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Saccopoo · 05-16-2010, 05:47 PM

Finally finished up with planting all my tomatoes for the season. I've been working on this for two weeks and had to cover the ones I put into the ground probably prematurely two weeks ago several times. I'm hoping that any chance of hard freeze is gone at this point and I don't have to worry about it from here on out.

Varieties:
Hybrids:
Better Boy
Big Boy
Early Girl
Lemon Boy
DX-52-12
La Roma II
Viva Italia
Sweet Tangerine
Moscow

Heirlooms:
Mortgage Lifter
Black
Pink Brandywine
Red Brandywine
Brandywine
Big Rainbow
White Wonder
Amish
Black Krim
Green Zebra
Fourth of July
Rutgers
Mr. Stripey
Yellow Pear
Taxi
Chocolate Cherry
Rose Quartz

Peppers also went in with Bells in Purple, Yellow, Red, Orange and Green, along with Thai, Jalapeno, Cayenne, Habanero, Anaheim and Serrano.

Ugly Duck · 03-23-2011, 02:49 PM

OK... got some seedlings in the ground (Mar 22). Last year I only planted heirlooms, this time I planted some Better Boys & Big Beefs. Not because I know anything about them, but because their seedlings were only a buck & I was impatient to plant something. What can I expect out of them in a Mediterranean climate with only 6-7 hrs of sun?

(Also sticking a Pink Brandywine & a Margold in the dirt today).

**Easy 6** · 03-27-2011, 02:25 PM

I'm gonna let it get just a lil warmer, but i cant wait to get'em going. I've been pouring all of the water from my turtle & fish tank water changes in the same spot all winter long.

That ground is gonna be sooo fertile, its bound to be a huge & productive plant.

Ugly Duck · 03-27-2011, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scott free

i cant wait to get'em going.

I jumped the gun a wee bit. Planted 4 Better Boys in the front of my house last week. Then my neighbor told me that Better Boys tend to get ginormous around here - Better Boy holds the production record of 342 lbs of tomatoes on one plant. Way too much bush for the front of my house. So I just dug 'm up & put some Black Krim in their place. Been raining so much around here the wet adobe is like digging in black peanut butter that sticks to the shovel. Gonna be a long, muddy day....

shirtsleeve · 03-27-2011, 03:12 PM

It didn't get above freezing here all day today. It was 9 above last night at the house (by a lake). We've had snow twice this week. I plant tomatoes the end of May. The very end. Growing season ends about a week after Labor Day.

Ugly Duck · 03-27-2011, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by shirtsleeve

It didn't get above freezing here all day today. It was 9 above last night at the house (by a lake). We've had snow twice this week. I plant tomatoes the end of May. The very end. Growing season ends about a week after Labor Day.

You in Alaska?

Over-Head · 03-27-2011, 04:10 PM

hummmmm what strain of ...*tomatoes* am I gonna plant this year

shirtsleeve · 03-27-2011, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ugly Duck

You in Alaska?

Northwestern Mass. About as far north and west in this state to still be in this state. About an hour east of Albany NY. It did get above freezing late today. Its 33 now, but the sun is going down.

WV · 03-27-2011, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Over-Head

hummmmm what strain of ...*tomatoes* am I gonna plant this year

Special Tea plants for you huh!

**Buehler445** · 03-27-2011, 04:27 PM

Snowed here most of the day. Guess I'm not working in the garden today.

Over-Head · 03-27-2011, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by WVChiefFan

Special Tea plants for you huh!

Salad fixens

Ugly Duck · 03-28-2011, 07:01 PM

Done planting just in time for the weather change. It finally stopped raining & we have a string of days in the 70s coming up. Cost me almost $40 for these seedlings, but at least we don't need potting soil or fertilizer round here. I'll make the $40 back in tomatoes that I won't have to buy from the store....

Heirlooms
Pink Brandywine
Brandywine (2)
Red Beefsteak (2)
Belgium Giant
Mortgage Lifter
Marglobe
Mr. Stripey
Black Krim (2)
Black Prince

Hybrids
Husky Cherry Red
Big Beef (3)
Better Boy (4)

MOhillbilly · 03-29-2011, 03:24 PM

Duck you coulda just cut the runners on your hybrids.

Ugly Duck · 03-29-2011, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

Duck you coulda just cut the runners on your hybrids.

