these myself.

I plan to sow these next Saturday March 7 2015.

Var.	Sow	3" Pots	Garden
BC	4	3	2
CP	10	9	8
CG	8	7	6
FL	4	3	2
GZ	6	5	4
HC	4	3	2
IR	10	9	8
KB	8	7	6
ML	12	9	8
OS	10	7	6
SS	10	9	8
totals	86	71	60

And also, CPxIR, sow 12+ seeds.
It's OK to sometimes plant 2 seeds in single seedling pots at sowing stage.  e.g. For ML if goal is to have 8 live plants in garden, sow 12 seeds across 8 seedling pots so some will be doubled up. Helps ensure the numbers will be maintained at the transplant stage.

Some choice Mortgage Lifters and a Super Sauce at just under 1 lb

From summer 2014.