Re: [tomato] An interesting question....at least for me...
ChuckWyatt/Md/Z7 (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:12:17 -0500
Hi Pete,
>>Ahhhh, so what you are saying is, that the tomato plant doesn't require
lower temperatures, the lower temps are suggested as a way to prevent leggy
plants. But if we immediately put the seedlings under grow lights, do we
still need to lower temperatures?<< Unfortunately, the gro lites don't
give appreciably more light than the plain old cheap cool whites. Stick to
the lower temps and you will have stockier, better transplants.
As a parallel, have you ever seen a sapling spindle toward the sky until it
breaks out of the cover? This is what the tomato seedling is trying to do.
Good gardening,
Chuck Wyatt