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Movin' On Up

My lovely tomato plants have grown their 2nd set of leaves. 14 little plants made it through my learning curve of seed starting.

I'm putting a lot of trust in Nancy Bubel & this book: The New Seed Starters Handbook I changed a few things I was doing based on her ideas. First, I removed the heat source. Her opinion (citing several studies) is cooler temps during seedling growth, lead to higher yields. So, once the seeds germinated, I removed the heat mats. Also, lots of websites suggest 24 hours of light. Nancy suggests 8 hours of darkness leads to better growth and I can already see the difference. (She cites several scientific sources) Posted by Shannon at 9:56 PM