Comments on: Space-age tomato seedlings

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:40:13 +0000

Dan, that’s interesting…and good to know. It’s fascinating stuff!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:31:18 +0000

The gel isn’t toxic, you just don’t want to grow other things with the seedlings.
The gel has been around for some time (1960) but this could be the new and improved gel, if you want to do some reading on it you can look at this web site

http://www.plantgel.com/History.pdf

you can also buy the gel cristels (think gellow) that makes one gallen of this gel you can even color it and use it with house plants. Here’s the site

http://www.plantgel.com/

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:43:31 +0000

Danielle, I definitely will.

By: danielle

danielle — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:42:55 +0000

keep us updated!

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:25:07 +0000

Katie, either way, I’m definitely not touching it. No worries — I’ll definitely post a report as the seedlings escape their test tube!

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:35:23 +0000

That’s a hoot! If you touch the lethal gel does it kill you are the seedlings? Puts life in perspective, doesn’t it?
I’m dieing to hear how the seedlings turn out.

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:26:01 +0000

Annie, I think there’s no question that I am a danger to seeds and seedlings. No question at all…

Mint Killer, what tools did you guys end up using? Perhaps I’ll plan to choose differently.

Kate, I’m hoping they work. If not, it’ll be a fun experiment. But still…it’s always better to end up with tomatoes than dead seedlings.

By: kate

kate — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:55:37 +0000

I’m glad to hear that the gel just needs to be kept sterile … and good for you to have some seedlings on the go!

Here’s hoping you’ll be eating big, red tomatoes from these plants – eventually!!

By: the mint killer

the mint killer — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:47:32 +0000

as if it would be any surprise, being that i am a plant killer, our tomato plants died when we repotted the seedlings. we didn’t touch the gel, and instead probably speared the seedlings to death trying to maneuver them out of the test tube. bad choice of tools perhaps?

By: Annie in Austin

Annie in Austin — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:45:46 +0000

Genie, I’m sure glad Claire found out the reason, because I really wanted to know, too. Although it’s a little disconcerting, isn’t it – to realize that in some cases, we’re considered dangerous to seedlings? Makes me wonder what else I’ve done. Good luck with the tomatoes!

Annie at the Transplantable Rose