Boisemom, you may want to try Porter. I've grown it a couple of seasons and have a family heirloom which may well be Porter (just separated 70 years from the original stock). Porter was developed in Texas and has been fairly popular in the Southwest for decades. The heirloom is producing tons of ripe fruit right now. You also could check the cooperative extension sites for states in the Southwest. I know that Celebrity is recommended in Arizona. I also grow Big Beef, Early Girls, Large Red Cherry, Sugar Lump, and SunSugar. New this year are SunCherry (lots of sweet red cherries) and Red Star (a few ripe tender-skinned, beefsteak-shaped little toms - fun). Also new in the garden are, Prudens Purple (none ripe but large plants with lots of ruffled toms) and Thessaloniki (a few nice large toms have ripened). As well, I fell for the new Ultimate Opener which is supposed to be earlier than Early Girl (not) and larger (not really). What Ultimate is, is very productive. It's covered with medium-sized toms. It is too early for me to comment on the flavor since I've only had one ripe Ultimate tom so far. Big Beef may well be the best of the lot - early, large, and tasty. I've had very good success with them for years. And, I'm probably most impressed with SunCherry of the new additions. Steve

grow both tomatoe plant and potatoe plant to the transpant stage harden them off let them grow side by side out doors for one week make a one or 2 inch cut in the skin of each the plants where they will make contact then tape them together so no cut is exposed . Next let them fully recover . Then gradually cut back the potatoe leaves a few at a time until there are none ,let them return to good health check the graft to make sure the 2 plants have fused ( grown together as one ) if they have ,and the graft and tomatoe plant are both healthy and strong you can then amputate the potatoe branch just above the graft . Then let it grow until it is healthy strong stable and growing when the tomatoe is growing well and healed completely then you can cut off thr tomatoe roots . Then when it heals completely you have a tompotatoe plant ! The harvests you get are usually inferior to growng the 2 crops separatly . Good Luck!

I want the seedlings to adapt to real soil conditions and benefit from the compost, Nothing to be gained by exposing young seedlings to the risks associated with dirt. Best to wait until they are more mature and developed and can actually benefit from the compost. Should I apply NODAMP or a light sprinkling of cinnamon, just in case? It can't hurt and might help. But if the fungus is present then the plants may already be infected just not showing any symptoms yet. See the post further down the page called "CPR for damp-off". Good luck. Dave

chris, Do you know, I also wouldn't give up entirely on your seedlings (unless you already composted them). Drench them and put them in the shade; keep 'em wet. I had a flat of peppers shrivel up so I'd given them up for dead a few years back when I had to leave for a family emergency and there was a, um, miscommunication w/ my DH about what "watering" seedlings meant. I soaked them just for the heckofit without expecting anything, and about half of them revived and caught back up in a few weeks. Anyway, good luck! There are places that send heirloom seedlings by mail order, too. Z