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Originally posted by Rocky Raab
Uh huh. Our average last frost date is May 15. But there's always such a rush to buy the most popular tomato type (Celebrity) that there are hardly any left on shelves by May 1.
I found exactly one left in a large garden store on May 6. I decided to plant five different varieties this year to see if any of them is as good as Celebrity. Naturally, it was the lone Celebrity plant that died first! Broken right over - must've been hit by a lump of snow falling from a power line.
I can replace the others, but I doubt I'll find another Celebrity plant this year. So no "control" plant in my experiment, I guess.
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Yeah Rocky Most people in out area, So. MD as Fabs said don't put out the plants until the 15th, the early birds put out on Mother's day weekend ( the week before) I normally stick my neck out and plant in late April. Every Year it has paid off. I normall have to go out 1 or 2 nights around 11:00 pm and water everything down because of the light frost warning. But I normally always get a vine ripe tomato by July 4th.
I put in 4 varieties, Rutgers, Marglobe, Better Boy and Roma. Rutgers and Marglobe are great slicing tomatos, nice and round with little to no hard core. Bette boys are bigger and sometimes odd shaped but work well for salsa, and Romas are great for sauces and canning. I am almost done planting all my seed. Hope to be done tonight.
the list includes
Tomato
Cukes
Peppers Green bell, sweet wax and Jalepeno
radishes
turnips (mostly for the greens)
Squash ( yellow crook neck, zuchinni, and Patty Pan)
Green Beans
Watermelon
Canteloupe
Corn
Lettuce
Sunflowers
Potatos
I think that is it this year.
Well anyway good luck on your tomato and the rest of the garden.
I'll post a picture of the first vine ripe on I get.
