Somewhere around here I have it... can't find it though. Anyway, I think it had about 30 different veggies on it and a bunch of those have multiple cultivars, so maybe 43 different veggies? Well and of course there's the leftover seeds from last year, some of those will be coming out again... Yup, good thing we got a new house with LAND! Acres and acres of LAND! ;)

Anywho, it sounds like you sure like your tomatoes!

Blondkopfchen is a very large plant and produces very large trusses of tomatoes - as many as 200 per truss. they ripen over a long period. Put this one is a very large container - 15 gallon would be about right.

I noticed that you were thinking of putting plants with smaller tomatoes in containers. Remember that even though the fruit is small, that doesn't mean the plant is. My cherry tomatoes are huge - 8-12 feet tall and they need a lot of "leg room" as do plants like Black Prince and any tomato that isn't the patio type.

I started out growing my cherry tomatoes in 5 gal pots and the larger tomato bearing plants in bigger pots. At first glance, that makes sense but when you have all those sprawling vines all over, you have to realize the roots are pretty big, too. Now, I use 15 gal pots for all of my tomatoes.

I grew Lemon last year and lost that and my other cucumbers to the wilt - never had that problem before. It was good while it lasted. :-)

sunnibel7: I love 'um! If I could only grow one thing, it would be tomatoes.

gardenvt: Thanks for the advice. I was told that Black Prince was suitable for pots, but after looking up a picture of it, it probably wouldn't be. I have three 15 gallon pots, and 2 13 gallon pots I was going to use, but I am going to be on the lookout for bigger ones. I also remeasured my garden space and found I have eneough space for 3 cherry tomato plants in there, so only the Black Prince and "Weed" tomato will be in the containers. I had wilt last year too, lost every plant, but they were only a couple feet long, so I didn't get to try any cucumbers :( I rotated my garden again, so they are in new spot.

The Telegraph Improved did pretty well for me. I did have a few that were bitter, but the majority were perfect. I'd recommend the Japanese Long if you haven't tried it.

You'll probably be pretty pleased with that Minnesota Midget. I love mine. Super simple to tell when they're ready too. Orange tint and good separation from the vine. Once it gets cold you might have a few on the tail end of the harvest that look like orange balls and taste pretty nasty, but the rest of them will be very yummy!

Here's my grow list for the year:

Cucumbers:
Early Russian Cucumber
Long Anglais Cucumber
Poona Kheera Cucumber
Suyo Long Cucumber
Uzbekski Cucumber
Japanese Long Cucumber
White Wonder Cucumber
Richmond Green Apple Cucumber
Telegraph Improved Cucumber

Peppers:
Albino Bullnose Pepper
Ashe County Pimiento
Bulgarian Ratund Pepper
Corno di Toro Giallo Pepper (Orange Toro)
Corno di Toro Rosso Pepper
Drop of Gold
Emerald Giant Pepper
Golden Marconi Pepper
Jupiter
King of the North Pepper
La Rouge Royale Pepper
Lipstick Pepper
Paradicsom Alaku Sarga Szentes Pepper
Quadrato D' Asti Giallo Pepper
Red Bell (one of my own strains I'm working on)
Spanish Mammoth (Doux D'Espagne)
Yellow Monster Pepper

Toms:
Kellog's Breakfast
Tess's Land Race Currant Tomato
Gold Medal Tomato
Lucky Cross
Black Cherry
Yellow Brandywine
Sungold Select II
Woodle Orange
Orange Icicle Tomato
Orange Banana
Golden Sunray
Green Grape Tomato
Black Icicle
Cherokee Purple
Ananas Noir
Pineapple
Aunt Ruby's German Green (maybe. Not decided yet)

Melons (including watermelon):
Ali Baba Watermelon
Amarillo Oro
Banana Melon
Black Diamond Yellow Flesh Watermelon
Blacktail Mountain Watermelon
Cantalope (strain I'm working on)
Charentais Melon
Charleston Grey Watermelon
Congo Watermelon
Crane Melon
Cream of Saskatchewan Watermelon
Desert King Watermelon
Ginger's Pride Melon
Golden Midget Watermelon
Healy's Pride Melon
Honey Dew (strain I'm working on)
Jenny Lind Melon
Katanya
Minnesota Midget
Orangeglo Watermelon
Prescott Fond Blanc Melon
Royal Golden Watermelon
Thai Chatchai 185 Watermelon
Tom Watson Watermelon
Valencia Winter Melon
Sweet Siberian
Tendergold
Early Hanover
Noir de Carmes
Petit Gris de Rennes

Misc:
Red Wonder Wild Strawberry (and a few other varieties from last year)

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin
Ping Tung Eggplant
Casper Eggplant
Rhubarb
Zuchinni
Purple of Sicily Cauliflower

gblack: Dang! That's a lot of veggies! You sure love your melons. I love MN Midget too, a friend gave me one of hers last season. I literally sat down for five minutes just smelling it, it smelled amazing! The taste was great too.

I've got about 10,000 sqft I plant with fruit trees, grapes, brambles, and my garden. The large variety count is mostly because I'm still experimenting to see what I like. The bulk of what I grow each year are things I've not tried before.

The theory is that one day I will have grown enough of the easily available heirlooms to slow down to what I liked best, a few new varieties and whatever I'm trying to cross/improve/grow out.

And yes, I _LOVE_ melons. The MN Midget is really good, but I'm happy to be able to say that as good as it is, I've got some other varieties just as good :)

Me and my wife are a bit at odds on the smell of muskmelons though. I love the smell and she's always complaining around harvest time about how they "stink up the house". To each his own I suppose.

