My first in ground garden in progress

[heirloomtomaguy]

Here are some pics of my gardens progression. As the plants grow and i plant more i will post more pictures. Im used to containers so this is all new to me.

[epsilon]

wow, that's some setup you've got there, I feel some what inadequate with two ditches that I dug up in the back yard and my four raised boxes, lol

[JamesL]

Seriously. Talk about going "all in"! Well done!

[b54red]

Well you jumped in with both feet. Looks great.

Bill

[Vespertino]

That's quite a change from containers, but looks like you have tons of gardening room Can't wait to see more updates as you get more plants in.

[Delerium]

Very nice setup! My friend in MA grew exactly like this. He used Red Plastic though. And man did he get some amazing tomatoes from that setup. How's the temps in your area now?.. we just hit 90 degrees since yesterday. And another 1-2 days of this.. argh. Then back to 70's. Thank goodness.

[Fred Hempel]

Wow! That looks like a great setup.

[taboule]

Looks nice, but you need more room.

[heirloomtomaguy]

Delerium,
Im east of pasadena on the foothills. According to my weather station it was 97 yesterday and 96 the day before. But even worse is something we here in socal call santa anna winds. Basically instead of onshore wind flow we get offshore flow out of the desert. It makes for dry hot wind whipped plants. I just planted out 37 cherry tomatoes on sunday and they have taken a beating. Where are you in located.

Taboule,
I have more tomatoes on my driveway in containers. Would have made it bigger but my wife wants grass for the kids.

[Delerium]

We are in Central Valley. Sure feels like the Armpit of California already. Not looking forward to those months with 100+ days. BTW have you tried the Red Plastic Mulch its supposed to increase yields and produce early to.

[aclum]

Very Impressive, Heirloomtomaguy!!!

Did you do it all yourself or have a landscape company, etc. do it? Looks like TONS of hard work.

I can't quite tell - are you using white plastic mulch or silver plastic mulch?

Good luck with those Santa Ana Winds - very scary what with the fire danger.

Anne

[heirloomtomaguy]

No not yet. I had planned on using red for tomatoes silver reflective for peppers and blue for melons however where i live there is no place to just go and buy ag supplies. Shipping on three rolls of plastic was really expensive so when we were on vaction in pismo beach i went to poly west in guadalupe and bought the white on black plastic they had. The guy there gave me a deal i couldnt refuse......3000ft of 1.5 mil plastic 600 feet of 5/8 drip emmitting tape and 500 staples for 103 bucks. Now i have enough plastic to cover my 8- 40 foot rows for for quite a while. I would like to do some experimenting with the different colored plastic though. Have you tried any colored plastics before

[heirloomtomaguy]

Aclum,
I did all the work myself in a weekend. Pretty much sunup to sundown for three days. The plastic is white on black. Its said to have some reflective ability. Plus it being white will help not fry my roots when the 100+ temps come along.

[JamesL]

White on black is a good choice. It has great reflectivity and is supposed to keep your soil cooler by several degrees. There is some evidence that it causes insect confusion as well which could help keep them away.

[heirloomtomaguy]

corn and melon seedlings almost ready for transplant