A Tale of Two Tomato Plants

Delicious on the left, Beefsteak on the right
 

The plan this summer is to plant two main varieties of tomato: Pure Pollination "Beefsteak" tomatoes & an heirloom variety called "Delicious." 

In the past, it's taken a very long time to get tomatoes from germination to ready to plant seedlings. I started both varieties in the same soil, under the same lights, in the same greenhouse. Both had excellent germination rates.

While the Beefsteak variety is performing as expected - taking a very long time to grow, justifying the extended period in the greenhouse, the Delicious variety has gone nuts and they are basically ready to plant today. I mean - check that out on the Beefsteaks. Two lousy leaves after a month under the grow lights.

On a completely separate note, I put more nasturtiums and milkweed into the greenhouse this weekend, along with some eggplant (twice as many as I expect to put in the ground, just in case). 



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