A heavy nylon twine would work just as good.
Posted on 04/09/2014 5:23:43 AM PDT by orsonwb
Tomato planting guide with state specific recommended varieties and planting dates...
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Bone-meal also works well. The key here is the bioavailability of the calcium. The finer the powder along with the solubility of the chemical form of calcium define the bioavailability of this essential mineral. Egg shells take some time to degrade and are therefore less bioavailable.
A couple of tablespoons of sugar in the hole helps stop nematodes.
I planted Celebrity as well and also Tycoon (which is a new one for me). San Antonio area so should be freeze free now.
Is that okay even if the nights are still low 40s?
How do you keep their roots from getting too warm if they are above the ground?
The list for Montana is very safe.
On the other hand, I had a bumper-crop of Brandywines, Black Krims, Cherokee Purple Dr. Wyche’s Yellow last year - all NOT on the Montana list...
Just takes lots of care and creativity.
Thanks. I’ll try to remember. If I forget, please ping it in for me.
I use crush eggshells and use them all the time - it works great. I also use banana peels, which most flowering plants seem to like.
BFL - since I was going to plant my garden next week but will now wait a week so the freeze comes and goes.
Thanks. I just posted the link to the garden thread. I’ll try to remember to include it in Friday’s ping.
I have Cherokee Purple, Coustralee, Stump of the World, Mariana Peace and Eva Purple Ball. I will look at the 10 day forecast on April 25th and make my decision. My plants are in my new greenhouse and are big enough to be planted outside now.
The milk jugs will help to protect the tomatoes. Once the temps get below 50 degrees, they basically kinda stay in neutral, and make little to no progress toward producing.
At 40 something degrees the tomatoes won’t freeze or die or anything, but if you are at 48 degrees for example that helps to raise the temp a bit even at night to improve growth rate.
You have to leave the lid off when the sun comes out or take the jug off to keep things from becoming too hot, which could also interfer with growth/production.
The tablet will be a quick release. Egg shells will be slower. The plant will need the calcium most during the fruiting stage, so I will side dress with something that acts quicker, when the plant is flowering, if I think it is needed.
Eggs shells can be crushed or dried, put in blender and whirled till it’s a powder.
Yes, they will survive even a hard frost or two. I have been doing this for many years. I don’t claim to be the best gardener, but I do raise and preserve a lot of vegetables and fruits.
Mulch and plenty of water. We live in Georgia, which has nice toasty summers, and never have a problem growing our vegetables in pots.
Do you shade the pots at all? Mulch protects the top but what about when the sun is shining on the sides of the pot?
As I'm a farmer . I reuse plastic bailing twine
A heavy nylon twine would work just as good.
Thank you for that information.
Thank you for that information.
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