I’m in 6b and put my tomatoes out 3 weeks ago…but… I wrapped fleece around the cages. We’ve had weather extremes, but my tomatoes have thrived in their mini greenhouses through all of the blazing heat, wind and rainstorms. They are growing well and look happy.
Hello from deep in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains on the NC/VA line. We still have had some chilly nights and are expecting a few more but hopefully not too much longer.
Great info, I was going to plant this weekend, but I think I will wait till June slso,6b Montrose Colorado, same thing here, no 90 though. I had to build a fire Just a few nights ago,
Here I Wis zone 5a we are having crazy weather to. My perennials are doing fine. I only started daikon radishes early and their doing fine. Going to plant some currant bushes this year. I'm excited about that.
I’m in zone 5b we had light frost last night. I only had cold weather plants in the ground. Even though they’re cold hardy I covered them last night. I usually plant my tomatoes Memorial weekend.
Zone 7a and my comfy is flowering also. So bizarre. Unfortunate because I'm not getting the big lush leaves that my chickens love to eat. Oh well, at least the bees are happy. And I agree with you about you tomato strategy. No rush . I used to plant earlier, but honestly, I didn't see a benefit in the long run .
36 in MA last night after multiple days in the high 70s and low 80s. Had to cover up the eggplants and peppers - tomatoes were fine even though i didnt cover
I was an eager beaver this year and planted my tomatoes a month ago. I lost a couple, but I've been covering them at night and putting large handwarmers under the coverings. They've been holding up in the cold nights and seem to be doing well. The large handwarmers seem to help.
Definitely holding off planting our tomatoes for a while now. Thank you for sharing. I put one in a raised bed with a cover as an experiment without hardening off a few weeks ago and i thought it died but it’s coming back. Zone 6B central WA cascade mountains
Update. The tomato I planted early lost all its leaves but has already bounced back. It’s dark green and looking healthy. In a raised bed with tons of leaf mulch. Just planted out most of my other tomatoes and it’s looking much healthier color wise and has more foliage than them although the leaves are smaller but getting bigger
Is that a peach tree in the background? That's what I've had my challenges with here in South Carolina Zone 7B. We've been having heat spells very early and that's making my peach trees confused and they are flowering early and then we'll get a cold snap and all the flowers will drop. I may have to replant them with a different variety that deals with this kind of weather changes. It's sad because I've nursed them for quite a few years now. Oh well just have to keep adjusting with the weather. To me, at this time, nighttime temperature and soil temperature is the way to go when deciding planting but unfortunately weather predictions cannot be forecasted many days in advance so that makes planning difficult. Oh well.
I’m in Maryland, 8A and it’s been unseasonably chilly here. I had to restart my peppers and tomatoes because they didn’t like it outside and slugs got ‘em too.
I am in zone 5 in southern Utah. Our last frost date is supposedly May 15. In the 15 years I've lived here, that has been the last frost only twice. I never plant tomatoes until June 1, and then only if I can see a 10 day forecast of lows 40 and above. I think this year we might be done with frost and I might actually get some fruit, but I'm not counting on it.
I agree the wether has been so up and down here in NJ. I’m in zone 7a. It’s kind of funny that I recognized my own accent when listening to you and wondered if you’re from NJ as well. Lol. I watched another video and sure enough you are lol. My tomatoes were doing really good and then really bad after up potting them. They’re in the garden now and most are making a nice come back. I have no clue what was happening but the tops looked like they rotted and fell off on some. I ended up putting them all in a trash pile outside that I neglected and to my surprise they started getting leaves down low on the stem 🤷🏼♀️
When I lived in upstate NY (zone 7a I think), the general rule of thumb was that you shouldn't plant anything before Memorial Day. We had tulips in our backyard that would bloom in late April - early May but then they'd die after a week or two when sporadic overnight frosts would come in.
I know it's going to the 40s here most nights this week here in NJ zone 7a by the shore. Unfortunately I was over anxious and put tomatoes & peppers out already. Do you have a frost cover you recommend? Love your channel!
