A friend of mine picked up 2 tomatoe plants that had a sign on them that read “Save Me”, so she bought them and brought them to me. Now I’ll put them in a syrup pot with the 3/% rock phosphate. I’ll strip off all the stems and plant it deep. I’ll keep them in the open garage with the fan on. I have very little shade in my yard, except the front, facing the golf course.
It's funny though, everyone told me that tomatoes love the heat. I've seen them grown in Iraq under plastic sheeting, (and it gets 120+ in the summer there) yet I've the biggest success I've had is when I use the 30% shadecloth.