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jessme7 Westminster, CO(Zone 5b) May 23, 2009

On the description of tomato or pepper plants "60 Days", what does that exactly mean?
60 days from seed, from seedling, from planting out doors, or from flower bud?

Thanks!

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locakelly Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9a) May 24, 2009

Hi, jessme7.

The rule of thumb I go by for days to maturity is from germination (if started in the garden from seed) or from transplant into the garden if you use transplants. The days to maturity is not a set in stone number and will depend greatly on the growing conditions in your garden. For example, peppers like the weather hot. Let's say you set some out in your garden and then have a little cool weather - that may slow their growth a bit. Use those numbers as an estimate only. They are especially helpful if you practice succession planting as it will give you an idea of what to plant to follow your current crop. Hope that helps . . .

Kelly

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feldon30 Houston, TX(Zone 9a) May 24, 2009

Assuming you start from seeds and approximately 7-8 weeks later you plant your seedlings out in the garden, it's 60 days *from that point* or from outside transplant. If you buy plants at the store, then it would be 60 days from when you plant.

And of course realize those numbers vary from garden-to-garden, climate-to-climate. They're really only useful numbers to compare to other tomato varieties. For instance, you could plant some 80 day and some 60 day varieties together and have a more staggered harvest. Most folks just refer to tomato varieties as early (60 days), mid-season (70 days), and late season (80-90 days).

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