We also had some weather swings here in 8a Louisiana actually lost my first tomatoes because I jumped the gun. I knew better…good thing I had backups inside!
yeah, here in northeast Ohio we got the 32F night temperatures too. The ground temperature is still pretty low here. I'm just going to wait until memorial day.
I am in New Jersey 6B. I put 2 pepper plants out in the garden two days ago and they both died last night. The weather has been very odd, next week the highs are in the 70's with a low in the 30's tonight.
I'm hardening off the majority of my tomatoes, but I'll put in just a few Early Girls just to scratch the tomato itch! The rest will go in on Memorial weekend in Michigan 😊
the past few months in Shropshire in the uk where Im growing, right up until early this may the weather has been it seems like a lot of places have been, all over the place, ive had my earliest tomatoes out since 20th april and the erratic weather has for sure caused stress and slowed growth down a bit but since the storm we had on the 8th may the weather is now im noticing stabilizing with more consistantly warm temperatures and im glad because my tomatoes and chillies seem much happier. but I think to get the most production from our seemingly more uncertain lengths of our growing season especially with the more erratic weather across the globe, even in warm climates it would be worth not only starting consistant heat loving crops indoors or in a greenhouse but to grow them on in a more temperature stable enviornment. of course i love watching my tomatoes training up outside so i was thinking because i dont have a greenhouse, room in the conservetory or alot of money ive been thinking of cheap ways to protect summer crops outside and decided it wouldnt be a bad idea to use a regular tomato cage or make an A frame support and simply attach some polythene to the support in way it could easily be removed in case the weather picks up hot, or even with direct sowing in which im doing with squashes is using clear plastic bottles as a temporal propagator to start them, of couse night time temps can drop so id use a slightly wider bottle than usual to place a small candle in the middle directly under the open cap of the bottle so nothing burns, id blow the candle out in the morning unless its cold. a simple cheap enough way with keeping temps more consistant for the crops without taking up any extra space because its already in your outside beds. Keep up the great work Mark your channel really focuses on the fundamental key to successful organic gardening, the reactivation of the soil food web, something your simple and clear manner of teaching really opened my eyes to. thanks mark Have a great season. Billy from shropshire UK
Help! Put my heirloom tomato's out in a new raised bed garden in central Kentucky. The leaves are turning yellow/purple and purple veining, pepper right next to them going the same direction. They look just awful.
@@iamorganicgardening yes I did they were sitting on the patio doing fine until I planted them. I believe it’s my dirt. Sadly for me I found your channel after the damage was done. Their new home is a new raised bed with bagged “top soil”, “compost” from Lowe’s as it’s difficult to get native soil in my yard. I’ve been bingeing on your videos and wish I had found them prior to the planting. I’m hoping there is still something I can do to fix the bed.
@@iamorganicgardening Also, I emailed you at your iamorganicgardening aol account with a bit more information regarding my dilemma. Your videos are really great and helpful for a newer raised bed vegetable home gardener, thanks so much! I will continue to watch and take notes! Just hoping against hope tomatoes aren't a "bust" for this summer season. Thanks again!
Yeah, I was an idiot. I put them in way too early and I know better. But, they looked gorgeous and ready to plant. I lost a couple watermelon and some squashes even though they were covered. I will definitely wait and yeah... I needed this video to kick me in the rear!!
I have never found any facts about that harm. People write in and say that it does and that they read it. I ask where they read it , but never get a answer back to my question .
I’m in 9b Florida. I put out my tomatoes on February 14. I picked my last tomato for the season this week. 😂
I’m in 6b and put my tomatoes out 3 weeks ago…but… I wrapped fleece around the cages. We’ve had weather extremes, but my tomatoes have thrived in their mini greenhouses through all of the blazing heat, wind and rainstorms. They are growing well and look happy.
Hello from deep in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains on the NC/VA line. We still have had some chilly nights and are expecting a few more but hopefully not too much longer.
Great to hear from you. Thanks for sharing with us.
Great info, I was going to plant this weekend, but I think I will wait till June slso,6b Montrose Colorado, same thing here, no 90 though. I had to build a fire Just a few nights ago,
My comfrey is growing and flowering like crazy too. I'm in ct 6b
That is AMAZING. To crazy THANK YOU.
