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Re: Companion planting, frost damage to tomatoes

Hi , Mary

I shall be pleased to compare notes with you. I don't know if my notes
will have much application to your situation. My only reason for even
considering container gardening is to keep the minimum night time
temperatures above 55 degrees, so that tomatoes will continue to set.

I can grow tomato plants in the garden all year long, by covering the
them on the few nights that we get frost. But in the winter nice PLANTS
are all that I get. NO tomatoes. I grow lettuce and peas during the
winter with no protection.

I discovered that by moving the tomato plants indoors at night they set
fruit and if I can get fruit it will ripen outdoors.

What I am searching for are any ideas which will make moving containers
in and out easier.

Good luck with your garden.

John
 Thu, 29 May 1997 15:32:09 -0600 Robert Peterson <sgtpete@MAILZONE.COM>
writes:
>>My early tomato experiment in containers worked so well that I plan
>to
>>try it again in the fall to extend production into winter. I would be
>>interested in any suggestions that would make transporting the
>containers
>>in and out easier.
>>
>>oldjohn@juno.com
>>John Orwick
>>El Monte, CA
>>
>I am also planning on doing some winter gardening.  I live in Montana
>and
>it is such a short growing season that I have given up on getting
>things
>planted outside.  We are making some of the patio boxes discribed in
>"the
>book".  I am hoping to be able to do it year round.  Maybe we could
>compare notes.  I also plan to get some pickle buckets from a local
>resteraunt.  I have a number of peppers started and no way of planting
>in
>the spot my landlord wants to call a garden (nothing but clay soil
>with
>weedy manure in it).
>
>Mary Peterson
> park county,MT, zone 4
>
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