I got mine through one of those catalogs you always get at home--like Carol Wright, etc. but you can order them on-line, by phone, and I have seen them at Wal Mart. I understand Target carries them, too. They are no longer just a "t.v. only" offer. I think they are out there everywhere. Wonder if Lowes has them now??? Last year, I used plants that my mother in law got me, but wanted to try and grow some from seeds this year...so far, my seeds aren't sprouting too well, so will probably go back to using a store-bought plant. You could definitely plant yours right away in Florida. I know folks down there that already have! On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:03 AM, lois vick <[email protected]> wrote: > Kat, where can those planters be bought and do you plant your own seed? > Tomatoes here in Florida are very exspensive and are from other countries. > They are very hard and not very good. > > Lois > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kat Fulcher > Sent: Friday, May 1, 2009 10:41 AM > To: vafloyd > Subject: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy--Tomatoes > > This is probably a good year to consider growing your own tomatoes! > > Just saw a report on the news that Florida growers (who supply a huge > portion of US tomatoes) are literally plowing under their fields and not > putting in a crop this year because there is a big supply and not enough > demand, so they are not making enough money. Some farmers are simply > getting out of the tomato business all together. > > At the moment, tomatoes are very plentiful and cheap, but that will not > last > long as new crops don't make it to the market. Of course, there will > always > be local growers and local farmer's markets should have them, but they may > get more pricey at the regular grocery stores late in the year. > > Still highly recommending the "Topsy Turvey" planters. I'm just about > ready > to put mine out this year and I know my friends from further south already > have theirs up!! Those things REALLY work and are absolutely fool-proof, > especially for people like me who are NOT farmers and generally can't grow > anything. I plan to have 7 planters up this year, with tomatoes, cukes, > and > peppers. > > We just experimented with our planters last year, because we moved to VA so > late and didn't think we'd have time to actually get eatable tomatoes. We > didn't put our plants in until the first week in July. Well, we definitely > DID eat some tomatoes before the first frost. Those plants grew like > crazy! Obviously, we didn't get anything like the crops you see in the > ads--because we planted so late--but I am hoping for a big harvest this > season! > > I am a tomato lover and wouldn't want to have to go hunting for some later > this year if the supplies get scarce. I'm going to grow my own! > > Kat > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen [email protected] > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen [email protected] > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >