Holiday Happenings and Sowing Tomato Seeds

[@elizaC3024]

Sounds like a wonderful trip with your family.

[@TheOptimisticGardener]

It really was!

[@chantalsnow1112]

Are you leaving these tomatoes in the greenhouse to grow? Or bringing them into the house until June?

[@TheOptimisticGardener]

I will germinate in the house, and then I have a south facing full wall glass window in one of my downstairs rooms. I will grow them on in there until the end of April and move them to the greenhouse then. They'll stay in the greenhouse and I'll cover them with fleece if necessary and plant some out after the last frost n June and the rest I will grow in the greenhouse

[@kenchetwynd7951]

That sounds like an awesome trip! I have been to Amsterdam, Bruges, and Vimy, and Waterloo is on my list for next time! Just started my tomatoes here in NS, too - Premio and Primo from Veseys Seeds.

[@TheOptimisticGardener]

Nice one, good luck with growing this season :)

[@guylamullins3602]

There's an orange beefsteak grown here in northern Indiana that's great for sliced tomatoes. I like any type of cherry tomato. They're great to make salsa. Romas or any paste tomato is my freezer tomato for winter. I make my own pasta sauce and vegetable soup.

[@TheOptimisticGardener]

Sounds great! I love a homemade pasta sauce :)

[@Leanne_N]

I love the Amish paste for canning. I’ve grown Pink Bumblebee for cherry but this year trying Purple Bumblebee lol. Still trying to find a nice slicer, this year it’s Purdens Purple so we will see.

[@TheOptimisticGardener]

I think I have grown Purple Bumblebee before and they were very nice :)

[@elizaC3024]

I started my tomatoes in March last year and they got way too tall, 3-4 ft before they could be planted out. So this year I am waiting until Early April to ensure that they don't get to crazy tall. It's usually the 2nd-3rd week of June before our last frost.

[@TheOptimisticGardener]

Blimey, 3-4ft is defo too big! I think I am going to wait until April next year, the toms that I sowed last week have already germinated :)

[@elizaC3024]

@@TheOptimisticGardener my kitchen looked like a jungle for 30 days.

[@jungleperry]

Ahh-mish

[@cherylboucher6342]

cherry tomatoes are yummy in my chili and salad

[@TheOptimisticGardener]

Definitely, just picked :)