The tomatoes that I started in February are outgrowing my grow-space. I've raised the shelf above them twice. Today I sent several extras over to my mom's grow-lights. I'm afraid if I take them out from the lights with another 6 weeks to go before planting, they'll get too tall struggling to get light through the windows. I have taken a few into my kitchen though - my favorites from last year, the Black from Tulas, are curling and losing some leaves and it looks like one of the Green Zebras has or caught the same thing. I'm not sure what the condition is or how it spreads, several tomatoes suffered through it but still produced last year. To be safe I planted one more BFT and one more GZ along with my Matinas and Gardener's Delight Cherry Tomatoes this weekend.
The seeds came in the mail a month ago, but I decided to wait until the official "4-6 weeks before last frost" window when you are really supposed to start tomatoes indoors. Matinas are usually the earliest fruiting. I get them from Cook's Garden and they produce beautiful uniform 2" round tomatoes with strong tomato flavor. They were my only variety not to split and crack in the exhausting rains last summer that turned half my crop to mush for weeks. The GD Cherries are sweet but not too sweet and grow in cute little pairs side by side along the branch, making them very easy to harvest. All of which is just to explain why I am still planting tomatoes when my basement is already full - I'll just give the extras away.
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