I know you ALL have been waiting for my latest tomato status, here is a
recap:

Planted seeds Jan 3rd indoors, in small peat pots, kept soil at 75 degrees,
45 of the 48 seeds I planted germinated.

Kept them in a sunny window until about mid-February when I repotted them
deep into 4" nursery pots and moved them outside.

Except for one high wind day they have needed no protection and are all
hardened off now. They average about 6" tall and I've shared them around
with my neighbors and friends. I've kept for myself six indeterminates and
five determinates and they'll all go into large black plastic nursery pots
on my patio.

Around the end of March I'll move them from the 4" pots and put them into
the 7-gallon pots, again planting them deep for good root production. I'm
planning on a drip watering system, something which will allow me to
fertilize at the same time.

Today the temp was in the mid 70's and sunny, a perfect spring day. How I
love living in the SF Bay Area!

- Dewolla Stepon
USDA Zone 9b, Sunset Zone 15