Planted out today.

[ScottinAtlanta]

I am shooting for March 15 in Atlanta - one week before the official frost free date.

[Worth1]

Well I can add solar fire to the list of tomatoes.
I shouldn't have went to the store.
I was drawn to the plants like I was in a trance.

Worth

[Labradors2]

That looks like SUCH a pretty one! I hope you have the room for it .

Linda

Originally Posted by Worth1

Well I can add solar fire to the list of tomatoes.
I shouldn't have went to the store.
I was drawn to the plants like I was in a trance.

Worth

[bughunter99]

Conceptually it is hard for me to even picture that anywhere in the country is currently warm enough for tomatoes. Good for you though. I am all about pushing those dates and have never once regretted it. (Though I put out a number that is easy to protect, not hundreds of plants like some.)

Signed, she who is currently in dense fog generated by the 1.5 inches of rain that got dumped on our gobs of snow today, awaiting the forecasted excitement of 60-70 mph winds tonight which is apparently bringing in the 20's again. WHEE!


Stacy who got seeds in the mail today so refuses to be glum!

[b54red]

I'm jealous. Due to all the extreme cold my seed starting was very delayed because of my unheated greenhouse. Many of my seeds are just sprouting. I wish I had a couple of plants that I could stick out in the garden right now but it will be a while for me. I just started some cucumber seed and plan on starting my beans in the greenhouse this week. Since I began starting my beans in cups in the greenhouse a few years back I have been able to get a real jump on them and don't have to deal with those annoying gaps in my rows.

According to my tulip poplar tree it isn't time yet to plant here but the forecast sure looks good.

Good luck Worth.

Bill

[kayrobbins]

I always check the pecan trees. When they put out their buds the danger of frost is over. And no, they are not out yet but that did not stop me from planting some. When it is 84 and sunny the temptation is just too great to ignore.

[b54red]

Originally Posted by kayrobbins

I always check the pecan trees. When they put out their buds the danger of frost is over. And no, they are not out yet but that did not stop me from planting some. When it is 84 and sunny the temptation is just too great to ignore.

Pecan trees are usually a good indicator of there being no danger of frost but I have seen them fooled twice since I started gardening. I have never missed with my tulip poplar and it is usually earlier in indicating when to plant than pecan trees. The few times it was behind the pecan trees we had a late freeze after the pecan leaf buds had opened and before the poplar buds opened. I checked the tree today and saw no sign of buds opened and they are forecasting down to 29 one night next week.

Bill

[kath]

Since we've got tulip poplars, Bill, I'm going to try this; so as soon as the leaf buds open it should be safe, right?

kath

[Tom A To]

Like you, I like to take a little risk when it comes to planting schedules, although I do keep a full set of backup plants should the unthinkable happen. If all goes as planned, I donate the extras to the wife's garden club. They snap them up in a jiff and I even have a reputation among the ladies there as being THE go-to tomato guy. Hardy har, you sure can fool people just by keeping your mouth shut sometimes.

[Ken4230]

Originally Posted by Tom A To

Like you, I like to take a little risk when it comes to planting schedules, although I do keep a full set of backup plants should the unthinkable happen.

It did cost me last year though. For me; peas, onions and lettuce was planted on Valentines Day and several tomatoes and cucumbers on April 1st.
With a little luck, i survived several frosts and started planting in stages over the next 3 weeks. Everything was in the ground and looking good by May 1st.

That hard frost warning at the end of May came out of nowhere. Putting up a 30x50 tarp at Midnight is a lot of fun. I think i lost 8 tomatoes, at least a dozen cucumbers and most of the squash.

I'm ready to put something in the ground.
Ken

[ScottinAtlanta]

Originally Posted by b54red

I'm jealous. Due to all the extreme cold my seed starting was very delayed because of my unheated greenhouse. Many of my seeds are just sprouting. I wish I had a couple of plants that I could stick out in the garden right now but it will be a while for me. I just started some cucumber seed and plan on starting my beans in the greenhouse this week. Since I began starting my beans in cups in the greenhouse a few years back I have been able to get a real jump on them and don't have to deal with those annoying gaps in my rows.

According to my tulip poplar tree it isn't time yet to plant here but the forecast sure looks good.

Good luck Worth.

Bill

Bill, you make me feel like driving some of my extras over to you. Where do you live in Alabama?

[Paul R]

Three months to go for me. Good luck Worth!

Paul R

[Cheryl2017]

Purchased some tycoon tomato plants while getting supplies to set my own babies out. Bob Webster said he was waiting two more weeks. So I uppotted them. I do have a few out that will have to be covered this wed/thurs. Good luck with yours worth

[b54red]

Originally Posted by ScottinAtlanta

Bill, you make me feel like driving some of my extras over to you. Where do you live in Alabama?

Scott I live in Dothan. I don't have a single bed ready yet for tomatoes so I couldn't put any out if they were ready. I tried tilling this morning but the dirt in my raised beds was still too wet. We have certainly had the rain and cold this winter. Now that it is warmed up some I have a ton of young seedlings and in a week or two I will start grafting. I may set out a couple of my rootstock tomatoes for early tomatoes because I will have to wait a while on my grafts. I just set out my spring broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and lettuce the first of the week so I'm kind of hoping it won't warm up too fast. I like those rare springs down here when it doesn't get near 100 by May because the tomatoes grow so much better and have fewer diseases for a while.

Kath, I wait til I see a good number of leaf buds starting to open up on my tulip poplar then start putting out my tomatoes. If the local forecast is for freezing weather in the next day or two then I will wait a few more days. Once the tree is fully budding out I have never seen more than a light frost; but I am usually planting as soon as possible after the first few buds start opening up.

Bill

[Worth1]

The Redbuds are out and I saw my first tomato on one of my plants today.


When I planted out I had no idea what the lows were gong to be some time out.
I looked the other day and they spoke of a freeze in the viewing area.
Then it said for my town 35 on Friday then 31 then it moved to 30 on Wednesday. I just looked and it said the lowest was going to be on Wednesday morning of 43.
Been checking soil temps and they have been 62 in the morning and with the cloud cover for a while it has stayed that way all day.
Today it was foggy at sunup then the sun came out and it was 72 at 1:00PM.
Redbuds dont lie.

Worth