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Seedlings for Sale

By geekgardener, on April 1st, 2011%

Hello Gardeners!

Back when I started out on veggie gardening, the biggest challenge was to get the right seeds, start them well and grow them to transplanting stage. Sounds easy when we say it right?. Most of the gardeners get frustrated and even stop gardening if their seeds don’t germinate and even worse. Taking care of the germinated seeds is almost like taking care of a newborn.

And by the time, the beginner gets the seed to germinate and transplant, his/her enthu is almost gone!

What if there is a “Ready to plant” seedlings available to you. That is exactly the post is all about.   Seedlings for you when you want it.

I have now the following ready to plant seedlings for sale.

  • Red Cherry Tomato  (1 month old, Indeterminate)
  • Purple Long Brinjal – (1.5 month old)

The tomato is of indeterminate kind. So it needs staking and it yields for a long time.

A post is not complete without pictures.So, here you go.

Cherry Tomato seedlings in Protray

Seedlings in Pro tray

Red Cherry tomato seedlings in propagation tray

Red Cherry Tomato Seedlings

Tomatoes on Truss

Cherry tomato truss

Brinjal seedlings in Propagation tray

Long purple Brinjal seedlings

There you have it folks. These seedlings are for sale. Brinjal seedlings cost Rs 10/plant and cherry costs Rs 20/plant.  These are heirloom varieties and that means you can save the seeds from these and use it for next season..

If you are interested in picking up these seedlings, use the contact form on this website and send me a note. Please use the subject “Seedlings”.

NOTE: The seedlings are for local (Bangalore) pickup at my residence only. Since these are live plants, shipping is NOT possible.Sorry  folks, if you are from other state and are interested in this. Guess what, all is not lost, you can still order the seeds for these plants from me.

Jump start your growing season!

There is more variety of seedlings to come in future. Watch this space for exotics!

GG

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Harvest from the Greenhouse – Beefsteak Tomatoes

By geekgardener, on February 16th, 2010%

Having grown small cherry tomatoes I started to long for jumbo sized tomatoes. I got some as clones from Anil and some as Seeds from another friend of mine. The seeds were sown long before the greenhouse was ready.

They were transplanted into 20L buckets and 10L buckets whichever was available at that time. The plants were looking so sturdy and thick. Those were the first ones to go into the greenhouse. So far I think they like their stay there.

Looking at the harvest I got from them, I think greenhouse works!

Tomatoes you see in the picture below are Beefsteak kind. You won’t believe  if I say that the plant that bore these was raised from a cutting.  The cuttings were grown in Soil + Compost( with a dash of 19-19-19 every week). Rest of the plants that came from seed, were grown hydroponically using coco-peat as a medium.

The fruits were perfect pumpkin shaped and very uniform both interms of shape and ripening. The one in the bottom of this pic is the largest in that plant( there are bigger ones coming read on).

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Below is the total harvest for the day, spread out in a tray. The giant ones that you see on the extreme left is “Marmande” a variety from France. I got this from one of my friend. Immediate right to it is “Pink of Berne” and the right extreme is Beefsteak.

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Total harvest came upto ~2kg. I thought I will let you see as I am gauging them.

Pink of Berne – 351 grams….           Marmande – 501 grams(280+220)

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The beefsteak tomatoes alone weighed a whopping 581 grams.

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This is the second biggest of all. The biggest one is still on the vine.This one weighs 280 grams. I haven’t tasted Marmande yet. My mom hasn’t seen this tomato yet. So once she is back, we might get to taste this..

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The beefsteak:

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Beefsteak tomato cross section. This one is the smallest of the bunch and we used for cooking. It was very meaty and had multiple locules as you can see. The taste was little sweet, little sour, a good flavor and was very juicy/pulpy. (oh god I am so bad at describing taste!).

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I know what you are thinking.. Seeds right?… I have already started saving the seeds for the tomatoes pictured above. Once they are ready I will let y’all know.

Cheers

gg

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