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Re: tomatoes in South Carolina

>I'm located in South Carolina (Zone 7b)
>I started tomatoes from seed Feb 4th
>I have Burpee's Fourth of July (44 days) as well as a few other types
>I'm expecting the last frost date to be March 15th
>
>With the above taken into consideration I should have tomatoes by May
>1st?  Am I way off the mark here?
>
>Another reason I'm asking is because I have 3 tomato varieties that
>are determinate  so I am thinking I should probably stagger the
>planting schedule on those varieties so I can have different varieties
>all summer long.

Your math looks good to me!  Of course, there are always variables in terms
of the weather you get, and so forth.  One way that you can stagger your
harvest is to put in early, medium and late producing varieties.  4th of
July sounds like an early, so I guess a lot depends on the length to
maturity of your other varieties.  And are you remembering to "pet" your
tomato transplants?  I've used a fan with good results, also.  But this
year with my almost three-year-old helping with the propagation, I'm
figuring the several times daily handling alone should keep them in good
condition.  And then there's that breeze coming from the windows of this
old Victorian apartment building...;)

Have you thought about how you'll grow them in the garden yet?  I'm
thinking here in terms of trellising, caging, etc.  Anyone trying anything
new this year with their tomatoes?  I'm working in a new garden spot, and
am undecided on how to trellis them so far.

regards,
Laurie Mandigo-Stoba
San Francisco, zone 9


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