While nurturing our tomato seedlings in their nursery in the garage, we try to simulate natural growing conditions as much as possible. Daytime sunlight, nighttime warmth, and regular watering are the obvious requirements. But we recently learned that tomato seedlings also benefit from al fresco breezes ruffling their leaves and bending their stems. Apparently, this "exercises" them and makes them grow stronger. To simulate natural breezes, we gently stroke our seedlings 3-5 times a day, whenever we pass through the nursery. They seem to like it!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Stroke those tomato seedlings
While nurturing our tomato seedlings in their nursery in the garage, we try to simulate natural growing conditions as much as possible. Daytime sunlight, nighttime warmth, and regular watering are the obvious requirements. But we recently learned that tomato seedlings also benefit from al fresco breezes ruffling their leaves and bending their stems. Apparently, this "exercises" them and makes them grow stronger. To simulate natural breezes, we gently stroke our seedlings 3-5 times a day, whenever we pass through the nursery. They seem to like it!
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