You sayin I don't know what I'm doin? Well... you're right. Never grew a hybrid before (this is my second season doin maters). Don't know what to expect from a hybrid. Actually just finished digging up 3 of those Better Boys (doh!). Replaced 'em with 2 Brandywines, a Mortgage Lifter & a Belgium Giant. The Heirlooms did just fine last season & I'm afraid that the Better Boys will get too big & unruly. Gonna try pinching & pruning to keep the plant size down & the mater size up.

(record 7 lbs 12 oz from Oklahoma)

MOhillbilly · 03-29-2011, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ugly Duck

You sayin I don't know what I'm doin? Well... you're right. Never grew a hybrid before (this is my second season doin maters). Don't know what to expect from a hybrid. Actually just finished digging up 3 of those Better Boys (doh!). Replaced 'em with 2 Brandywines, a Mortgage Lifter & a Belgium Giant. The Heirlooms did just fine last season & I'm afraid that the Better Boys will get too big & unruly. Gonna try pinching & pruning to keep the plant size down & the mater size up.

Alot of people who grow indeterminate tomato plants will "pinch the runners".

I tie my runners up cause i have room & that's the way i learned it.

Simply Red · 05-21-2013, 08:18 AM

Bump for Ugly Duck.

05-16-2010, 05:47 PM
Saccopoo Kindness in words... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Zion Casino cash: $10025483	Tomatoes in the ground Finally finished up with planting all my tomatoes for the season. I've been working on this for two weeks and had to cover the ones I put into the ground probably prematurely two weeks ago several times. I'm hoping that any chance of hard freeze is gone at this point and I don't have to worry about it from here on out. Varieties: Hybrids: Better Boy Big Boy Early Girl Lemon Boy DX-52-12 La Roma II Viva Italia Sweet Tangerine Moscow Heirlooms: Mortgage Lifter Black Pink Brandywine Red Brandywine Brandywine Big Rainbow White Wonder Amish Black Krim Green Zebra Fourth of July Rutgers Mr. Stripey Yellow Pear Taxi Chocolate Cherry Rose Quartz Peppers also went in with Bells in Purple, Yellow, Red, Orange and Green, along with Thai, Jalapeno, Cayenne, Habanero, Anaheim and Serrano.
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03-23-2011, 02:49 PM	#136
Ugly Duck MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Petaluma, CA, USA Casino cash: $9955920	OK... got some seedlings in the ground (Mar 22). Last year I only planted heirlooms, this time I planted some Better Boys & Big Beefs. Not because I know anything about them, but because their seedlings were only a buck & I was impatient to plant something. What can I expect out of them in a Mediterranean climate with only 6-7 hrs of sun? (Also sticking a Pink Brandywine & a Margold in the dirt today).
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03-27-2011, 02:25 PM	#137
Easy 6 pie is never free Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the drivers seat Casino cash: $3717775	I'm gonna let it get just a lil warmer, but i cant wait to get'em going. I've been pouring all of the water from my turtle & fish tank water changes in the same spot all winter long. That ground is gonna be sooo fertile, its bound to be a huge & productive plant.
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03-27-2011, 03:12 PM	#139
shirtsleeve In your pants Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: at work Casino cash: $10004900	It didn't get above freezing here all day today. It was 9 above last night at the house (by a lake). We've had snow twice this week. I plant tomatoes the end of May. The very end. Growing season ends about a week after Labor Day.
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03-27-2011, 04:10 PM	#141
Over-Head Boom, Boom , Crash Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In my shed Casino cash: $9995760	hummmmm what strain of ...tomatoes am I gonna plant this year __________________ ...Illegitimus non Carborundum est...
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03-27-2011, 04:27 PM	#144
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03-28-2011, 07:01 PM	#146
Ugly Duck MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Petaluma, CA, USA Casino cash: $9955920	Done planting just in time for the weather change. It finally stopped raining & we have a string of days in the 70s coming up. Cost me almost $40 for these seedlings, but at least we don't need potting soil or fertilizer round here. I'll make the $40 back in tomatoes that I won't have to buy from the store.... Heirlooms Pink Brandywine Brandywine (2) Red Beefsteak (2) Belgium Giant Mortgage Lifter Marglobe Mr. Stripey Black Krim (2) Black Prince Hybrids Husky Cherry Red Big Beef (3) Better Boy (4) Last edited by Ugly Duck; 03-29-2011 at 03:53 PM..
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