Adventures of a Young Wizard: Exploring the Depths Aboard a Magic School Ship

Once upon a time, in a mystical land far beyond imagination, there existed a magical school ship that floated gracefully on the vast ocean. This enchanted vessel was no ordinary ship; it was a place where young sorcerers from all corners of the universe gathered to learn and master the art of magic. It was said that the mere presence of the ship could bend the rules of reality. The ship's majestic exterior was adorned with vibrant colors and intricate patterns, reflecting the diversity of its students. Its sails shimmered with a magical aura, guiding it effortlessly through the ocean waves. The hull, carved with ancient symbols and enchantments, protected the ship from the perils lurking beneath the surface.

We’re a values-based business that has blossomed into a lifestyle ethos, with products that support seeders, feeders, keepers, and the tiniest of creepers. Our mission? To mobilize the next generation of gardeners with products that nourish soil and grow vigorous, sustainable gardens. We believe all plants should be grown without the use of chemicals, and that the seeds we supply are an important component of regenerative gardening.

The pinnacle of flavor and eating quality, these picture-perfect fruit are brilliant red with a juicy, smooth interior with low acid and high sugars. An array of nutrients and antioxidants including the especially potent lycopene, found in its highest concentration in tomatoes, supports healthy eyesight, cardiovascular health, cancer-fighting capacity, and more.

The hull, carved with ancient symbols and enchantments, protected the ship from the perils lurking beneath the surface. Upon entering the ship, students would find themselves in a world unlike any they had ever experienced before. The halls were lined with towering bookshelves, filled to the brim with spellbooks, potion recipes, and scrolls of ancient knowledge.

Mountain Magic Coated

This amazing tomato is a favourite with several local growers, and super productive here in south coastal BC. Mountain Magic tomato seeds produce very sweet cocktail-type fruits, larger than cherry tomatoes, but just the right size for fresh salads. Read More

Matures in 66 days

Season Warm season

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Product Details

This amazing tomato is a favourite with several local growers, and very productive. Mountain Magic tomato seeds produce very sweet cocktail-type fruits, larger than cherry tomatoes, but just the right size for fresh salads. The high-yielding plants produce round, red, crack resistant fruits on early maturing vines. The plants boast high resistance to Fusarium Wilt races 0 to 2, late blight, and Verticillium Wilt, with intermediate resistance to early blight. It good choice for coastal growers who face the risk of blight in late summer. These seeds are coated with an inert, organically certified layer which helps to minimize clumping in storage and seed sowing machines. The coating is approved by organic certifiers in Canada, the US, EU, and Japan. Matures in 66 days. (Hybrid seeds)

Quick Facts:

• Super sweet flavourful
• High yielding vine plants
• Cocktail-type fruits
• Disease resistant
• Hybrid seeds

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Mountain Magic Coated

All About Mountain Magic Coated

Difficulty

Difficulty
Moderately challenging

Timing

Timing
Start indoors in early spring over bottom heat. When seedlings germinate, remove from the heat and grow under bright lights. Grow seedlings on for 6-8 weeks at around 10°C (50°F). Early season tomatoes can be planted out once night time temperatures are reliably above 7°C (45°F) - or later. Other types should be transplanted out when night time lows are 10°C (50°F) or warmer - or later. Optimal soil temperature for germination: 25-35°C (68-95°F). With bottom heat seeds should germinate in 7-14 days.

Starting

Starting
Sow seeds 5mm-1cm (¼-½”) deep. Keep seedlings under very bright light to prevent legginess. You may have to pot on seedlings more than once before they go out to allow for root growth. Space bush (determinate) transplants 45-60cm (18-24″) apart and vine (indeterminate) types 50-75cm (20-30″) apart in rows 1m (3′) apart.

Days to Maturity:

Days to Maturity: From transplant date.

Growing

Growing
Ideal pH: 6.0-6.8. Tomatoes like fertile, well drained soil that is rich in organic matter. Dig in finished compost and manure, and add 1 cup balanced organic fertilizer beneath each transplant. The nutrition from heavy clay soils is excellent for tomatoes, but they are slow to warm, so transplanting should be done later. By the same token, lighter soils warm more quickly, so transplants can go out sooner. Adding glacial rock dust will supply all the calcium they will need. Regular watering is vital, but don’t let the plants sit in water. Tomatoes are tropical plants so they require full sun and lots of heat. Vine varieties will require some kind of support such as a wire to grow up, or a trellis to be tied to as the plant grows. Bush types benefit from the support of a tomato cage in order to prevent sprawling. At the time of final transplant, plants can be buried up to their first pair of true leaves. This will encourage greater root growth, helping with both nutrient uptake and the plants’ ability to stand up to dry conditions.
Stop watering around the end of July to encourage the fruit to ripen. If tomato plants are grown under cover, you can encourage pollination and fruit set by tapping the stem from time to time. Tomatoes do not rely on insects for pollination. Vibrating the plant shakes pollen loose within the flowers, which then self-pollinate.


Indeterminate tomatoes continue to grow and produce fruit until they are killed by frost. Remove any suckers (stems growing from the crotch of leaves) to keep the foliage under control, and they will set a later crop of larger fruit. Determinate varieties normally set fruit in a concentrated time period. Their suckers are not normally removed, though some trimming helps with ventilation.

Harvest

Harvest
Harvest when the fruit is the desired colour. Green tomatoes can be ripened indoors at a cool temperature when they are blemish free. Very dark green tomatoes are unlikely to ripen fully.

Seed Info

Seed Info
At least 75% of seeds will germinate in optimal conditions. Usual seed life: 3 years.

Diseases & Pests

Diseases & Pests
Blossom End Rot is an environmental disorder caused by a calcium deficiency. As the name of the disorder indicates it occurs at the blossom end of the fruit. It appears as a brownish dry and firm sunken area. Sometimes a secondary infection can occur at the damaged area, which turns it mushy and wet. Internal blackening can occur without the characteristic end rot. Calcium deficiency can happen when there is uneven watering. When the plants are too dry for a period followed by over watering, this encourages fast growth. The tomato plant can’t take up enough calcium resulting in an unbalanced potassium-to-calcium ratio. Early fruit show the affects sooner than later fruit. Digging in bonemeal, dolomite lime and a balanced organic fertilizer such as Gaia All Purpose Blend 4-4-4 will help prevent this disease as will an even and regular watering schedule.

An airborne fungal disease causes Late Blight. It begins as leaf spots before spreading to stems and fruit. Water soaked areas appear on the leaves. These are greenish black and irregular in shape. Brown cankers develop on the stems and fruit. Blight infected tomatoes can have a fishy smell. Often the fruit manages to almost reach maturity before the cankers take over. Sometimes a bluish grey mould grows on the underside of infected leaves and on the fruit cankers.

Prevention is key as there is no cure for the disease. Keep moisture off the plants. Use drip tape for watering and avoid splashing the leaves. Our cloche system is excellent for keeping rain and moisture off the plants. In a greenhouse or under a cloche, humidity can build up so high that the fungus will destroy plants in 24 hours. You must ventilate well.

Bordo Copper Spray applied regularly in late summer prevents the fungus that causes Late Blight to germinate. If applied with the OMRI listed Superflow Natural Surfactant the copper spray will stay on longer and there will be less need to apply other than after each rainfall or heavy dew.

General Information on Late Blight:

General Information on Late Blight: Phytopthera infestans is the fungus that infects tomatoes and potatoes, and is dreadful on the Coast. Greyish black areas appear first on stems and leaves, moving rapidly to kill the plant. The critical factor is moisture. Blight infects tomato plants with leaves and stems that are moist for over 48 hours. Moisture can be from rain, heavy dew, high humidity in a greenhouse or cover, condensation, or irrigation water. Once you know this, you can plan a shelter under an overhanging eve, on a porch or under a structure that you create. The protection must have excellent ventilation and must give you access to pick and prune your tomatoes. Consider growing your tomatoes in containers that can be moved to sheltered spots out of the rain.

