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Terry Coombs · 23-04-2018, 04:25 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible

On 4/23/2018 8:50 AM, wrote:
On Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 10:00:58 PM UTC-4, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 4/22/2018 7:26 PM, songbird wrote:
Terry Coombs wrote:

Â* Put all my tomato seedlings in the ground yesterday using the
"posthole" method . UsedÂ* my post hole digger to make the holes , worked
great . So far , they all look pretty good , nobody is layin' on the
ground wailing for a safe place or a coloring book ... Looks like
Tuesday will be my next opportunity to plant seedlings , it got rainy .
Temps are pretty decent though , which is what helped me decide to plant
the 'maters .
still too cold here at night. but the trend is
finally nice enough. tomorrows forecast is for 70F
and sunny. Tuesday rain. all night-time temperatures
are above 34F for the next week for first time this
spring. if i get another two weeks of gradual warming
i may risk planting some peas.

in all of the years of transplanting tomatoes i don't
recall losing many, if any at all. they seem to be
pretty hardy plants as long as it doesn't get too cold.

songbird
Â* I watch the forecast closely now . One year I took it for granted the
"last frost date" was gospel . Planted based on that date and all my
tomatoes got frosted . Had to replace about a third of them with store
bought shudder seedlings . I did buy some seedlings this year , but my
source is all heirloom and minimal chemicals . On another note , I have
a partial roll of stock fencing that in conjunction with the 3 fence
posts I have left over should make a pretty nice trellis for those
greasy beans . I think this year I'm going to set up something for the
field peas to climb instead of letting them ramble all over the ground .
I still haven't got everything mapped out where what goes , gotta work
on that , make sure I still have room .

--
Snag
Ain't no dollar sign on
peace of mind - Zac Brown
Try using safety fencing from your local builders supply. It's plastic, inexpensive, & usually lasts several seasons. The only real issue is having to pick both sides of the trellis.

Steve

Â* But then I'd have to go out and buy something . I see no reason to do
that since I have materials on hand . I also have part of a roll of 6x6
concrete reinforcing wire - bought to build tomato cages - that I plan
on using for field peas or maybe the greasy beans . Helps that I have a
pretty complete machine/welding shop ... makes many projects easy that
otherwise would be basically impossible or extremely difficult .

--
Snag
Ain't no dollar sign on
peace of mind - Zac Brown