Here I Wis zone 5a we are having crazy weather to. My perennials are doing fine. I only started daikon radishes early and their doing fine. Going to plant some currant bushes this year. I'm excited about that.
I’m in zone 5b we had light frost last night. I only had cold weather plants in the ground. Even though they’re cold hardy I covered them last night. I usually plant my tomatoes Memorial weekend.
We haven’t had any hail storms in Bergen County. I followed your instructions and planted sooooo many potatoes and they all growing so beautifully 😄
VERY NICE, here is a great harvest. Thanks
Zone 7a and my comfy is flowering also. So bizarre. Unfortunate because I'm not getting the big lush leaves that my chickens love to eat. Oh well, at least the bees are happy.
And I agree with you about you tomato strategy. No rush . I used to plant earlier, but honestly, I didn't see a benefit in the long run .
Hey Mark, I'm in Zone 7 and the same here the weather keeps going up and down.
Just crazy this year for us all. Thanks
36 in MA last night after multiple days in the high 70s and low 80s. Had to cover up the eggplants and peppers - tomatoes were fine even though i didnt cover
Glad to Hear all OK. THANK YOU for sharing.
It went down to 29 last night where I am in MA!!
We had a low of 40 last night , here in northern Indiana . Strange weather.
We're just outside of Chicago. The dreaded "pneumonia" front swooped into action 😂😂😂 (we used to call it "the hawk," but whatever 😅)
Thanks for the UPDATE.
Awesome
THANK YOU.
I was an eager beaver this year and planted my tomatoes a month ago. I lost a couple, but I've been covering them at night and putting large handwarmers under the coverings. They've been holding up in the cold nights and seem to be doing well. The large handwarmers seem to help.
Keep up your great work. THANK YOU.
Definitely holding off planting our tomatoes for a while now. Thank you for sharing. I put one in a raised bed with a cover as an experiment without hardening off a few weeks ago and i thought it died but it’s coming back. Zone 6B central WA cascade mountains
Update. The tomato I planted early lost all its leaves but has already bounced back. It’s dark green and looking healthy. In a raised bed with tons of leaf mulch. Just planted out most of my other tomatoes and it’s looking much healthier color wise and has more foliage than them although the leaves are smaller but getting bigger
Is that a peach tree in the background? That's what I've had my challenges with here in South Carolina Zone 7B. We've been having heat spells very early and that's making my peach trees confused and they are flowering early and then we'll get a cold snap and all the flowers will drop. I may have to replant them with a different variety that deals with this kind of weather changes. It's sad because I've nursed them for quite a few years now. Oh well just have to keep adjusting with the weather. To me, at this time, nighttime temperature and soil temperature is the way to go when deciding planting but unfortunately weather predictions cannot be forecasted many days in advance so that makes planning difficult. Oh well.
I’m in Maryland, 8A and it’s been unseasonably chilly here. I had to restart my peppers and tomatoes because they didn’t like it outside and slugs got ‘em too.
Frost tonight and tomorrow night here in Norther NY. Soil temp is still in the low 50's so we have to wait any way. Last frost day is around June 1st.
I am in zone 5 in southern Utah. Our last frost date is supposedly May 15. In the 15 years I've lived here, that has been the last frost only twice. I never plant tomatoes until June 1, and then only if I can see a 10 day forecast of lows 40 and above. I think this year we might be done with frost and I might actually get some fruit, but I'm not counting on it.
I agree the wether has been so up and down here in NJ. I’m in zone 7a. It’s kind of funny that I recognized my own accent when listening to you and wondered if you’re from NJ as well. Lol. I watched another video and sure enough you are lol. My tomatoes were doing really good and then really bad after up potting them. They’re in the garden now and most are making a nice come back. I have no clue what was happening but the tops looked like they rotted and fell off on some. I ended up putting them all in a trash pile outside that I neglected and to my surprise they started getting leaves down low on the stem 🤷🏼♀️
When I lived in upstate NY (zone 7a I think), the general rule of thumb was that you shouldn't plant anything before Memorial Day. We had tulips in our backyard that would bloom in late April - early May but then they'd die after a week or two when sporadic overnight frosts would come in.
