Norma J. Briggs wrote:
Is there a breed of tomato that germinates (if I got the seeds started
within the week) and would produce by the second week of May? I live in zone
9, just south of Houston, so it is rather warm most of the year.

I ask this because I run a small "service learning" project for kids in a
disciplinary alternative school, and we have just been given a small raised
garden(10 by 6) to use.

Amazing that these otherwise hostile kids are excited about "planting
stuff." I really want them to plant something they can taste, so they can
make the personal connection. School gets out the 3rd week of May. Ideas are
greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Norma


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You have plenty of time in zone 9 with just about any of the "cherry"
tomatoes. They grow fast, put out a lot of fruit, ripen quickly, are
generally disease free and kids love these small sweet fruits. They
will be indeterminant varieties so you will have to provide support
for them, a stake driven into the ground will do.
Bill