Tomatoes day 3

Sorry for the poopy photos but here's a 4 day update. Today is 7/8/19

here are 3 seeds with visible roots

I took these pictures on the dining room table because the room had the best lighting. I'll try to fix that next time.

probably the best photo I have of these seeds haha

[observations]
So far I am pleased to get these results for the first 4 days of growing tomato seeds. My passed-down knowledge has once again proved successful. If you want to grow anything, use the paper towel method. I learned this in second grade and it has never failed me (except once because I forgot about it). The results showed 70% germination so far, which is a big deal. I noticed some of the roots turned a little brown, which means (at last I think it means), the roots are getting a little too much air, but it won't kill the seedling. Because of this, I'm going to make my weekly checkups every 4 days just so I can monitor that browning. I'll leave a comment to tell you what it actually means when I do a little research.

[measurements]
No measurements until the stem sprouts

[Anything interesting]
I need to do a better job taking pictures because I don't want to look back on this report and cringe over how bad and useless the pictures are. I'll find some lighting and everything to get the best quality documentation. I hope you were able to read through my grammar issues ..... 🙂

Now starting my tomato growing series

Thanks to the Sustainable Food Center and Youtube, I am now inspired to grow some tomato plants this summer. I thought it was too late to grow anything at this point, but apparently, tomatoes are a good crop to grow during the mid-summer in Texas. Since I have been binge watching other plant time-lapses and have been on a plant growing high, I'm going to try documenting the growth of a few tomatoes. Plus, it's summertime and I have a lot more free time on my hands right now, so why not start a tomato garden?!

I bought some seeds from the dollar store a few months ago before school ended. I made a little greenhouse for them to germinate quicker, and immediately I began to see results. I was so happy to see that I was about to be the mother of 5 little tomato plants. Alas, my joy was short lives. When the seedlings began to sprout leaves after a few weeks of germinating, I moved them to a larger DIY greenhouse. I kept them in there for a week and noticed that the plants weren't growing at all. They all died. I was upset with this result but not too upset because even though I wasted some tomato seeds, I glad it was only 5. I still have plenty of opportunities to keep trying to grow tomatoes. I now know that tomatoes can't grow in moist climates and they need a lot of sunlight.

So with that said, I will now be this documentation!

Look @ my tomato page for day one.

In each blog post, you will see the following:

• A minimum of 3 photos of the plant's growth
• A paragraph of observations
• A measurement of the seedling's length
• The date and time of the photos taken
• Anything else I find interesting that I might share