by Great Big Plants | Jun 28, 2013 | Tomato Gardening
The tomato plants are looking good, so far, and somewhat ahead of schedule for early June. Now that the “Walls-O-Water” are off and the plants seem to be growing vigorously, I want to add mulch around the base of the plants to insure the EVEN moisture that tomatoes...
by Great Big Plants | Jun 10, 2013 | Tomato Gardening
It’s the first week of June and temperatures have been consistently in the upper 70’s to mid 80’s by day and low-to-mid-40’s at night, at least for the last two weeks. The average date for the last frost in Flagstaff is not until June 10th to 14, so...
by Great Big Plants | May 29, 2013 | Tomato Gardening
The next step in my transplantation process is assembling the plant supports that custom-fit my self-watering containers. These pieces conveniently snap together, but I also tie them with twine for extra security. Flagstaff at 7000 ft. still has nighttime...
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 | 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...
