by Great Big Plants | May 14, 2013 | Tomato Gardening
The last week of April and the first week of May I set aside time to “harden-off” my almost-six-inch-high young tomatoes. This gets the little darlings used to the outdoors with all its dangers–direct sun, wind, varying temperatures…it’s a jungle out there. Now...
by Great Big Plants | May 6, 2013 | Tomato Gardening
I’m ready to move my large-enough tomato seedlings into 4 inch “Cow Pots”–1 seedling per pot. Tomato plants have the unusual-and-useful characteristic of being able to grow roots from the stems (adventitious roots), and I am going to take full advantage of this...
by Great Big Plants | May 2, 2013 | Garden Soil
When you buy fertilizer, whether chemical or organic, you’ll see three numbers separated by dashes boldly standing out on the package; such as 5-6-5. You might already know that they stand for the percentage of NPK contained in the fertilizer. N stands for Nitrogen, P...
by Great Big Plants | Apr 29, 2013 | Tomato Gardening
Here is the next entry in Tomato Jim’s ongoing process of growing tomatoes from seed to last fruit. It’s time to move some of the seedling tomatoes into 4 inch pots! The ideal size for this transplant is when the seedlings have two sets of TRUE leaves (past the...
by Great Big Plants | Apr 22, 2013 | Garden Soil
While humic acid is still a relatively new concept to those not professionally involved in agriculture and gardening and is not widely available except through Internet or direct mail outlets, there is no denying the vast benefits it offers to all types of soils and...
