I wish you luck. :)

Dave

you done all this in your gh or house an you live in nj

There's just two days difference between today and New Years Eve. If you were succesful last year doing the same thing I see no reason why two days would matter.

great to know a fellow NJer is thinking about the same thing as me. Great choice of tomatos too.

I want to try out Black Krim this year too. I would like to know how it did for you before and where you got the seed for that.

Last year I got about 40 tomato plants in the ground and did very well until a fungus wiped everthing out around mid Sep.

here is what i plan to try this year:

big beef
goliath
moreton
romapo
black krim
cherokee purple
mortgage lifter
sungold

I got my Black Krim (and the rest of my seeds) from www.tomatofest.com

The Black Krim were my wife's favorite. They produced quite a few (~30+ per plant) from early season til the end. We were very happy with them although they were a bit on the small size. This year I followed some advice and picked the biggest seeds from each package. Interestingly, each of the ten seed packages contained about 30-40 seeds and had about 8-10 seeds which were definitively larger that the rest (~25%). We'll see how this goes relative to size of plant. I have a general log indicating height, etc over the first 100 days prior to going in the ground outside. Last year I struggled with 3-4 foot plants in my cellar. It was well worth it since we had a good harvest from Memorial Day thru Labor Day +.

I expect my first red tomato 150 days from seed. What do the rest of you find ?

Anyone interested in reading my log?

i dont understand why it took so long to get them off? how many plants did you have you had a 102 seeds. but how many plants. next was thaey planted out side or what. i just got a 30 x 96 nexus. and i would take advice now and in a hurry!!!

Readheads This year I followed some advice and picked the biggest seeds from each package. Interestingly, each of the ten seed packages contained about 30-40 seeds and had about 8-10 seeds which were definitively larger that the rest (~25%). We'll see how this goes relative to size of plant.

Hope you follow up to let us know if big seeds =big maters

Hey, NJRookie

Where are you in Jersey ? I have 15+ Black Krim plants going now (2 inch tall). I'll only use half of them. I'll give you some in April if you'd like. They'll be 3 foot tall beauties.

Happy New Year

Hi readheads,

Thanks for the offer. I am down south, close to Princeton. I bougth Black Krim seeds and a bunch of others already and will start them in a couple of weeks.

I usually start my pepper and eggplants first b/f moving to tomato. Shot me an email through my memborship profile link and we can chat more about tomato/gardening if you like.

njrookie

> Anyone interested in reading my log?

Yes, me.
I am a start too early person my self.
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Redheads,
I have to hand it to you, and NJrookie. That's dedication. I'm afraid of my plants freezing if they're put out in May, and I'm just 30? miles west of you in the NW hills. I won't start mine until March.
Like NJrookie, I was wiped out by fungus last season, but earlier, August. Maybe because it was a tad cooler here, and these surrounding woods kept it damper.
Fred