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Sheri, Gary is a professional horticulturalist/farmer. He owns and operates Duck Creek Farms. He is a long-time member of this forum and posts here during the off-season, but generally not during the growing season because he is too busy. If you are familiar with the Tulsa-area business, "The Tomatoman", started by the late, great Tomatoman Darrell Merrell, Gary grew heirloom tomato plants for DM to sell for many years. Sometime after DM's death, Gary began selling his plants directly to the public at various festivals and at the Cherry Street Farmer's Market, and Lisa Merrell renamed her dad's business and now operates it as "The Tomatoman's Daughter". I'll link Gary's website below. His schedule showing when and where he sells plants is on his website, and he does sell fall tomato transplants for a few weeks in the summer. He also sells sweet potato slips, which are the only plants he ships, and he has an amazing and wonderful variety of heirloom sweet potatoes available. Some of our forum members are trialing a bunch of heirloom tomatoes for him this year so he can receive feedback on how they grow in different areas and how they taste. Once you're on Gary's website, click on his 2011 Tomato Plant/Herb list to see what he's selling this year. His show and farmer's market schedule is at the end of his list of varieties. As for selling your own produce, if you're selling it from a table in your yard in an incorporated area out in a county, you likely don't have any rules or regulations to follow. If selling in town within the city limits, you'd have to comply with whatever city codes that city has regarding sales. Some cities require you have a license or permit, others don't. With each individual farmer's market, you have to contact them and get from them their list of requirements. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Duck Creek Farms

Well 4-5 gallons is usually considered too small for any tomato plant except maybe for one of the dwarfs. I know some have some success with 5 gallon buckets when they turn them into SWCs or use drip systems and a determinate variety but it is much extra work and in your zone even more. The potential for real success with tomato plants in small containers is so unlikely it really isn't worth the work IMO. In most of the discussions here about container growing you'll find most recommend 8-10 gallon as a minimum for best results with even bigger preferred. It all depends on how you define success, what you are willing to accept for results given the work involved. Don't know what you mean by earth pots? But I sure can't see a tomato plant in with a cuke unless they are even bigger than 10 gallons or you are using one of the small bush cukes. Using proper sized containers for tomatoes and not over-crowding plants can increase your production 10 fold. Dave

Thanks for the information... I realize I left out some information...the plant is about 4' 8" tall and has a main stem and 2 side branches that about equal to the main stem...I was thinking of using one of the side branches...but now will not because I do not want to loose the fruit. There is now a smaller side branch I will use. Here are some pictures (if these give any hints as to what it is, I'd love to hear guesses): The plant itself: One tomato (about an inch in diameter): Another tomato (about an inch in diameter): The sepals: And some blossoms: