Have You Planted Your Tomatoes
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Have You Planted Your Tomatoes
from howconnie on 04/14/2015 06:15 AMWhose planted their tomatoes already?
In my zone I was told to wait another month to direct sow tomatoes but I decided I would plant some early and some later.
I've got tiny Burbank, black krim, marglobe, and wild cherry starts out. Got some unknown from a local exchange.
My current tomato plant insist on being a perennial; lazy gardener that i am left the dead wood in the ground thinking it would make a nice trellis. Well as soon as the weather warmed and I applied compost tea it started producing suckers from the Brown wood. Got a few berries now.
Is there a perennial tomato or is mine just delaying the inevitable?
Have you planted? When will you put them out? Which ones?
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Re: Have You Planted Your Tomatoes
from zackey on 04/14/2015 07:21 PMI started mine from seeds in 4" pots outside about a month ago. I have one with a flower on it. I'm still waiting for hubby to till up the garden. Too much else going on right now.The garden is at the bottom of the list unfortunately.
Re: Have You Planted Your Tomatoes
from howconnie on 04/14/2015 07:43 PMThat's great that you already have a flower on a month old seedling.
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from Backwoodswife on 04/14/2015 11:52 PMMy plant out date is in another month as well, I've got the seedling cooking full time under the lights for now:)
Re: Have You Planted Your Tomatoes
from zackey on 04/15/2015 05:59 PMIt's probably more like 6 weeks old.
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from Terri on 04/19/2015 05:49 AMI have some Cherokee purple, red calabash, and ugly started in cells on my porch. I started them the last week of March and they're a couple of inches tall now. (They would probably be about 4" now but I always cover the stems as they grow.) My plant date is around May 15.
Re: Have You Planted Your Tomatoes
from howconnie on 04/19/2015 05:56 AMTerri that sounds smart, building a strong root system for those delicious tomatoes. My garden buddies just tossed me an extra golden jubilee tomato plant says it's his favorite. boy if you know people that garden, you can end up adopting a lot of orphan tomato seedlings this time of year.
Re: Have You Planted Your Tomatoes
from Terri on 04/19/2015 06:07 AMI've found whether I start under lights, start in pots, or direct sow tomatoes, I always seem to have really long stems up to the first set of leaves (go figure). I just decided that it's easier to control in the pots/cells.
Nobody ever gives me anything cool like a tomato plant:( I always get everyone's surplus of bearded iris- I've got those suckers stuck everywhere!