Prevention of Late Blight:

Prevention of Late Blight: Late blight overwinters in tomato and potato debris. Do not plant in a bed used to grow tomatoes or potatoes last year, and dispose of diseased plants in the garbage not the compost. Copper spray can prevent the fungus from infecting the plant. Plants must be sprayed every 7-10 days before any symptoms appear. Blight strikes in the rains of late summer, so choose at least one variety that will ripen before the deluge. The best advice we can offer to avoid blight is to grow early ripening bush varieties and to protect your vines carefully.

Flea Beetles make many tiny holes in the tomato leaves. They can cause problems for small tender transplants but a healthy plant can usually outgrow the damage. Use our Floating Row Cover for early season protection from Flea Beetles when transplanting your tomatoes.

Companion Planting

Companion Planting
Another sensitive plant when it comes to companions, tomatoes benefit from asparagus, basil, beans, borage, carrots, celery, chives, collards, cucumber, garlic, lettuce, marigold, mint, nasturtium, onion, parsley, and peppers. Avoid planting alongside Brassicas and dill. Corn will attract tomato pests, and kohlrabi will stunt tomatoes’ growth. Potatoes may spread blight to tomatoes, so keep them apart. Do no plant tomatoes near walnut trees.

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For over 35 years, we have upheld our strong reputation as a leading seed supplier, seeking out the highest quality untreated seeds for organic growing and putting them through rigorous independent testing. We built our company on the exchange of generational wisdom in a masterclass community of newbies and masters alike. Our world may have changed, but our commitment to our people, our customers, and our planet has not.

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We’re a values-based business that has blossomed into a lifestyle ethos, with products that support seeders, feeders, keepers, and the tiniest of creepers. Our mission? To mobilize the next generation of gardeners with products that nourish soil and grow vigorous, sustainable gardens. We believe all plants should be grown without the use of chemicals, and that the seeds we supply are an important component of regenerative gardening.

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We don’t just offer seeds, we offer experience, insight, and understanding. From timeless garden wisdom to new tech know-how, this is learning on the job: knowledge gleaned not from the pages of a book but from burying our fingers in the soil. We test, experiment, observe and adapt, never happier than when we get to share what we’ve learned with others.

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Gardens don’t just grow seeds. They grow minds and imaginations, people and communities. Our vision encompasses both the micro and the macro. We eat locally, protect pollinators, teach people to grow from seed, and support regional biodiversity. We think big but act small and deliver unexpected impact — always with community and purpose.

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At West Coast Seeds we believe in the power of small and that little can be large. Like the tiniest seed germinates to evoke incremental change with massive potential, so to can our community of gardeners and growers together. Gardeners are the earth’s stewards, planting seeds of creative declaration. The soil provides the canvas, we provide the seeds.

How to Grow Early Season Tomatoes

Step 1

Timing

Start indoors in early spring over bottom heat. When seedlings germinate, remove from the heat and grow under bright lights. Grow seedlings on for 6-8 weeks at around 10°C (50°F). Early season tomatoes can be planted out once night time temperatures are reliably above 7°C (45°F) - or later. Other types should be transplanted out when night time lows are 10°C (50°F) or warmer - or later. Optimal soil temperature for germination: 25-35°C (68-95°F). With bottom heat seeds should germinate in 7-14 days.

Step 2

Starting

Sow seeds 5mm-1cm (¼-½”) deep. Keep seedlings under very bright light to prevent legginess. You may have to pot on seedlings more than once before they go out to allow for root growth. Space bush (determinate) transplants 45-60cm (18-24″) apart and vine (indeterminate) types 50-75cm (20-30″) apart in rows 1m (3′) apart.

