which would you put in EB?

[babice]

Hello - I have 3 EBs and then lots of large pots that I will be using for tomato container planting this year. And I'm getting them ready to plant the toms I have ready to plant outside very soon. Out of these, I was thinking maybe I should put the indeterminates with long DTM in the EBs but what is your opinion about which ones of these I should put in the EBs? I'm starting some heirlooms from seed this weekend so I'll have more indeterminates ready eventually. However, the following are ready to plant: 4th of July, Early Pick Vf, Big Beef Delicious, Tumbler, Salsa, Rutgers and Bucks County.

[Sun City Linda]

Big beef is such a huge, sprawling vigorously productive plant I am afraid it might overtake any partner you place in the EB. I usually have the same dilema, I have 12 EBs and maybe 20 15 or more gallon planters, but still, never enough! Last year I gave Big Beef a planter. If I were to place it in an EB, I would likely only plant that one in the box. I'm not real familiar with the others you mention other than tumbler which I think is designed to spill out of a pot so something higher that EB would be best.

[babice]

Thanks Sun City Linda - good advice. I didn't think of that with the tumbler. I'm not planning to put anything else with the toms into the EB containers since this is my first year using them. It did just occur to me as I was reading advice on the soiless-soil for the EBs that maybe I could mix the soil now and put the dolomite in and let the EBs sit for a month or so until the heirlooms are ready to plant. Because I read that the dolomite takes a while to activate?

[Sun City Linda]

Yes, good to get dolomite in soil early. Even if you cant set up the EB yet, moisten some of your mix and the dolomite in a container and just let it sit until ready. Remember not to add the ferts until you plant out. EB planting guide states two tomato plants per EB which is usually what I plant. I live in a hot climate so, come summer I need to refill the resevoirs daily.