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Vince · March 6, 2007

Joel5000,

I live in inland SoCal, which I think is alot like Sacremento in terms of heat/ dryness, except it doesn't get as cold here and warms up earlier. My main crop of plants are in the ground as of last saturday and are doing great. As for starting new seed now I would say it depends on the variety you want to grow and the amount of cool spells we will get later to allow fruit set. Earlier planting is better for the heat sensitive long season varities like Brandy Wine, so you may run in to trouble planting in late april for these kind. Last year I set out heatwave and earlygirl plants in mid may and they pumped out fruit even in 100+ weather(although these were not the most tastey tomatoes). I would suggest to buy some larger transplants and set them out earlier and also start your seeds now and see what happens. By the way, I sowed 150 seeds last Saturday and will be plating a second batch late, so I am also keeping my fingers crossed that it won't be to late for these toms. Good luck!

Vince

March 6, 2007	#6
Vince Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 942	Joel5000, I live in inland SoCal, which I think is alot like Sacremento in terms of heat/ dryness, except it doesn't get as cold here and warms up earlier. My main crop of plants are in the ground as of last saturday and are doing great. As for starting new seed now I would say it depends on the variety you want to grow and the amount of cool spells we will get later to allow fruit set. Earlier planting is better for the heat sensitive long season varities like Brandy Wine, so you may run in to trouble planting in late april for these kind. Last year I set out heatwave and earlygirl plants in mid may and they pumped out fruit even in 100+ weather(although these were not the most tastey tomatoes). I would suggest to buy some larger transplants and set them out earlier and also start your seeds now and see what happens. By the way, I sowed 150 seeds last Saturday and will be plating a second batch late, so I am also keeping my fingers crossed that it won't be to late for these toms. Good luck! Vince __________________ Vince Last edited by Vince; March 7, 2007 at 03:50 PM.