Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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February 23, 2009
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: austin, tx
Posts: 249
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Ray,
Are you growing all those 12 plants in one bin or you will transplant again to 1 plant per bin? Thanks. Newgardener_tx |
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February 23, 2009
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Campbell, CA
Posts: 4,064
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Newgardener,
The 30 plants are divided into two "incubator" containers for the next 30 days, where I can use a cold-frame cover on them at night. Each plant has about a 5" by 6" space to aid root development. Our weather is consistently in the mid-60s, with lots of sun, so they should develop rather quickly now. They will then go into their own 31 gallon EarthTainers, with 2 plants per 'Tainer. Ray 
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February 23, 2009
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: florida
Posts: 126
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Ray shame on you 30 containers and only 30 plants.What else you growing this year Ray besides corn?
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February 23, 2009
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Campbell, CA
Posts: 4,064
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captn
I am cutting back to 16 containers for tomatoes (32 plants total), and since I had good success with sweetcorn last year, I am dedicating 9 for three varieties of that vegetable. One 'Tainer I am using for Maui and Candy onions (as a first year experiment), and the remaining 4 will be used for Oregon Snow Peas. Would love to have some additional space for pepper plants, but I am out of square footage where the sun shines....  Ray |
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February 24, 2009
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 1,818
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Ray,
How big of an area are you using to grow these crops? And is it on the ground, deck, etc? I'm really impressed with how well your crops do in the containers, especially the corn.
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