1000 Plant Heirloom Container Grow - Page 6

MileHighGuy · May 19, 2012

I will update this weekend.

Tomatoes are all very healthy and flowering.

About 50 are in containers and doing well. I should have Matoes in about 30 days. sooner on the Cherry tomato plants.

I'm Tilling up soil today in my fenced area and will be transplanting about 150 full size Tomato plants that are about 2 feet tall already and have been loving the greenhouse.

I'll snap some pictures but probably not for about two weeks.

Tonight I begin much of the hard work.

On a side note, I just finished my chicken coop and have been getting fresh eggs every morning and i love it!

Things are finally starting to happen around my house.

Wish me luck this weekend with the transplanting. I think the wind and frost is gone for the rest of the season.

Crandrew · June 11, 2012

upDATE?

macbettz · June 12, 2012

Interesting thread. I wonder how close to the 1000 mark he actually came.

Crandrew · June 13, 2012

Im wondering if I'll ever get to see a picture.

Pics or it didnt happen

bzzybee · October 20, 2012

This is like a cliff hanger...anyone keeping in touch with him?

zeroma · October 21, 2012

Hey MileHighGuy,

Cliff hangers are great, but my fingernails are bleeding here!

I'm hoping all is well and you are so busy harvesting and selling that you are too pooped to post!

Update?????

AZGardener · January 14, 2013

Any updates?? I'm also curious how his project went and how successful it was or wasn't?

Crandrew · January 14, 2013

this thread wins " biggest letdown of 2012" man I wanted to see pictures of this too.

NisiNJ · January 14, 2013

Well.....he does have contact info on the website he linked to in an earlier post. If you really want to contact him you could send an email. I'm not necessarily suggesting it; just wanted to point out the possibility. MileHighGuy might not visit Tomatoville anymore and might not know how much people want an update.

kath · January 14, 2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by NisiNJ

MileHighGuy might not visit Tomatoville anymore and might not know how much people want an update.

He last visited in August 2012.

MileHighGuy · February 21, 2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by kath

He last visited in August 2012.

Thanks for the email!!!

What a busy year I had. Wish I could have kept better track for the benefit of everyone here.

This year I am planning big things and will be full time farming sooner than later.

Last year I jumped all over the opportunity to pay off a student loan instead of taking my plans to the full 1000 plants.

Rather, I did 10% of that.

100 plants and 1000's of tomatoes.

This year I'm planning my grow more vertically like "How to Grow World Record Tomatoes" by Charles H. Wilber.

I did sell a lot of tomatoes but didn't have time for farmers market as I was busy paying off my student loan.

This year, I'm 100% committed and moving a room mate into my house to help with all the work.

Wish me luck and I'll be sure to update more frequently around these parts.

Once I get my plant in the works I'll start a new thread on this forum and link it here.

I'm starting seeds soon for sale to the local nursery and spent some time last night playing with my 100 Gallon worm bin.

I can't wait for spring!!!

If anyone has questions about last year, I'd be more than happy to answer them.

janezee · February 21, 2013

I dropped him an email last night. Above is the reply.

j

**Mischka** · February 21, 2013

I have to say that I admire your ambition and wish you much success this upcoming season. Like the old adage - "if at first you don't succeed try, try again."

Keger · February 23, 2013

Stay on it my friend. If you love it and want it you can do it. Be relentless, good luck!

MileHighGuy · April 4, 2013

Everything is moving along nicely.

This year I'll be doing a CSA with a full line up of heirloom organic veggies.

But Tomatoes are close to my heart and I have 10 Varieties this year.

The seedlings are all planted:

Mortgage Lifter
Indigo Rose
Red Brandywine
Little Bells
Sun Gold
Berkeley Tie-Dye
Roma
Black Cherry
Thai Pink
and one more I can't think of right now... haha

I'm going to build 100 Gallon SmartPot containers with my special organic soil mix and wrap them with Concrete Support Fencing up to about 12' tall maybe 15' tall.

I really can't wait!

See you with some photos in about 45 days.

October 20, 2012	#80
bzzybee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 15	So what happened? This is like a cliff hanger...anyone keeping in touch with him?

February 21, 2013	#88
Mischka Tomatoville® Administrator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Bay State Posts: 3,207	I have to say that I admire your ambition and wish you much success this upcoming season. Like the old adage - "if at first you don't succeed try, try again." __________________ Mischka One last word of farewell, Dear Master and Mistress. Whenever you visit my grave, say to yourselves with regret but also with happiness in your hearts at the remembrance of my long happy life with you: "Here lies one who loved us and whom we loved." No matter how deep my sleep I shall hear you, and not all the power of death can keep my spirit from wagging a grateful tail.

May 19, 2012	#76
MileHighGuy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Montrose Posts: 52	I will update this weekend. Tomatoes are all very healthy and flowering. About 50 are in containers and doing well. I should have Matoes in about 30 days. sooner on the Cherry tomato plants. I'm Tilling up soil today in my fenced area and will be transplanting about 150 full size Tomato plants that are about 2 feet tall already and have been loving the greenhouse. I'll snap some pictures but probably not for about two weeks. Tonight I begin much of the hard work. On a side note, I just finished my chicken coop and have been getting fresh eggs every morning and i love it! Things are finally starting to happen around my house. Wish me luck this weekend with the transplanting. I think the wind and frost is gone for the rest of the season.

June 11, 2012	#77
Crandrew Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: asdf Posts: 1,202	upDATE?

June 12, 2012	#78
macbettz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: CT Posts: 40	Interesting thread. I wonder how close to the 1000 mark he actually came.

June 13, 2012	#79
Crandrew Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: asdf Posts: 1,202	Im wondering if I'll ever get to see a picture. Pics or it didnt happen

October 21, 2012	#81
zeroma Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 637	Hey MileHighGuy, Cliff hangers are great, but my fingernails are bleeding here! I'm hoping all is well and you are so busy harvesting and selling that you are too pooped to post! Update?????

January 14, 2013	#82
AZGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Zone 9b Phoenix,AZ Posts: 390	Any updates?? I'm also curious how his project went and how successful it was or wasn't?

January 14, 2013	#84
NisiNJ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bordentown NJ Posts: 32	Well.....he does have contact info on the website he linked to in an earlier post. If you really want to contact him you could send an email. I'm not necessarily suggesting it; just wanted to point out the possibility. MileHighGuy might not visit Tomatoville anymore and might not know how much people want an update.

February 21, 2013	#87
janezee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Whidbey Island, WA Zone 7, Sunset 5 Posts: 931	I dropped him an email last night. Above is the reply. j

February 23, 2013	#89
Keger Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Richmond, TX Posts: 327	Stay on it my friend. If you love it and want it you can do it. Be relentless, good luck!

April 4, 2013	#90
MileHighGuy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Montrose Posts: 52	Everything is moving along nicely. This year I'll be doing a CSA with a full line up of heirloom organic veggies. But Tomatoes are close to my heart and I have 10 Varieties this year. The seedlings are all planted: Mortgage Lifter Indigo Rose Red Brandywine Little Bells Sun Gold Berkeley Tie-Dye Roma Black Cherry Thai Pink and one more I can't think of right now... haha I'm going to build 100 Gallon SmartPot containers with my special organic soil mix and wrap them with Concrete Support Fencing up to about 12' tall maybe 15' tall. I really can't wait! See you with some photos in about 45 days.