Looking good, well done. Mid April is a little early for your zone isn't it? Never the less everything looks good. Hey if you like Green Grape have you tried Green Doctors?

Awesome - you are going to have some nice tomatoes! Will you be putting down some mulch around your plants? That would help keep mud from splashing up - how about a thin layer of grass clippings (from non-chemical-treated grass)

Great pictures! I woke up early this morning and checked my plants. My Sun Gold plant is the first one with tomatoes. I can't wait to see what they taste like! I waited to plant them out until mid-May here. I bet I would have been eating some already if I put them out a few weeks earlier like last season. I didn't want to take my chances with any crazy Spring weather again.

Thanks for sharing your pictures!

Here is a link that might be useful: Kim's Garden

Looking good! I am amazed that you planted in mid April. Did you use a special technique? Walls-Of-Water? Row covers? I am in zone 5 and the earliest I've ever dared plant was mid May. This year I didn't plant until Memorial Day weekend. Your babies are beautiful. Fred in Maine

Thanks for all the nice comments. I started from seed the plants at the beginning of March. At that same time I dug all the holes for the plants 18" deep and put up cloches to get the soil warmed up. Planted when toms were 18-24" tall, set them in the hole and covered stems with 6" warm soil, then gradually add more soil so plants end up buried about 12" deep. I do that so I hardly ever have to water garden. No mulch, plants don't get mud splashed on leaves because I start to rip lower leaves off til the bottom 12" of stem has no leaves. I extend my growing season by 6 weeks using cloches, and setting out early I prevent blossom drop which usually hits around late June-mid July when night-time temps stay above 70*. I use a lot of Preen to keep weeds down, moth balls to keep rabbits away from cukes and sevin around roots of cukes and squash to keep moles/insects from eating them.