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July 6, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Iowa
Posts: 8
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2010 garden
Iowa Garden 2010. My First year and loving it
 Wisconsin 55  Amish Paste  Brandywine-sudduth  Two Wisc 55, two Amish Paste, Gold medal, Yellow perfection, Brandywine   
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July 6, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Iowa
Posts: 8
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July 6, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Pottsboro Texas 7B-8A TRANSITION ZONE
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Welcome to the world of folks that love to grow things
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July 6, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: east texas
Posts: 686
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Great job, and a cute little helper.
Neva |
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July 6, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Elizabethtown, Kentucky 6a
Posts: 754
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Nice patch you have. Bought some of the same rope-handled totes @ Walmart for $4 for the same purpose. Seem like they may last a couple seasons before the sun wears 'em out.
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July 6, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Iowa
Posts: 8
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Thanks, he likes helping out!
My wife bought one of those baskets for laundry so I had to get them next time I went to walmart. They were 5 bucks for me. You got a deal! lol |
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July 6, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Elizabethtown, Kentucky 6a
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The one in Elizabethtown had them for $4; just 12 miles up the road, in Radcliff, Wally was selling them for $5 also. They squeeze every dollar out of every area they can.
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July 6, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: zone 6b, PA
Posts: 5,664
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Welcome from PA! Beautiful plants in your raised bed and containers and beautiful little boy as well. Hope all continue to grow happily.
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July 6, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Holly Springs, NC (zone 7b)
Posts: 112
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That's a lovely garden!
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July 6, 2010
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Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Z6 WNY
Posts: 2,354
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Great job for your first year! You've got a cute garden helper too
 .Remy
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July 25, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Iowa
Posts: 8
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Update. Pics taken a few days ago.
  Brandywine Sudduth. I picked the bottom two today. Very good but low producer.  Gold Medal. The plant is my biggest and has a lot of fruits on it. Non are ripe yet.  Wisconsin 55 
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July 25, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Campbell, CA
Posts: 4,064
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Nice plants!
Did you drill a few drain holes in the bottom Walmart containers? Also, next Season you may want to work in some Perlite into your Mix as it tends to compress over time, and keeping the roots aerated is very important in container gardening. Raybo 
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July 25, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Iowa
Posts: 8
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Yeah I have holes drilled in bottom and rocks in the bottom. My mix this year is compost/manure, peat moss, and vermiculite. I also fertilize with tomato-tone.
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July 25, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Campbell, CA
Posts: 4,064
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martomic,
Next Season, you may want to take out the rocks altogether. For the volume of the containers you have, filling them with your potting mix will make your plants even more vigorous. You will be amazed at the end of this Season when you pull out the root ball, just how much they completely fill the container. More dirt to play in = bigger, more productive tomatoes! Raybo 
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July 25, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Iowa
Posts: 8
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I will give that a try thanks! I was looking forward to seeing what the roots are looking like in there.
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