Tomato Transplants

Some weeks back I cleaned up a planter I have in the back yard.  I had that gardener pull out a vine which grows extremely fast and flowers pink flowers which the bees absolutely love.   Then I mixed sulfer into the soil and flatted the soil to make it more even making an incline to the way so that water won't flow so much that way.  So here are the fruits of my labor and the planned place for my tomato plants.  The challenge for this planter is that there is a lot of resilient grass and the vine that keep trying to come out.

Planter

I had some tomatoes in cottage cheese containers and some in styrofoam cups.   I hardened them for a few days and seeing how the weather was so beautiful I decided to put them in the garden.   Now I had kind of a duh moment and I forgot to amend the soil with garden soil.   But here they are.  I planted them about two weeks ago but these are the pictures from today.

Better Boy Hybrid

Money Maker Tomato

Money Maker and Beter Boy Hybrid Tomato

On the days where the temperature drops to below 50 F at night I cover them with water gallons of which a cut a hole in the bottom.   They will outgrow those soon so I'm hoping that the weather won't drop below 50 anymore.  I water these most everyday because they are very thirsty plants.   When I first planted them I used Bonnie Herb and Plant Food.  But they are doing quite well.   If I see they are a little sad I just water them and they perk up pretty quick.

Now I only planted six.   There is room for three or four more.   I didn't plant my roma tomatoes out there yet.  They are still in their milk gallons but are pretty big.   They'll be going out soon.   I just didn't want to put them out yet because of the weather and they don't look like they've grown out their container yet but they are about there.

Roma Tomatoes

I researched the size of each tomato.  The better boy hybrid should be a nice big tomato.   The moneymaker tomatoes are a medium size tomatoes and from what I understand are not sold in stores.   Then the roma tomato.   This is also I consider a medium size tomato but is more oval than round.   These can normally be found in the grocery store and are a bit more expensive but to me have a better taste.   That's why I chose these to grow. 

I have more tomatoes in Styrofoam cups with tomatoes but I'm not sure where in the garden I will put them.  So you and I will have to wait to find out.