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**nctomatoman** · April 1, 2010

Here is a brief clip showing how things are doing today.

http://nctomatoman.weebly.com/1/post...fter-work.html

John3 · April 1, 2010

Craig I for one appreciate your video postings on your processes for growing. Thank You.

And thank you for the thoughts about the second starting of seedlings. Sometimes here a farmer will grow something for market or for their livestock early and then start the garden on the land after early harvest (or vise versa)

John3 · April 4, 2010

Man Craig I think your dense planting method is taking off across the web - dense planting onions

whistler · April 5, 2010

Craig,

Once your seedlings are potted up and in the driveway, how do you protect them from critters that think it's one big salad bar?

**nctomatoman** · April 5, 2010

Hey Whistler - amazingly, we've never had a critter attack in the driveway! I think it is because we have cats around and dogs nearby (which takes care of rabbits and squirrels), and with the pots and rows so close, deer don't like to get their feet into something that is confining (like the little pots). Such small plants are also not very attractive to deer - they seem to need some better bulk until they get interested. sometimes a curious bird pecks at a couple, and occasionally frogs or skinks will take up residence in a few of them.

Fingers crossed, always!

relichound · April 5, 2010

Thanks to Craig and his method I went a little crazy this year.

Jerry

whistler · April 9, 2010

Hi Craig,

Do you have a current photo of your potted up seedlings?

I potted up a bunch of stuff (peppers, eggplants, etc., but no tomatoes yet) into Pro Mix 2 weeks ago, and it was super easy to transplant into. I amazed family members with the thumb pressing technique, too. Why do you not fertilize / feed the plants until they go into the ground, though? Just wondering and trying to learn...

Gobig_or_Gohome_toms · April 22, 2010

Craig any new videos of the progress inquiring minds would like to see.

Craig

**nctomatoman** · April 22, 2010

Nothing really happening yet, Craig - right now the seedlings are in their 4 inch pots and we are half way through our seedling sales. I will probably shoot the next vid when I start planting my large pots with indeterminates and dwarfs - perhaps during the next week (no room at the inn yet - got to clear the driveway to allow for them!)

Gobig_or_Gohome_toms · April 22, 2010

Sounds good look forward to the next video.

Craig

**nctomatoman** · June 11, 2010

I did a garden update Flip Video today focusing on the driveway garden...see the video link in the first post in this thread.

**nctomatoman** · June 30, 2010

I shot a series of short film clips today as a June 30 garden update - check the first thread...or to make it easier to find...

http://nctomatoman.weebly.com/nctoma...rden-blog.html

jaybird · August 1, 2010

Are you using tap water or distilled water, when do you use the blue water - fertilizer. Do you grow tomatoes in large pots or do you put in the ground . I live in Maryland , when can I start to grow my tomatoe seeds. Thanks for the videos , very informative.

OmahaJB · August 28, 2010

Today I finally had the opportunity to check out this thread. Was never able to with webtv. Took forever to try loading the thread and would never complete before I got impatient with it. Interesting you can start that many in each cell. I generally put 3-5 per cell and thought I was overdoing it until I finally viewed this thread. Also, for the most part I transplanted the seedlings when very young worried they crowd each other too much. With some I let them grow together and separated at transplant stage in the garden, and they seemed to do well.

Will have to check out the youtube videos if I'm ever able to download IE8. I doubt they'll work with IE6 because I wasn't able to watch videos on youtube last week with this computer.

Jeff

imp · December 10, 2010

Wow, loved the videos- and it helped to be able to see as you chatted about what you did. Thanks so much!!!

How did the beets do with being transplanted?

I had always been told that you couldn't transplant them, but if it works, what a great idea!

Do you plant the eggplant as deeply as the tomato seedlings at the first transplant?

