Have you planted your Tomatoes yet????

frawin · April 05, 2009, 04:24:27 PM

I was curious how many people have planted some tomatoes yet. I plant mine at different times, I have my early ones (Early Girls) in now.

Wilma · April 05, 2009, 04:26:19 PM

Frank, it is still freezing here, not just a light frost, but freezing.

frawin · April 05, 2009, 04:30:49 PM

Wilma, I plant my early Tomatoes fairly deep, put clear plastic jugs over them, my tomatoe cages are made out of concrete reinforcing wire and I wrap clear plastic around them 3 feet up, and I pull the dirt up around the bottom of the plastic. I have always planted my early ones on or close to April 1, and have never lost any yet, there is always a first.

Wilma · April 05, 2009, 04:35:41 PM

Care to come back to Elk County and try that? Maybe in my back yard?

frawin · April 05, 2009, 04:40:04 PM

Wilma, it worked in Howard, Pratt and Emporia, Bartlesville and Midland, Texas for me. I will try to remember to bring you one of my first ones if they are early as usual.

frawin · April 05, 2009, 04:41:55 PM

Wilma, this will probably be the year I loose the first early ones, and then I will have to eat crow for sure.

Ole Granny · April 05, 2009, 04:43:45 PM

Saw a Robin today with a muffler and snowboots!

frawin · April 05, 2009, 04:54:48 PM

Alice you are ornery as ever.

Ole Granny · April 05, 2009, 04:58:03 PM

That's what I hear!

Diane Amberg · April 05, 2009, 05:15:08 PM

I'll try an early one in a week or so, but they tend to just sit there because the ground is too cold. I wrap mine up too, but I can't say it helps that much. Mostly people put them in on Memorial day weekend. Our frost free date isn't until May 15, but for Newark its May 6th.