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Tomato Planting Oklahoma Tomcat 06-02-2008
Posted by Oklahoma Tomcat on June 2, 2008, 2:43 pm
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We live in an area with a long growing season our last frost in late April &
first frost in November. We planted a portion of our garden right before
the heavy spring rains hit nad they drowned the garden seeds. The soil is
only recently been dry enough to work and plant again. I have only tomato
seeds and cannot at this time buy tomato plants to get a jumpstart. Is it
too late to plant the tomato seeds? If I do plant them, what precautions
should I take to help the plants grow well. We have to grow organically due
to health reasons so non-organic products (i.e. fertilizers) cannot be used.

Thanks in advance,
Joe & Paula Jones

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Posted by Moe Jones on June 2, 2008, 5:09 pm
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Oklahoma Tomcat wrote:
> We live in an area with a long growing season our last frost in late
> April & first frost in November. We planted a portion of our garden
> right before the heavy spring rains hit nad they drowned the garden
> seeds. The soil is only recently been dry enough to work and plant
> again. I have only tomato seeds and cannot at this time buy tomato
> plants to get a jumpstart. Is it too late to plant the tomato seeds?
> If I do plant them, what precautions should I take to help the plants
> grow well. We have to grow organically due to health reasons so
> non-organic products (i.e. fertilizers) cannot be used.
> Thanks in advance,
> Joe & Paula Jones

I got some good ideas from this site:
http://www.tomatobob.com/
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Posted by p-nut on June 4, 2008, 8:59 am
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Oklahoma Tomcat blurted out in alt.home.lawn.garden:

> We live in an area with a long growing season our last frost in late
> April & first frost in November. We planted a portion of our garden
> right before the heavy spring rains hit nad they drowned the garden
> seeds. The soil is only recently been dry enough to work and plant
> again. I have only tomato seeds and cannot at this time buy tomato
> plants to get a jumpstart. Is it too late to plant the tomato seeds?
> If I do plant them, what precautions should I take to help the plants
> grow well. We have to grow organically due to health reasons so
> non-organic products (i.e. fertilizers) cannot be used.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Joe & Paula Jones
>

Why not go to a local greenhouse or lawn center and get 1or2 already started.
I picked up two Bonnie plants recently for $7 (hybrid Bigger Boy's)


Posted by EXT on June 6, 2008, 2:53 pm
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In most areas tomatoes are not planted directly into the soil as seeds. They
need to be started indoors in order to give them long enough time to mature
and fruit. Tomato seeds are relatively expensive for many varieties which
would make it hard to plant individual seeds spaced apart properly to grow,
unlike some small plants where you put lots of cheap seeds in the soil and
weed out the surplus.


> We live in an area with a long growing season our last frost in late April
> & first frost in November. We planted a portion of our garden right
> before the heavy spring rains hit nad they drowned the garden seeds. The
> soil is only recently been dry enough to work and plant again. I have
> only tomato seeds and cannot at this time buy tomato plants to get a
> jumpstart. Is it too late to plant the tomato seeds? If I do plant them,
> what precautions should I take to help the plants grow well. We have to
> grow organically due to health reasons so non-organic products (i.e.
> fertilizers) cannot be used.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Joe & Paula Jones
>
> --
> http://joneshomestead.tripod.com
> Life is fragile
> Handle with care
>
> My wife and I has a Yahoo Group called, "Jones Family Homestead" and we
> would like to invite you to our group. If you would like to learn more
> about our group and join then go to
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jonesfamilyhomestead/
>
> Do you need a free e-mail account? My wife and I can provide you with a
> free web-based e-mail account. You can learn more about our e-mail
> service and sign up by going to
> http://joneshomestead.tripod.com//id18.html
>


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