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To: greeneyes

Have to try those Whippersnapper tomatoes, that sounds like a great use for hanging basket space!

I’m not starting my tomato seedlings until March 1 (Big Beefs), the hydroponics are doing great but the produce is nothing I’d mistake for garden grown in the summer sun and warm dirt. I’ll try flowers next and see how that works out :)


10 posted on 02/13/2015 1:49:51 PM PST by BlackAdderess ("Give me a but a firm spots on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
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To: BlackAdderess

I planted Whippersnappers for some other people last year. My mother’s went all summer, but my friend’s died - I think he watered way too much.


16 posted on 02/13/2015 2:03:49 PM PST by heartwood
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To: BlackAdderess

Yep, they sound great. Hope they work out.LOL

Darn. I hate to hear that the hydroponics aren’t that great.

Our actual start date for tomato plants is late March. So I am pushing it. That’s why I’m only doing a few of one type each week. These will probably be grown entirely in pots, so that when I set them out, they can be brought indoors as needed.

Our moderate freeze date is April 26, but that means a 20% chance of frost, so I don’t really like to plant summer veggies until the last of May or first of June.

I am always trying to find a way to push up spring, and extend the production into winter.LOL


23 posted on 02/13/2015 2:45:16 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Le//t Freedom Ring.)
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