Congrats Littleredhat and welcome to Gardenweb! I live in Missouri too. That's great that you were able to keep your tomato plant alive all winter. You can start saving seeds from it every summer. If you decide to put it outside, you'll need to let it get used to the sun and wind very gradually. Of course, we're still getting frosts now so don't forget and leave it outside at night when it's too cold.

Backyardfarming I wouldn't worry about the pumpkin blossoms. They fall off and disintegrate if they aren't female and pollinated. See below. As for what's eating your green tomatoes, it could certainly be any critter that likes them. Look for footprints or other signs to identify it, animal poop, or torn stems or fruits. Can you cover your plants with a filmy fabric that lets light through? Or something lightweight just at night since that's when the mischief happens. Yes, overwatering tomatoes will cause yellow leaves. Remove them to prevent disease. To tell when your tomato plants need water, stick your finger into the soil near the plant up to the 2nd knuckle. If it's dry, then deep water them, but otherwise don't. Some people even wait until their plants droop a little before watering them. Here is a link that might be useful: Pumpkin pollination

I never planted onions this year and I wish I had. The only nice onions I ever raised were the Candy and the Super Star. Candy keeps better. Enjoy them!

My Thessalonikis are doing fine, David. Not very large this year but 2012 seems to be somewhat of a difficult year for tomatoes here. More Perfections! They have just started coming off the plants. The one at the top weighs 7 ounces. I think that the only way I'd appreciate this variety more is if it came in just a little earlier. Plenty of tomatoes and, altho' mild - a very nice flavor. A couple have splits on this bad year but mostly, blemish free! I have belittled Orange Minsk but the single huge plant I have in the 2012 garden is doing fine producing tomatoes. It does have a wonderful flavor and doesn't have much trouble with splitting. The largest one is 14 ounces. There were a few a week ago with more to come. That one there must be the largest on the plant but there was one a couple years ago just short of 2 pounds. Earl of Edgecombe holds some real promise. The one in the picture isn't quite ripe and it is only the 2nd fruit off the plant. There are quite a few more and I don't think there is a split, amongst them! We ate the 1st and it was delicious but then I read a complaint about their tough skins. I didn't notice that. You know, a tomato doesn't need a tough skin not to split. The skin has to be somewhat elastic. There's an old adage that when you are looking for a home and if one looks better each time you see it -- that's the place for you! I'll try Earl again next year and munch down that tomato in the picture in a day or 2 with undivided attention. Perfection has been with me for 2 years and I'm sold! Minsk has been around a few years longer and I can't make up my mind . . . of course, DW may make up my mind for me. Steve The temperature tomorrow morning after this wind storm blows thru is supposed to be 39F. Maybe that will wake up the Kellogg's Breakfast plants!