Step 3

Growing

Tomatoes like fertile, well drained soil that is rich in organic matter. Dig in finished compost and manure, and add 1 cup balanced organic fertilizer beneath each transplant. The nutrition from heavy clay soils is excellent for tomatoes, but they are slow to warm, so transplanting should be done later. By the same token, lighter soils warm more quickly, so transplants can go out sooner. Adding glacial rock dust will supply all the calcium they will need. Regular watering is vital, but don’t let the plants sit in water. Tomatoes are tropical plants so they require full sun and lots of heat. Vine varieties will require some kind of support such as a wire to grow up, or a trellis to be tied to as the plant grows. Bush types benefit from the support of a tomato cage in order to prevent sprawling. At the time of final transplant, plants can be buried up to their first pair of true leaves. This will encourage greater root growth, helping with both nutrient uptake and the plants’ ability to stand up to dry conditions.
Stop watering around the end of July to encourage the fruit to ripen. If tomato plants are grown under cover, you can encourage pollination and fruit set by tapping the stem from time to time. Tomatoes do not rely on insects for pollination. Vibrating the plant shakes pollen loose within the flowers, which then self-pollinate.

Indeterminate tomatoes continue to grow and produce fruit until they are killed by frost. Remove any suckers (stems growing from the crotch of leaves) to keep the foliage under control, and they will set a later crop of larger fruit. Determinate varieties normally set fruit in a concentrated time period. Their suckers are not normally removed, though some trimming helps with ventilation.

Step 4

Germination

Days to Maturity: From transplant date.

At least 75% of seeds will germinate in optimal conditions. Usual seed life: 3 years.

Step 5

Harvest

Harvest when the fruit is the desired colour. Green tomatoes can be ripened indoors at a cool temperature when they are blemish free. Very dark green tomatoes are unlikely to ripen fully.



The air crackled with energy, as spellcasting practice could be heard echoing throughout the ship. As the ship sailed across the vast ocean, its students embarked on countless magical adventures. They would explore mystical islands, where legendary creatures awaited their arrival. They delved into underwater caves, discovering lost treasures that held secrets of forgotten civilizations. Their journeys were not only exciting but also educational, as they applied their magical skills to overcome obstacles and solve mysteries along the way. The teachers aboard the ship were experienced wizards and witches, each specializing in different branches of magic. They imparted their wisdom and guidance to the students, fostering their growth and development. From mastering elemental manipulation to brewing potent potions, the students learned to harness the immense power of magic under the watchful eyes of their mentors. But the magical school ship was not just a place of learning; it was also a community. Students from different backgrounds formed lasting friendships, united by their shared love for all things magical. They would gather in the ship's grand hall for enchanting feasts, sharing stories and laughter as they celebrated their newfound powers. The ship's oceanic surroundings provided a constant reminder of the boundless potential that lay before the students. The ebb and flow of the waves mirrored their journey of discovery and personal growth. The ocean served as a source of inspiration and reflection, encouraging them to explore new avenues of magic and push the boundaries of their abilities. In this extraordinary school, magic flowed through the veins of its students, connecting them to a realm of endless possibilities. The mystical ship, sailing across the vast ocean, served as their gateway to a world of wonder and enchantment. As they honed their craft, the students embarked on an adventure of a lifetime, where imagination knew no bounds and magic was a way of life..

Reviews for "The Magic of Maritime Education: Aboard a School Ship in the Ocean"

1. Sarah - 2/5 - I thought "Magic School Ship Ocean" was quite disappointing. The plot was underdeveloped and lacked depth, making it difficult for me to stay engaged in the story. The characters felt one-dimensional and I couldn't relate to any of them. The writing style was also lackluster, with awkward phrasing and inconsistent pacing. Overall, I was hoping for a more captivating read and unfortunately, this book didn't meet my expectations.

2. Jake - 1/5 - "Magic School Ship Ocean" was a complete letdown for me. The concept seemed interesting at first, but the execution fell flat. The world-building was confusing and inconsistent, making it difficult to understand the rules and logic of the magical school. The dialogue was also stilted and forced, making it hard to connect with the characters. I found myself struggling to finish this book and ultimately, I'm left not wanting to continue with the series.

3. Emily - 2/5 - I wasn't a fan of "Magic School Ship Ocean." The pacing was slow and it took a long time for the story to really pick up. The characters weren't well-developed and their actions often felt illogical and inconsistent. Additionally, the writing style was repetitive and lacking in creativity. I was hoping for a more engaging and imaginative magical school story, but this book fell short of my expectations.

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