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Tomato Planting Guide
The How Do Gardener ^ | 03/26/2014 | Rick Bickling

Posted on 04/09/2014 5:23:43 AM PDT by orsonwb

Tomato planting guide with state specific recommended varieties and planting dates...

(Excerpt) Read more at howdogardener.com ...


TOPICS: Gardening
KEYWORDS: gardening; survival; tomato; tomatoes
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Just planted several Celebrity tomato plants. Hopefully we're done with freezes here in Texas.
1 posted on 04/09/2014 5:23:43 AM PDT by orsonwb
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Planting in the Manzano’s of NM. Plant on Memorial Day and there’s still a 10% chance frost will kill them.


2 posted on 04/09/2014 5:27:33 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: orsonwb

ping for wife’s review.


3 posted on 04/09/2014 5:30:48 AM PDT by Rich21IE
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To: orsonwb


4 posted on 04/09/2014 5:31:54 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: orsonwb

We planted Tumbling Tom Yellow, Rutgers, Husky Cherry and Patio. We mostly grow ours in pots but we have 2 extra Rutgers that we are going to try sticking in the ground.


5 posted on 04/09/2014 5:32:44 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: orsonwb

Here in Pennsylvania it is a gamble to plant before Mothers Day. With the winter we’ve had even that might be too soon! Here’s a good tomato planting tip if you are using starter plants 6” or so; trim all but the top leaves and bury them deep, with 80% or so of the plant in the dirt. The stem will turn into a nice root system.


6 posted on 04/09/2014 5:32:53 AM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: orsonwb; greeneyes

Garden thread ping.


7 posted on 04/09/2014 5:33:01 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: jdsteel

... and bury them deep...

and crush a TUMS and throw it into the planting hole. The extra calcium prevents blossom end rot.


8 posted on 04/09/2014 5:52:49 AM PDT by IM2MAD (IM2MAD=Individual Motivated 2 Make A Difference)
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To: orsonwb

Arctic outbreak next week... Bastardi says Freeze threat for all of Arkansas


9 posted on 04/09/2014 5:58:17 AM PDT by Bulwinkle (Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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To: jdsteel

As for burying deep,,,I lay mine down on their side for the extra feeder roots.


10 posted on 04/09/2014 6:00:21 AM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: orsonwb
For the tying of the plants ,I don't use the cages they fall over too easily in the wind , I use what is called the Florida weave .


11 posted on 04/09/2014 6:13:44 AM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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More on the arctic outbreak from bastardi
https://mobile.twitter.com/BigJoeBastardi/status/453476812291469312/photo/1?screen_name=BigJoeBastardi


12 posted on 04/09/2014 6:18:47 AM PDT by Bulwinkle (Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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To: IM2MAD

and crush a TUMS and throw it into the planting hole. The extra calcium prevents blossom end rot.

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Great tip. Thanks. Could I use egg shells instead?


13 posted on 04/09/2014 6:19:20 AM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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To: piroque

What material is used for your ties in the Florida weave?


14 posted on 04/09/2014 6:20:41 AM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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To: orsonwb

I started 15 varieties, nearly all heirlooms, but they won’t go out until May 15 or so (or heatwave, whichever comes first.)

In the meanwhile, I have to figure out how to replicate greenhouse conditions. Last year this time I stopped by a grower who had a variety I wanted but he refused to sell until early May. Our plants started out the same size but when I went back in May his were HUGE and mine still small and spindly.

Maybe I can rig up a Wall O’ Water with soda bottles - I planted Glacier, supposed to be cold-tolerant and early but it isn’t up yet.


15 posted on 04/09/2014 6:23:55 AM PDT by heartwood
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To: Bigg Red
Could I use egg shells instead?

I would imagine that eggshells take a couple of seasons at least, to break down and release useful calcium. The tums would dissolve quickly after a few waterings or rains.

16 posted on 04/09/2014 6:25:51 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Bigg Red

Yes, we use eggshells as pots for starting our parsnips, peppers and tomatoes. When they get too big, place the seedling in the eggshell into a peat pot.


17 posted on 04/09/2014 6:26:17 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Historians will refer to this administration as "The Half-Black Plague.")
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To: greeneyes; JustaDumbBlonde; Diana in Wisconsin

Ping to copy this in the garden thread on Friday.


18 posted on 04/09/2014 6:26:26 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: orsonwb

That’s a really boring list they have for NJ.

Black from Tula, and Chocolate Cherry (which might be Black Cherry) - they grew well, and I’ll grow them forever.

Kellogg’s Breakfast, Sungold....

Why stick with Burpee?


19 posted on 04/09/2014 6:27:27 AM PDT by heartwood
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Cut the bottom out of plastic milk jugs and leave the top open. It is like a mini-greenhouse and as the weather warms, make the top hole bigger or you will fry them.


20 posted on 04/09/2014 6:43:44 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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