Mission accomplished!

**nctomatoman** · April 5, 2008

From this - which was how things looked on March 25 or so, to the next view as of early April. Great therapy!

dokutaaguriin · April 5, 2008

I am always amazed at your efficiency...perhaps I need to lengthen my therapy sessions!:lol

gardenmama · April 5, 2008

Inspiring!

Mine are going from 6 packs to final pots this weekend.
Wish I had the room you do to put them on the driveway. I have to go vertically- DH is building me some new shelving units to accommodate the increase in production this season. 12 yo son's backyard baseball practice is banned from now until May 1st!

**mdvpc** · April 5, 2008

Craig-contratulations.

Thats a lot of work. Mine are all safely in their containers and planted outside-now the waiting for the first ripe tomato.

gssgarden · April 5, 2008

Good Lord!! My wife freaks when I take over our office for a few weeks!!

Looks great and good luck with them Craig.

Greg

mresseguie · April 5, 2008

Craig,

I'm very impressed by your efficiency! I'm simply too distracted to attempt anything on this scale.

Are night-time temps high enough that you need not worry about killer frosts, or do you take them into a shed or garage if weather threatens? (It's not yet safe to leave them out in my area.)

Do you sell them yourself, or do you supply local nurseries, farmers markets, etc? I dare not ask if you plant them all.

I've got about 150 tomato starts with 6 varieties this year, and I feel pretty proud of myself! I've only lost a half-dozen to damping off. Most of mine will go to help raise money for our Master Gardener Association.

Michael

ddsack · April 5, 2008

Green grass!!!

Our snow is finally succeeding in melting off and now they are forecasting another possible 5" this weekend. I am so jealous of people who are so far along with their tomatoes.

Craig - I admire how you don't baby your plants and get the most value out of every inch of your yard space.

**Lee** · April 5, 2008

LOL!

Craig, Looks like you've got some leftover "halos" from last year's pots on the
driveway. Of course they'll be covered up again soon enough!

Lee

**nctomatoman** · April 5, 2008

Wow, Lee...didn't notice that! Each of those pale splotches was inhabited by a 5 gallon grow bag or pot last year...and yes, to be covered up soon...

Worth1 · April 7, 2008

I don't mean to be morbid or anything but the first thing that crossed my mind in that last picture was the Arlington cometary.
I guess I'm warped.

Worth

cottonpicker · April 7, 2008

Craig-gratulations!!!!!!!!!! whew!!!!!!!!

outsiders71 · April 18, 2008

Craig:

If you don't mind me asking, what is the last sized pot you use for your tomatoes/peppers before sticking them in the ground?

April 5, 2008	#3
gardenmama Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 7b/8a SE VA Posts: 268	Inspiring! Mine are going from 6 packs to final pots this weekend. Wish I had the room you do to put them on the driveway. I have to go vertically- DH is building me some new shelving units to accommodate the increase in production this season. 12 yo son's backyard baseball practice is banned from now until May 1st! __________________ -Martha SE VA

April 5, 2008	#4
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Craig-contratulations. Thats a lot of work. Mine are all safely in their containers and planted outside-now the waiting for the first ripe tomato. __________________ Michael

April 5, 2008	#6
mresseguie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 159	Craig, I'm very impressed by your efficiency! I'm simply too distracted to attempt anything on this scale. Are night-time temps high enough that you need not worry about killer frosts, or do you take them into a shed or garage if weather threatens? (It's not yet safe to leave them out in my area.) Do you sell them yourself, or do you supply local nurseries, farmers markets, etc? I dare not ask if you plant them all. I've got about 150 tomato starts with 6 varieties this year, and I feel pretty proud of myself! I've only lost a half-dozen to damping off. Most of mine will go to help raise money for our Master Gardener Association. Michael __________________ Learning to speak tomato! Got compost?

April 5, 2008	#8
Lee Tomatopalooza™ Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NC-Zone 7 Posts: 2,188	LOL! Craig, Looks like you've got some leftover "halos" from last year's pots on the driveway. Of course they'll be covered up again soon enough! Lee __________________ Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad. Cuostralee - The best thing on sliced bread.

April 5, 2008	#9
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Wow, Lee...didn't notice that! Each of those pale splotches was inhabited by a 5 gallon grow bag or pot last year...and yes, to be covered up soon... __________________ Craig

April 5, 2008	#2
dokutaaguriin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada Z3a Posts: 905	I am always amazed at your efficiency...perhaps I need to lengthen my therapy sessions!:lol

April 5, 2008	#5
gssgarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.C. Posts: 1,827	Good Lord!! My wife freaks when I take over our office for a few weeks!! Looks great and good luck with them Craig. Greg

April 5, 2008	#7
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Green grass!!! Our snow is finally succeeding in melting off and now they are forecasting another possible 5" this weekend. I am so jealous of people who are so far along with their tomatoes. Craig - I admire how you don't baby your plants and get the most value out of every inch of your yard space.

April 7, 2008	#10
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I don't mean to be morbid or anything but the first thing that crossed my mind in that last picture was the Arlington cometary. I guess I'm warped. Worth

April 7, 2008	#11
cottonpicker Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SE PA..near Valley Forge Posts: 839	Craig-gratulations!!!!!!!!!! whew!!!!!!!! __________________ "Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause". Victor Hugo

April 18, 2008	#12
outsiders71 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 150	Craig: If you don't mind me asking, what is the last sized pot you use for your tomatoes/peppers before sticking them in the ground?