Earthtainer Greenhouse????

dfollett · September 11, 2013

It worked so well this spring I thought I’d give it a shot this fall. I probably thought about it too late and will likely not get a crop to ripen, but I’m going to give it a try.

I planted 15 dwarf seedlings in 5 Earthtainers. Unfortunately, I didn’t get them planted until August 24th – I wish I had thought of it about a month earlier and planted them in July. I used dwarf plants so they would not outgrow the single level of cage on the ‘Tainers.

It has been warmer than normal all summer and so far this fall. I intend to wrap and start covering the cages as soon as it looks like we're getting close to a frost. I probably won’t report a blow-by-blow throughout the fall, but will give a report when I either pick ripe tomatoes in October/November (our average first frost date is September 3) or give up with frozen plants. I’m going to use essentially the same set-up I ended up with this spring. We’ll see what happens.

September 11, 2013	#1
dfollett Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Utah Posts: 693	Will it work in the fall? It worked so well this spring I thought I’d give it a shot this fall. I probably thought about it too late and will likely not get a crop to ripen, but I’m going to give it a try. I planted 15 dwarf seedlings in 5 Earthtainers. Unfortunately, I didn’t get them planted until August 24th – I wish I had thought of it about a month earlier and planted them in July. I used dwarf plants so they would not outgrow the single level of cage on the ‘Tainers. It has been warmer than normal all summer and so far this fall. I intend to wrap and start covering the cages as soon as it looks like we're getting close to a frost. I probably won’t report a blow-by-blow throughout the fall, but will give a report when I either pick ripe tomatoes in October/November (our average first frost date is September 3) or give up with frozen plants. I’m going to use essentially the same set-up I ended up with this spring. We’ll see what happens.