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[balconyfarmer]

Well hello, San Marzanos. Round 1 tomatoes leafing out nicely under the lights. It's a little blustery today, so we'll wait till tomorrow to move them into the outdoor nursery. Should be a bright but cloudy day, perfect for getting indoor seedlings acclimated to outdoor conditions. #growitorganically #seedstarting #organicgardening #gionursery #growsomethinggreen #urbangardenersrepublic #urbanorganicgardener #thehappygardeninglife

[balconyfarmer]

And so it begins! I just started Round 1 of our 2017 tomato seeds. Started 20 varieties, but just a few seeds of each. The goal now is to get the seedlings going for gardens being planted in March and early April. Since many of these are our smaller gardens with just enough room for a few plants, we won't need all 30 varieties we have planned for this year. We can start the more obscure beefsteak varieties once some of these start popping and get moved from the germination chamber to the light bank. Here are the varieties we started today. Cherry and Grape Tomatoes: Sweet 100, Sungold, Sunrise Bumble Bee, and Pandorino Italian Grape. Salad Tomatoes: Pantano Romanesco, Enchantment, Carmello, Green Zebra, Sweet Clusters, Piglet Willie's French Black, and 2 new varieties we haven't tried before, Carbon and Mikado. Beefsteak Tomatoes: Cherokee Purple, Pink Brandywine, Persimmon, Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye, and 3 new ones, Caimon, Pineapple, and Cherokee Carbon, a cross between Carbon and Cherokee Purple. Sauce (Paste) Tomatoes: San Marzano. They're all watered and on the heat mat now. #growitorganically #seedstarting #gionursery #kitchengarden #urbangarden #organicgarden #growsomethinggreen #urbanorganicgardener #urbangardenersrepublic #seedsnow #thehappygardeninglife