There were 4 of them in each pot, and they were transplanted singly into the yogurt cups. Now they are growing like wildfire and need to be transplanted again. I was not ready at all to transplant them now.
All last week I tried to come up with something tall enough I could put them into and bury most of their stems. While I was out the other day I was thirsty and bought a bottled water, I hardly ever do this. Anyhow, while taking a drink from it I realized it was the perfect size. It must have been divine intervention that helped me decide to vary out of my norm and buy that bottled water. :)
As I said, I hardly ever drink bottled water (I have a filter system at home), but my son's family drink a lot of it and recycle their bottles. AHA! A free source of the perfect size container. I simply poke holes in the bottoms of my plastic containers with a hot darning needle so I did the same with this bottle.
This weekend I will get some of my family's bottles and transplant my taller tomatoes.
When it is time to plant them outside I will run a table knife around the edge to loosen them. If they don't want to come out easily, I will cut the bottles. Whatever I do to remove the plants, I will rinse the bottles and put them in my recycling bin.
Transplanting every few weeks helps the tomatoes develop a hefty, strong root system. If you want to do this, simply pinch off lower leaves and plant as much of the stem along with the existing roots as deeply as you can.
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I planted some potatoes on Saint Patrick's day. This week we have had some pretty frigid weather (below freezing day and night for several days now). I hope they don't die in the ground. We'll see in a few weeks.
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