Planting Tomatoes

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1. markhess says:

   June 22, 2010 at 9:51 pm

   @stymye true, however, since tomatoes are such heavy feeders, I did not want to take any chances. Believe it or not, my soil test came back with a 6.1 ph, perfect for veggies and rare for my typical acidic Georgia soil, hence I got to skip the lime this year! Thanks for the comment! – Mark
2. stymye says:

   June 22, 2010 at 10:34 pm

   wow..that’s alot of fertilizer!..dolomitic lime would be a great addition as well
3. markhess says:

   June 22, 2010 at 11:30 pm

   @loveofvegetables Ahhh, this looks like a good mix too! In fact, reading your powered milk for calcium reminds me that I forgot to put Epsom salts in my mix (also good for calcium). I usually use this to prevent blossom end rot, which is due to a calcium deficiency! – Mark
4. markhess says:

   June 22, 2010 at 11:58 pm

   @Praxxus55712 Well. . . actually, we are planning on selling vegetables this year! Eventually, we would like to be full time farmers, however, that is a long way away. So, we thought we would just “pretend” this year and set up a little market stand on the farm. We’ll see how we do! Thanks for the comments Ray! – Mark
5. markhess says:

   June 23, 2010 at 12:44 am

   @Praxxus55712 Well. . . actually, we are planning on selling vegetables this year! Eventually, we would like to be full time farmers, however, that is a long way away. So, we thought we would just “pretend” this year and set up a little market stand on the farm. We’ll see how we do! Thanks for the comments Ray! – Mark
6. markhess says:

   June 23, 2010 at 12:59 am

   @blowuputube Thanks! While I have seen this done before, this is the first time I have ever done it myself! – Mark
7. blowuputube says:

   June 23, 2010 at 1:41 am

   I like the Milk jug idea thanks
8. Praxxus55712 says:

   June 23, 2010 at 2:27 am

   It looks like you’re doing a truck garden this year? You’re planning on selling produce? Otherwise you are literally going to be buried alive in produce. LOL Excellent demo Mark!

   Yukon Gold potatoes are insanely good.
9. loveofvegetables says:

   June 23, 2010 at 2:40 am

   I am using homemade fertilizer, bloodmeal, bonemeal, kelp meal, lime, this year, we will see how it goes. I also did put some powder milk for extra calcium, when I planted my tomatoes.
   Thanks for sharing, hope to see more videos. By the way I bought some of the sequoia strawberries from blooming bulbs after seeing your last video, I still have to plant them out this weekend.
10. markhess says:

    June 23, 2010 at 3:03 am

    @itpduder I would love to see your garden, even if it is small. Post some videos! This summer when the farm is in full production you will have to drive down one weekend for a visit! We are only 20 minutes south of the airport
11. markhess says:

    June 23, 2010 at 3:54 am

    @ELHIEGER1 Thanks Eric. Actually, this is this first time I have used this particular mix. I really wish I had some homemade compost to through in but unfortunately, I am all out!
12. MadBadVoodo says:

    June 23, 2010 at 4:00 am

    ★★★★★
13. itpduder says:

    June 23, 2010 at 4:30 am

    Thanks for taking the trouble to share! We’re in Atlanta (the city of, not one of those dang burbs, lol) and will be planting in the next week. We are doing 12 tomato plants, one jalapeno, and 4 pepper plants. It’s a small garden, for sure, not nearly as big as yours.
14. ELHIEGER1 says:

    June 23, 2010 at 4:33 am

    It’ll be interesting to see how the tomatoes turn out after the mix of fertilzers you’ve added. good luck this year!