There go the tomatoes...

[Rocky Raab]

Many thanks, scooter! For a desert, we have a surprising number of nurseries and such in Utah. If I call around, I can almost always find examples of just about anything.

Marglobe, huh? I'll try that one some time.

[muledeer]

Finally got my tomatoes in today (5/15). What a crazy winter. I usually have the tomatoes in by mid/late April using "walls of water". Not this year! Also planted corn, green beens, spinach, lettuce, cucumber, watermelon, and several varities of squash. Might plant some beets in the next couple of days.
muledeer

[multibeard]

Possible frost tonite and tomorow nite.

I learned long ago not to plant my tomatoes untill after the traditional Memorial day. That hasn't always worked either. We had 21* on the 10th of June one year.

It even froze the new growth on the Chriistmas trees in the plantations. It took 3 years to get the trees back on track for harvest.

[Wolvie]

I usually don`t plant outside until around June 1st or the 1st week of June.
The weather around here (The Adirondacks) is so wishy washy you never really know whats coming from the Ohio Valley or the Great Lakes region.

I planted seeds about 3 weeks ago in the garden itself,.....and I am seeing some green popping up already.

I have a very rich soil,......I add manuer and peat moss in the fall and till it once before winter and twice after the snow melts.I also put in fertilizer(Miracle Grow),during the non growing season and then regular apps when the plants are growing.

I usually end up with so much produce that I send some to the local soup kitchens and so on.
Or I invite people over to pick what they will use and NOT waste,.....whatever is left the women in the family start canning.
This year i am trying my hand at WaterMelon,.....I LOVE WATER MELON,....YUMMMY!!!

By the way last year I had a 150 lb pumpkin,.....it killed my carrots,...lolol
The groundhogs had a hand in keeping my lettuce from being harvested.

Later All
SAFE HUNTIN~
&
HAPPY PLANTING

[DaMadman]

Originally posted by scooterman27006
fellas i used to plant them as early as tax day around here NC blue ridge foothills my dad and i usually have a contest to see who gets the first red one off - reason i tell ya this - now i start mine out in a small greenhouse and transfer but i have figured out that unless someone grows in a pot and brings in at night - thats cheating by the way lol - everybody usually gets there first ones off at the same time - unless it stays warm at night the tomatoes wont grow and usually a cut worm or the wind breaks them off right at the top of the ground - so if you feed them good and plant after it starts warming up at night then you cant go wrong even if your neighbor gets the first red one- cold set is usually the first to turn here and that celebrity is hard to beat but if you like a good average tomato canning or sandwich then the old tried and true marglobe is the one for taste -have had trouble finding them in the last few years but for seeds i found a lot of old varieties here www.rhshumway.com and rocky buddy i dont know how i would ship them to ya but if you need some plants you cant find let me know - i will be more than glad to send ya whatever you needed - that would make me smile - i know it can be done because gurneys and others ship plants somehow - i usually plant a dozen or so varieties then a couple new ones just to see how they are - gardening i guess is my second hobbie right under punching paper

When most places ship them now a days they use that goopy stuff that you get out of a baby diaper. It sucks in the moisture and holds it in for days. When I bought field plants the past couple years they put that stuff around the roots, wet it and wrapped in brown paper. keep plant wet for a couple days (long enough to ship)