Rural Gardening: Moon Gardening Experiment 2012, 1 by drthor

drthor wrote:
kathy__bee,
tomatoes are FRUIT crop.
TOO LATE to start seeds indoors right now. Sorry.
The biggest problem in our city is that people start to transplant the tomatoes too late.
When temperature are too hot the tomatoes will not set fruits here in the metroplex.
In the past 3 years I always did transplant out my tomatoes in February (under protections). And I have been very successfull.
Yes, we might have a freeze end of March or beginning of April ... so be ready to cover them.

Have a look at the thread I made last year:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1159852/
It is long ... just watch the pictures ...

Now, seriously it is TOO LATE to start your own tomatoes from seeds.
You can play with your Aerogerden ... if you want ...
As a suggestion, in your Aerogerden grow some Basil, because it is a perfect "companion" plant for yout tomatoes.

You are in the same side of town of North Haven Garden, and soon they will have their tomato sale.
Here is the list: http://www.nhg.com/tomatoes.htm
Call them everyday to know when the plants will arrive. I am serious.
People go crazy for their tomato plants.

While you wait to buy plants, just prepare your beds.
You CANNOT grow good tomatoes on our clay soil. Raised beds is highly recomended.
NHG has a fantastic vegetable mix soil, and add EXPANDED SHALES to that mix and you will set for years.

It might seems that I have shared profit of NHG ... I wish I did ...
I love NHG. They were the only one a few years ago to help me with my vegetable bed ... nobody in town could answer the simple question :"which soil shall I use in my vegetabe garden?"
They also thought me what to plant and when. Their classes are fantatstic.

Honestly their soil it is not cheap, but I NEVER had a problem and I always grow fantastic veggies ALL YEAR AROUND. (yes kathy__bee here in Dallas actually the best season is the fall/winter). At the end I saved a lot of money and frustrations.

Here is a picture of my new veggie bed. Just finished.
It will be full of tomatoes for now.

Good luck to you.
if you are interested I could d-mail you the info of my contractor. He did all the heavy work on moving rocks and bricks for me.