As we said before, different types of tomatoes enjoy different weather patterns. If there were only one variety, this would be bad news. But there are hundreds, so it's relatively easy to find one that will like your neighborhood. Your salads and pasta sauces will be all the better for it, and they're a pretty good housewarming gift. Or, in our case, with all of our budding seedage, it's going to be a "Hey, we like you and we have a lot of tomato plants, so take a couple, okay?" gift.
After we divided our treasured tomato seeds into different piles, we dropped them into
Oasis seed cubes, one seed per cube. When starting anything from seed, it's important to consider and try to mimic its ideal conditions, at least for a little while. Since these tomatoes are from tropical regions like Mexico and Peru, they need to live in a warm sanctuary for a month or so. For us this means a closet, complete with grow lights, twice-daily spritzes with a kelp foliar/water solution (for those all-important
micronutrients), and a gentle fan-powered breeze to help them grow up big and strong (seedlings that aren't started in enough light or air circulation can become weak and leggy). In short: It's important to coddle your tomatoes, but not too much.
In a previous post we mentioned sex in the garden and everyone got all perky, right? The proliferation of everything around us relies on this pleasurable phenomenon that we tend to think of as exclusive to man and beast. In fact, every time you see a flower, a pine cone, or grind fresh pepper (a seed) onto your food, dynamic copulation is directly responsible. You see, dolphins aren't the only non-human species that enjoy a potent libido. If it weren't for the many buzzing insects and wind currents going 24/7 to make pollen transfer possible, our plant cousins would be hard up with no seed to share. Thus, we are thankful once again that sex is king.
As we said before, different types of tomatoes enjoy different weather patterns. If there were only one variety, this would be bad news. But there are hundreds, so it's relatively easy to find one that will like your neighborhood. Your salads and pasta sauces will be all the better for it, and they're a pretty good housewarming gift. Or, in our case, with all of our budding seedage, it's going to be a "Hey, we like you and we have a lot of tomato plants, so take a couple, okay?" gift. 
After we divided our treasured tomato seeds into different piles, we dropped them into Oasis seed cubes, one seed per cube. When starting anything from seed, it's important to consider and try to mimic its ideal conditions, at least for a little while. Since these tomatoes are from tropical regions like Mexico and Peru, they need to live in a warm sanctuary for a month or so. For us this means a closet, complete with grow lights, twice-daily spritzes with a kelp foliar/water solution (for those all-important micronutrients), and a gentle fan-powered breeze to help them grow up big and strong (seedlings that aren't started in enough light or air circulation can become weak and leggy). In short: It's important to coddle your tomatoes, but not too much. 
In a previous post we mentioned sex in the garden and everyone got all perky, right? The proliferation of everything around us relies on this pleasurable phenomenon that we tend to think of as exclusive to man and beast. In fact, every time you see a flower, a pine cone, or grind fresh pepper (a seed) onto your food, dynamic copulation is directly responsible. You see, dolphins aren't the only non-human species that enjoy a potent libido. If it weren't for the many buzzing insects and wind currents going 24/7 to make pollen transfer possible, our plant cousins would be hard up with no seed to share. Thus, we are thankful once again that sex is king.
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