An Early Planting Contest
for Our Tomato and Vegetable Gardens
So yes I can't wait to get planting outdoors. My garden is still frozen as of today. I typically put peas out in March. Tomatoes out in April (and battle frost). Maybe Ill get some potatoes out early too.
This year my peas are going out in February and I am going to put some determinate tomatoes out March 15th. I want red tomatoes by end of May. The challenge is to start something super early!
The contest (for fun) is creating a hot-house cage similar to one on the link. Basically, plastic wrap around a tomato cage. However, with starting this early you will need more than plastic. You will need a heat source. Don't follow my design feel free to create anything that works. Sorry greenhouses don't count.
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So If you want to do something with your time and join the contest... Pick a plant to plant early in a container or in the ground. Get it out earlier than recommended in frosty weather and see if it will grow, survive and bring early yields. Post some pictures or links of your progress.
I will be doing peas. I am building a hot-house cage with hanging recycled water bottles inside for a night time radiating heat source. This will be all done in a 5 gallon container.
Let's see if we can push the limits.
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Sounds like fun Gary. I planted a couple of Patty pans seeds indoor just to check germination. They were up much sooner than I though. I was going to dump them in the compost bin. But I remember seeing people using Milk jugs used as green house. Yesterday, Transplanted the Patty Pans in my new raised bed cover them with a milk jug took the lid off. In the evening it was getting cold I put the lid back on. I just took the lid off this morning and they are still doing fine. Just doing this for fun. BTW, I have a Tomato plant my father-in-law gave me this past Fall on our front balcony and it's doing well. I cover it at night. We are finally getting Winter weather here in California so not sure how it'll do. For now It does have 3 small tomatoes, I have no idea what kind of tomato it is. The person who gave it to him thought it was a pepper plant, lol I'll keep watching your videos for updates. I was wondering if you ever came to a conclusion for the Banana & Egg as fertilizer experiment?
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