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post #71 of 1113
1/5/12 at 2:49pm
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Originally Posted by canesisters 

Ok - yall sound like you're really experienced at this so I've got some questions.
(I am SOOO sorry if this counts as hijacking the thread  bow  )

Last year I planted a few tomato plants in containers.  They did well and I will probably do them again.  Several years ago I planted my first garden (3 or 4 each of squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc - you know, the basics) but my hours got changed early in the year and I didn't get home till almost dark.  By the middle of summer, it was difficult to find the veggies between all the weeds and ended up being very discouraging. 
Now I get off mid afternoon and (I hope) I'll have time to actually enjoy tending it.  So what would you recommend for a beginner?  Just a simple rectangle (about 5x10' max) that gets full afternoon sun and tends to stay a little bit wet after a rain.


I suggest you stop at the grocery store and get some cardboard boxes and mulch between you plants with them.  This will keep the weeds down.  Old newpapers will do the same thing but have tendency to blow away when dry.   I prefer raised beds made from Culled 2x6's bought at home depot.  saves weeding time.   I originally mulched with black plastic and wood chips but now just go around with the weed whacker between the beds.   


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post #72 of 1113
1/5/12 at 4:56pm

Ozark chickies and wyodreamers- thank ya'll for the replies I'm going to begin the hunt! Not telling ya'll what I'm looking for until I get my certain tomato seeds first! Ha I don't want them to run out of stock! tongue

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post #73 of 1113
1/5/12 at 5:25pm
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Originally Posted by Roosterfry 

Ozark chickies and wyodreamers- thank ya'll for the replies I'm going to begin the hunt! Not telling ya'll what I'm looking for until I get my certain tomato seeds first! Ha I don't want them to run out of stock! tongue


Don't worry, already have most of my tomato seeds. Totally Tomato has lots of tomatoes, and they are on egardenersplace.

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post #74 of 1113
1/5/12 at 5:41pm

Ha not worried about you, mainly just the hundreds of people who could see my post smile

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post #75 of 1113
1/5/12 at 8:55pm

I made my order! celebrate I found what I was hoping for in my seed hunt. Went to Tomatofest they had a lot of heirloom variety tomatoes and a bunch of weird ones.  http://www.tomatofest.com/heirloom_tomato_seed_home.html

I got Hawaiian Anahu, for a friend of mine who asked me to find it for him. And for me I'm going to try Tennessee sweet tomato and Louisiana's Creole couldn't find one for north MS maybe TN and LA will be close enough.... Seems like most everybody around here goes to buy hybrids from Lowe's and Wal-Mart  idunno

Got a question. What does determinate mean in tomato talk?

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post #76 of 1113
1/6/12 at 4:50am
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Originally Posted by Roosterfry 

I made my order! celebrate I found what I was hoping for in my seed hunt. Went to Tomatofest they had a lot of heirloom variety tomatoes and a bunch of weird ones.  http://www.tomatofest.com/heirloom_tomato_seed_home.html

I got Hawaiian Anahu, for a friend of mine who asked me to find it for him. And for me I'm going to try Tennessee sweet tomato and Louisiana's Creole couldn't find one for north MS maybe TN and LA will be close enough.... Seems like most everybody around here goes to buy hybrids from Lowe's and Wal-Mart  idunno

Got a question. What does determinate mean in tomato talk?


As I understand it determinate tomatoes grow to a specific size, but indeterminate keeps growing throughout it's entire life cycle.

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post #77 of 1113
1/6/12 at 5:03am

Thank you! Ha I'm going to need to go back and see what mine are, is it just talking about the size and number of tomatoes or plant size?

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post #78 of 1113
1/6/12 at 5:06am

Plant size, how big the actual vine gets, determinates will be more like bush, indet more like vines.

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post #79 of 1113
1/6/12 at 5:11am
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Originally Posted by Kassaundra 

Plant size, how big the actual vine gets, determinates will be more like bush, indet more like vines.


Ok thanks again!

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post #80 of 1113
1/6/12 at 5:21am

Itching like mad. I already have hardy lettuce pop up everywhere, about an inch tall already and survived the cold 14 degree night without frostbite somehow. A field twice as big as last year is already tilled and mixed up with rabbit manure. We are so ready to go! What we have too much this year I will take to the restaurant where I'm a cook at, it's a little 74 old lady that owns it and the food is all from scratch. I can only imagine how much better it will be with fresh garden veggies and homegrown eggs yummm! droolin

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