[Arid_gardener] temps for tomato seedlings
Jonathan Kandell
jkandell@twistedclicks.com
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:03:37 -0700
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I read that professional tomato growers typically want new seedlings to =
have two weeks of cool temperatures (55-60). This promotes the =
production of blossoms later on. See, e.g. =
http://www.ichthy.com/~mule/Tomato/start.html. In our arid climates, =
this is a typical day temperature outside in January when we start =
tomatoes. So it sounds like we should grow our seelings outside rather =
than under lights, only bringing them in for the evening. Comments?
jk
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