Bringing this back to the top. I bought my plants a couple weeks ago and they are growing nicely.
Next week looks like we may have some 70 degree weather.
Would it be ok to plant them or should I wait a few more weeks?
Thanks,
SF

i would wait.. as you know, we have weird weather here, and it could be 70 one week, and freezing the next..

a fairly safe bet is around Mothers Day..

with that said, you can put them out during the day, and bring them in at night to help acclimate them.

Mine are in my greenhouse, but I'll put three in the ground next to my front doorway....tons of sun, but under eaves so no direct rain, and warmth of the house will help.
I've planted one raised bed of Spanish sweet onions and tomorrow I'll do a bed of Walla Walla's. The first two rows of corn will go in Thursday.
Raspberries and grapes are budding nicely.
Snake

Thanks
I had pretty good results last year based on the info in this thread.
I'll wait a few weeks before planting them
SF

I am a very impatient person but have learned to wait. If you put out tomatoes now and again in a month they will fruit at very nearly the same time. Cold nights are not a tomatoes friend.

Years ago a sturdy by Organic Gardening found that small plants put out at the same time as larger ones actually reached maturity sooner. Go figure.

It is safe now to pant all leafy crops, peas, potatoes, cabbage, broccoli, beet, parsnips, etc. IMHO it is too early to plant beans, corn, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, eggplants and any other heat loving plants.

Started 72 mostly Heirloom's the day we sprung ahead. I use the 36 pack Jiffy 50mm tomato flat things. They work great.

Here is a shot under the lights -


and here is a yesterday out in the Sun!

Back to the top again.
Got everything planted last weekend. The extended weather forecast calls for a pretty dry June.
Hope everyone has a good crop this year and thanks again for the info.
SF

Ours are outside now...fingers crossed

Fish on...

Todd

Mine have been outside protected by a wall-o-water for three weeks. Two plants now have a couple for fruit set on.

I got my plants the other day and plan to put 'em in the ground today. I wrapped new visqueen around my "tomato hothouse" frame, so they should be plenty warm.

BUMP.


So how's it going for you guys? I started Roma and Cherry seeds sometime in April and have been eating fresh tomatoes for a few weeks now. I started a bunch of seeds, picked the best seedlings and ended up with 6 Cherry and 4 Roma plants, they produced a couple hundred tomatoes and turned my lanai into a tomato jungle! Basil is going strong and my Jalapenos and Sweet Bells are flowering and look like they will produce some good yields. They will be taking over the space that my soon to be finished tomatoes are in.

It has been a hell of a year for tomatoes in the Pacific NW.

We started early and have been harvesting for months. The Sun Gold cherry tomatoes continue to be the best cherry tomatoes I've ever eaten. Great producer and incredibly sweet. We also grew Super Sweet 100's. As great as they are, in direct comparison to the Sun Gold, the flavor simply isn't as good and the skins are slightly thicker.

We're harvesting San Marzano tomatoes for sauces, and they are perfectly suited for it. Plus, they are great looking, with a rich red color in a medium-sized, pear-shaped form.

For larger ones, we're growing Early Girls, which is a classic and similar to a very, very good grocery store tomato.

We've abandoned all heirloom tomatoes we've grown in the past with the exception of Pink Brandywine. It might be the best eating variety we grow. Sliced with salt and pepper... damn!

Tons of Sun Gold cherries over the past month.
I've told the neighbors to start picking some as I have more then I can use.
Lots of Early Girls ripening up over the past few weeks.

Our tomato's are doing quite well. We have had a few surprises like these giant red ones. We thought they would be 1/2 as big as they are. They are bigger than your hand


This little Patio was one that Grandma really liked called Red Robin. Lots of very sweet tomato's on a short stout little plant

These are really cool , called Blue Cherry. They start almost black and slowly turn red

Black Japanese Triffle

Yellow Cherry


There are a bunch of others.

Good, but overall, we seem to have fewer Cherries so far this year. Still 6+ weeks to go ...

Our tomatos have been pretty good...heirloom varieties kind of halfass, all the cherries and romas have done really well.

Tomatillo plants are really coming on now, we'll be making salsa verde and mole soon

Fish on...

Todd

While my plants produced plenty of fruit I had trouble with leaf miners. I started spraying with a solution of Dr. Bonners soap/water with some good success early on. Unfortunately (for the plants) I got distracted by some good fishing, got behind on the spraying and the pest problem really took off towards the end. Anyone have a suggestion for other ways of safe bug control? Something with a longer range of effectiveness would be nice.

SNS 203, Jake...

This thread is making me hungry and per usual, Stam has it all figured out.

The new GF is a great little Gardner, so I've been getting treated to fresh goodies all summer. We've picked over 30 pounds of Blackberries and they just keep coming. I love summer in Washington and the gifts she gives us. I've lived most everywhere and there is not a better place to live.

We've had a pretty good year, as well...with the added bonus of having blue huckleberry plants with lots of fruits left all around our camping zone over the weekend, and even found a few handfuls of chantrelles without even trying, they were growing ten feet from a trail at a spot where I, apparently, was the first one in a while to venture off of to take a leak.

Snap peas, green beans, and shelling beans have been absolutely nuts this year. Potatos, too. Strawberries were the best I've seen. We aren't very good at Spaghetti Squash, it seems, at least not in quantity...but we have a handful in various stages of readiness out there and have eaten a couple already.

Beets, carrots, chard...all not too bad. Onions were awesome, too.

Planted kale a couple of weeks ago and it is six inches tall already.

We were snatching leaves off of a dozen or so lettuce plants of various varieties for a couple of months but left for a long weekend and they all bolted while we were gone...but it was a good run while it lasted.

Cucumbers have really been coming on lately...and though we have never had much luck with basil we have a fine crop of it this year.

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme...all very good.

Add in the freezer full of things that are dumb enough to be killed by me over the year and more often than not most, or all of our dinner comes from the garden and that freezer...and that's just fine by me.

Add in some canabis oil and I'm ready for the Zombie Apocalypse.

Fish on...

Todd

I prefer advice from people with jobs.

Anyone with a job want to second or shoot down foodstamp's advice for sns 203?