got caught cheating

[slugworth]

The plants recovered but the red deuce got some sort of disease on the stem and died.
I took cuttings that are still alive but the same size as months ago.
Now it's indoor sibling I brought in before the heatwave is diseased.
I swear there must have been something in the soil before I bought the plants.

[Ken4230]

I guess you could call me a certified cheater. I have always pushed the frost date, which around here is April 17. I start my peppers Jan.1 and a third of my tomatoes on Feb.1. I usually plant what I call my sacrificial tomatoes on April 1. If they live, that's good. If frost gets them, no problem, I have plenty more.

I do have several small portable cloches' made out of 1/4 in. pencil rod at various heights and lengths. Most of the tomatoes I put out are early types or one's that I am trialing. Saraev, a Russian breeder has a line of tomatoes supposedly good down to 32 deg. They survived this year unprotected down to 28 deg. A small amount of Early Blight last year and with all the rain this year, they didn't make it. They were loaded with very small tomatoes, which is not my cup of tea. Also they didn't taste very good.

I am trying to get a ripe tomato in May. June 1st is the closest I have come. I am about to run out of time. June 7th this year, a Big Beef.

[Seven Bends]

I guess you could call me a certified cheater. I have always pushed the frost date, which around here is April 17. I start my peppers Jan.1 and a third of my tomatoes on Feb.1. I usually plant what I call my sacrificial tomatoes on April 1. If they live, that's good. If frost gets them, no problem, I have plenty more.

I do have several small portable cloches' made out of 1/4 in. pencil rod at various heights and lengths. Most of the tomatoes I put out are early types or one's that I am trialing. Saraev, a Russian breeder has a line of tomatoes supposedly good down to 32 deg. They survived this year unprotected down to 28 deg. A small amount of Early Blight last year and with all the rain this year, they didn't make it. They were loaded with very small tomatoes, which is not my cup of tea. Also they didn't taste very good.

I am trying to get a ripe tomato in May. June 1st is the closest I have come. I am about to run out of time. June 7th this year, a Big Beef.

June 7 for Big Beef, that's amazing, great work! Our average last frost date here is around April 21, and the earliest I've ever gotten a full-size ripe tomato is around July 1. I've never been much of a gambler, unfortunately (and fortunately, I guess).

If you end up participating in the MMMM swap this year, there probably would be some interest in your F5 Big Beef seeds.