Mark I have watch a lot of your videos about winter rie and leaves when you get ready to plant do you put leaves down first or the rie
🙏💜 4b for me and im only potting mine up now, 300+ plants. It's gonna be a late one. Thank you for the patience reminder
Nice, you have it under control. THANKS
I know it's going to the 40s here most nights this week here in NJ zone 7a by the shore. Unfortunately I was over anxious and put tomatoes & peppers out already. Do you have a frost cover you recommend? Love your channel!
We also had some weather swings here in 8a Louisiana actually lost my first tomatoes because I jumped the gun. I knew better…good thing I had backups inside!
Bch up is always a good plan. I do the same thing here. Thanks
yeah, here in northeast Ohio we got the 32F night temperatures too. The ground temperature is still pretty low here. I'm just going to wait until memorial day.
I am in New Jersey 6B. I put 2 pepper plants out in the garden two days ago and they both died last night. The weather has been very odd, next week the highs are in the 70's with a low in the 30's tonight.
I'm hardening off the majority of my tomatoes, but I'll put in just a few Early Girls just to scratch the tomato itch! The rest will go in on Memorial weekend in Michigan 😊
the past few months in Shropshire in the uk where Im growing, right up until early this may the weather has been it seems like a lot of places have been, all over the place, ive had my earliest tomatoes out since 20th april and the erratic weather has for sure caused stress and slowed growth down a bit but since the storm we had on the 8th may the weather is now im noticing stabilizing with more consistantly warm temperatures and im glad because my tomatoes and chillies seem much happier. but I think to get the most production from our seemingly more uncertain lengths of our growing season especially with the more erratic weather across the globe, even in warm climates it would be worth not only starting consistant heat loving crops indoors or in a greenhouse but to grow them on in a more temperature stable enviornment. of course i love watching my tomatoes training up outside so i was thinking because i dont have a greenhouse, room in the conservetory or alot of money ive been thinking of cheap ways to protect summer crops outside and decided it wouldnt be a bad idea to use a regular tomato cage or make an A frame support and simply attach some polythene to the support in way it could easily be removed in case the weather picks up hot, or even with direct sowing in which im doing with squashes is using clear plastic bottles as a temporal propagator to start them, of couse night time temps can drop so id use a slightly wider bottle than usual to place a small candle in the middle directly under the open cap of the bottle so nothing burns, id blow the candle out in the morning unless its cold. a simple cheap enough way with keeping temps more consistant for the crops without taking up any extra space because its already in your outside beds. Keep up the great work Mark your channel really focuses on the fundamental key to successful organic gardening, the reactivation of the soil food web, something your simple and clear manner of teaching really opened my eyes to. thanks mark Have a great season.
Billy from shropshire UK
THANKS Billy. Where all love the soil and it loves us back.
Help! Put my heirloom tomato's out in a new raised bed garden in central Kentucky. The leaves are turning yellow/purple and purple veining, pepper right next to them going the same direction. They look just awful.
Did you harder the plants off? By doing 1 week slowly increasing the time from your house to outside ?
@@iamorganicgardening yes I did they were sitting on the patio doing fine until I planted them. I believe it’s my dirt. Sadly for me I found your channel after the damage was done. Their new home is a new raised bed with bagged “top soil”, “compost” from Lowe’s as it’s difficult to get native soil in my yard. I’ve been bingeing on your videos and wish I had found them prior to the planting. I’m hoping there is still something I can do to fix the bed.
@@iamorganicgardening Also, I emailed you at your iamorganicgardening aol account with a bit more information regarding my dilemma. Your videos are really great and helpful for a newer raised bed vegetable home gardener, thanks so much! I will continue to watch and take notes! Just hoping against hope tomatoes aren't a "bust" for this summer season. Thanks again!
Yeah, I was an idiot. I put them in way too early and I know better. But, they looked gorgeous and ready to plant. I lost a couple watermelon and some squashes even though they were covered. I will definitely wait and yeah... I needed this video to kick me in the rear!!
Since you also grow sunflowers, is there any factual basis on not growing them near the veggies due to them being allelopathic?
I have never found any facts about that harm. People write in and say that it does and that they read it. I ask where they read it , but never get a answer back to my question .
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