For the last week and half, I've had half of my indoor-propagated plants outdoors braving the variable winds in daytime temperatures in the 70's and night time temperatures in the mid 50's. I also brought them in a few times to avoid getting pounded by rainstorms.
Well, the tomato plants were getting too big for their 4" pots so I transplanted them today into 12" plastic pots. The pepper plants are still doing ok, only about 6" high.
I made the following soil mix:
1 cubic foot local decomposed granite (left over from construction)
1 cubic foot Kelloggs Topper (left over from a project last year)
1 quart fresh worm castings (for bacteria and worm eggs)
As I transplanted, I dusted exposed roots of the plants with about 1/4 teaspoon of Mycorrhizae powder per plant.
After watering the plants and soil down, I placed a 1+ inch layer of
1/4 inch orchid bark on top of the soil to slow down evapotranspiration (we have lower humidity here).
I marked the pots using a white-out pen (Bic Wite*Out) -- a trick I learned from fellow fruit maniac Julie Frink.
Here's the six transplanted tomato plants:
