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3/18/2019 0 Comments

Tomatoes & Peppers are finally In

After three cold nights Mar 4-6 where the lows were 36, 31 & 36, I finally started planting my spring garden beginning with tomatoes, bell peppers & lastly cucumber seeds.  You'll note I started planting the afternoon of the last cold night … tired of waiting for warmer weather combined with a favorable 10 day weather forecast!

  • Wed Mar 6: 2 Grafted Celebrity Tomatoes in Bed 3, 12 Early Girl Tomatoes in Bed 2
  • Thu Mar 7: 6 Big Boy Tomatoes & 6 Sweet 100 (Cherry) Tomatoes in Bed 1
  • Sun Mar 10: 4 Sunmaster & 4 Celebrity Tomatoes in Bed 3
  • Sat Mar 16: 12 California Wonder Bell Peppers in Bed 4
  • Sun Mar 17: 18 Burpee Hybrid II Cucumber seeds in Bed 4

I had previously transplanted on Feb 18 some of the lettuce in Beds 1-3 into Bed 5 (I have six 4 foot x 12 foot raised beds) to make room for the tomatoes.  So you'll note from the pics below the tomatoes are planted among the lettuce … which by the way is working out just fine!

This year I did something a little bit different.  I first dug holes & removed the soil where I would plant each tomato.  I took the soil & mixed it: 2/3 soil, 1/3 Cow Manure plus some Miracle Grow Tomato Fruit & Vegetable Shake & Feed in plastic green pots.  Then I put the mixture back in the hole and planted the tomato.  In the past, I would try to mix the manure & fertilizer in the beds surrounding the tomatoes & peppers as I planted them.  We'll see if this more methodical method makes a noticeable difference this year.  My soil is very loose … I did use a spade to loosen the soil, but was able to remove most of it with my bare hands.  Won't comment on how dirty my hands got!

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We did have several days of high winds just after the tomatoes were planted.  So I covered the tomatoes Mon Mar 11 for three days.  When I uncovered them on Thu Mar 14 ... the tomatoes had weathered the 15 - 20 mph winds just fine.  The Bed 1 plastic covering did come undone on the north side, but I was able to recover it the next morning.  There were a few gaps, but no more total failures of the plastic coverings (2 mil 9' x 12' painter's plastic) during the 3 day wind event.  Of course, this was nothing compared to Colorado & Nebraska who were experiencing record winds … no way I could deal with that … of course I don't live up there for a reason.  Then again they don't have hurricanes ...
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How about some pictures of flowers in the rest of the garden.  Note the new addition … Sophia Angel Wing Begonia!
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