I love vegetable gardening, flower gardening and birding. I have 20 hanging planters, three raised beds, a three-tier strawberry panter, a few larger pots and a fenced garden bed (to keep out my police dog). He likes to walk between the rows and watch me planting.

Last year, I had Charleston Gray and Sugar Baby melons, large Hale's Best Cantaloupe, Green Cantaloupe, Yellow Squash, Scallions, Strawberries, Blueberries, Hot Peppers, Sweet Peppers, Tomatoes and Cucumbers. I canned Peppers and Cukes and gave a lot to friends and neighbors. My Turnips did very good too. I love vegetables, fruits, stir frys and seafood. I enjoy cooking and trying different recipes but not to big on meats...maybe pork chops is one exception.

I plan to garden and hope the weather is favorable. I will be planting Butternut Squash, Zuchinni, Yellow Squash, Bush Beans, Okra, Turnips, Mustard, Collards, Beets, Onions, Charleston, Crimson and Sugar Baby Melons, Hale's Best Cantaloupe, Minn. Midget and Green Honeydew, Sweeter Yet, Armenian, Burpless and Yard Long Cucumber, Sumter, Muncher, and Carolina Cucumber, Black Krim, Japenese Trifele, Amanda Orange, Beefstake, Absinthe, Mortgage Lifter, Amish Paste and Delicious Tomatoes. Also, San Mazano, Opalka and Italian Tomato Tree tomatoes. Hot Peppers: Numex, Mariachi, Jalapeno, Pepperoncini, Cayenne and Hot Wax. Sweet Peppers: Chinese Red, Tollis Sweet, Tollis Sweet, Corni Di Toro, Keystone Giant, Sweet Spot and Sweet Banana. May try eggplant. It's a varied list but I like to plant extra Peppers and Tomatoes. One year I had tons of Tomatoes and Peppers. One of my gardening friends grows great greens...so we traded a lot of our excesses or luck. I usually do good with Peppers, Beans, Squash, Plum tomatoes and strawberries. Hopefully, the weather will be favorable and no repeat of the likes of Hurricane Katrina storms. I hope to save some seed for trading later.

I am seeing some impressive lists here, make me justify planting and planning even more this year in my own garden.

Interesting differences in what is grown in various parts of the world.
This is my grow list - very northern European.

American land cress

Apple mint (already planted)

Bay (already planted)

Beetroot 'Boltardy'

Brussels Sprout 'Trafalgar'

Broad Bean (already planted)

Broccoli 'Red Arrow'

Blackberry 'Adrienne'

Blackcurrant (various already planted)

Blueberry (already planted) Fashion accessory but I was given it so I will try it.

Cabbage 'Stonehead' or 'Golden Acre'

Calabrese 'Green Sprouting'

Cauliflower (winter)

Carrot 'Flyaway'

Chamomile

Chicory 'Variegata Di Castelfranco'

Comfrey (already planted)

Courgette 'Parador'

Cucumber 'Burpless Tasty Green.'

Fennel Florence

French climbing bean 'Cobra'

Garlic (already planted)

Gooseberry 'Xania'

Grape (already planted)

Jerusalem artichoke (already planted)

Leek 'Musselburgh Improved'

Lemon Balm (already planted)

Lettuce 'Webb's Wonderful'

Mizuna

Okra 'Pure Luck'

Onion 'Ailisa Craig' (planted in seed tray 4/01/11)

Pea Early Onward

Parsnip 'White Gem'

Plum 'Victoria' (already planted)

Potato Kestrel

Pumpkin 'Big Max'

Radish 'Cherry Belle'

Rocket

Runner Bean 'Aintree'

Runner Bean 'Red Rum'

Rhubarb 'Champagne' (already planted)

Rhubarb Chard

Salsify

Scorzonera

Spinach 'Medania'

Squash

Strawberries 'Cambridge' mainly (already planted )

Swede 'Marian'

Sweet Cicerly (already planted)

Sweetcorn 'Two's Sweeter'

Tomato (not sure which variety yet)

Thyme (already planted)

I would like to try some Oca but 'The Real Seed Catalogue' has sold out. Might try a Yacon though.
I remembered that I had lots of seeds in the shed and brought them home to go through them. I am not too sure how good they will be so I think that I will just keep them in reserve at the moment. I may just use them as a green manure, sowing them and then digging them in when they have developed a little.

The seed that I have already are.

÷ Chives

÷ French Bean Blue Lake

÷ Beetroot Wodan F1 Hybrid

÷ Beetroot Boltardy

÷ Onion Bedfordshire Champion . I think that I will plant these tomorrow in the same way as the Ailsa Craig.

÷ Broccoli Sprouting Redhead

÷ Broccoli Summer Purple Sprouting (Wok Brocc)

÷ Broad Bean Aquadulce Claudia

÷ Broad Bean BunyardâÂÂs Exhibition

÷ Nasturtium Tom Thumb

÷ Dwarf Bean Delinel

÷ Courgette Black Beauty

÷ Runner Bean Streamline

÷ Runner Bean White Apollo

÷ Carrot Royal Chantenay Red (Two packets)

÷ Carrot Early Nantes

÷ Spinach

÷ Cauliflower Chassiron F1 Hybrid

÷ ...

I haven't quite decided what I am planting yet. But everyone gave me some great ideas! Thank you!!! I think I might actually try some melons this year.

Here is a link that might be useful: what to grow