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Originally Posted by Ray
I hope those tomatoes are nowhere near your orchids. Tomatoes emit ethylene gas as they grow, which will cause all buds to blast, and potentially kill your plants.
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Good to know. Sadly I don't have many of my orchids here..
However my orchids are in their own cabinet with doors on the other side of the room, and there is a cabinet full of flasks as well only a few feet from there. So far I haven't noticed any adverse affects to either.
I did just set a Phal near them today so I could enjoy the blooms but I will likely move it.
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Originally Posted by camille1585
 That's a great story! I used to have a pot plant on my windowsill (totally legal, welcome to the Netherlands) just because I love the shape of the leaves, and also the smell.... 
Your tomato plants are huge already!! I assume that they are not for planting outside? I only just sowed mine last week, since I can't plant them in the garden until mid may. |
I always start my plants at the beginning of February and plant them mid may. I like to plant them early so I can bury them 12" - 18" inches deep. To be honest usually they are only about 6" by now, however this year they are closer 20" This year I used 1 65 watt and 1 32 watt 12000k actinic reef lights. Perhaps that has something to do with it.
BTW - they are all heirloom varieties that I have save seed from for years.
I am a glutton for strange and unusual plants, and this is what led me to growing heirloom tomatoes. I am a potter by trade and during a spring garden show the vendor next to me was selling heirloom tomatoes. I traded for a few of his most unusual varieties. (Fuzzy tomato called Red Peach - A german stuffing tomato that is hollow like a pepper - and a Yellow pear, where you guess it the tomatoes look like pears). Believe it or not I was not a fan of tomatoes at the time and usually removed them from any sandwich they were on. The flavor however on these varieties was out of this world, and I was hooked and search began. 
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