Time to Transplant

Here is a picture of me dilligently transplanting my first tomatoes and peppers. The first transplant is from 72 cells to 24 cells. Later on I'll move them to 4" pots. By the time I get ready to plant in April, the basement will look like a jungle!

Here is the result so far. In a few days I'll hit them with starter fertilizer and perk them up.

Growing Tomato Plants

I have about 200 pepper plants and 300 tomato plants in here. As soon as they get their true leaves, I'll transplant them into bigger containers and put them outside the tent where it is around 60 degrees now. My germination rate for this year is above 90% as of today. I have one challenging pepper seed that is testing my patience. So far I have 2 plants out of 36. Time will tell.

Here is my home made germination tent. I have a small ceramic heater inside to maintain 75-80 degrees. It is located in the basement where the temperature is near 60 degrees.