April 1, 2010	#226
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Here is a brief clip showing how things are doing today. http://nctomatoman.weebly.com/1/post...fter-work.html __________________ Craig

April 5, 2010	#230
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Hey Whistler - amazingly, we've never had a critter attack in the driveway! I think it is because we have cats around and dogs nearby (which takes care of rabbits and squirrels), and with the pots and rows so close, deer don't like to get their feet into something that is confining (like the little pots). Such small plants are also not very attractive to deer - they seem to need some better bulk until they get interested. sometimes a curious bird pecks at a couple, and occasionally frogs or skinks will take up residence in a few of them. Fingers crossed, always! __________________ Craig

April 22, 2010	#234
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Nothing really happening yet, Craig - right now the seedlings are in their 4 inch pots and we are half way through our seedling sales. I will probably shoot the next vid when I start planting my large pots with indeterminates and dwarfs - perhaps during the next week (no room at the inn yet - got to clear the driveway to allow for them!) __________________ Craig

June 11, 2010	#236
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	I did a garden update Flip Video today focusing on the driveway garden...see the video link in the first post in this thread. __________________ Craig

June 30, 2010	#237
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	I shot a series of short film clips today as a June 30 garden update - check the first thread...or to make it easier to find... http://nctomatoman.weebly.com/nctoma...rden-blog.html __________________ Craig

April 1, 2010	#227
John3 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alabama 7.5 or 8 depends on who you ask Posts: 727	Craig I for one appreciate your video postings on your processes for growing. Thank You. And thank you for the thoughts about the second starting of seedlings. Sometimes here a farmer will grow something for market or for their livestock early and then start the garden on the land after early harvest (or vise versa)

April 4, 2010	#228
John3 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alabama 7.5 or 8 depends on who you ask Posts: 727	Man Craig I think your dense planting method is taking off across the web - dense planting onions

April 5, 2010	#229
whistler Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: PA Posts: 100	Craig, Once your seedlings are potted up and in the driveway, how do you protect them from critters that think it's one big salad bar?

April 9, 2010	#232
whistler Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: PA Posts: 100	Hi Craig, Do you have a current photo of your potted up seedlings? I potted up a bunch of stuff (peppers, eggplants, etc., but no tomatoes yet) into Pro Mix 2 weeks ago, and it was super easy to transplant into. I amazed family members with the thumb pressing technique, too. Why do you not fertilize / feed the plants until they go into the ground, though? Just wondering and trying to learn...

April 22, 2010	#233
Gobig_or_Gohome_toms Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Zone 4 Lake Minnetonka, MN Posts: 967	Craig any new videos of the progress inquiring minds would like to see. Craig

April 22, 2010	#235
Gobig_or_Gohome_toms Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Zone 4 Lake Minnetonka, MN Posts: 967	Sounds good look forward to the next video. Craig

August 1, 2010	#238
jaybird Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: whitemarsh, maryland Posts: 1	Planting Are you using tap water or distilled water, when do you use the blue water - fertilizer. Do you grow tomatoes in large pots or do you put in the ground . I live in Maryland , when can I start to grow my tomatoe seeds. Thanks for the videos , very informative.

August 28, 2010	#239
OmahaJB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 1,821	Today I finally had the opportunity to check out this thread. Was never able to with webtv. Took forever to try loading the thread and would never complete before I got impatient with it. Interesting you can start that many in each cell. I generally put 3-5 per cell and thought I was overdoing it until I finally viewed this thread. Also, for the most part I transplanted the seedlings when very young worried they crowd each other too much. With some I let them grow together and separated at transplant stage in the garden, and they seemed to do well. Will have to check out the youtube videos if I'm ever able to download IE8. I doubt they'll work with IE6 because I wasn't able to watch videos on youtube last week with this computer. Jeff

December 10, 2010	#240
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	Wow, loved the videos- and it helped to be able to see as you chatted about what you did. Thanks so much!!! How did the beets do with being transplanted? I had always been told that you couldn't transplant them, but if it works, what a great idea! Do you plant the eggplant as deeply as the tomato seedlings at the first transplant?