The mix this year will be:

1.My red ribbed cherry;
2.Kazachka, a black cherry;
3.Green Zebra striped cherry;
4.Joe's Pink Oxheart, and,
5.An unknown golfball sized black salad tomato, grown from seeds I got at a farmer's market about 8 years ago

Carolyn was kind enough to share some seeds for the Kazachka black cherry, the Green Zebra cherry, and the Joe's Pink Oxheart in exchange for my red cherry seeds. I am looking forward to seeing how they turn out, they sound great. The red ribbed cherry I have grown via saved seeds since I found it in the early 90's, and the black salad tomato, whatever it is, I have saved from seed for at least 6-8 years.

The gang pre-planting on Saturday:

My Joe's Pink Oxheart, :)

Plantings:

Two along the wall:

6 in my big pots. They usually do pretty well here, by the time they hit their peak they are usually around 5-8 feet tall.

You must have a micro climate and not actually 10b? I'm in SC, 7b and normally we are above 50's in mid April. Funky weather and a lot of rain has kept it cooler this year though.

The toms that I put in my homemade "earth buckets" early March are already blooming and growing like crazy. My in ground toms are kinda sitting there. Due to the rain and cool nights.

Great looking toms! I have a quarter that I'm willing to bet that the potted ones produce first!

I had ripe ones in May last year but I babied them and planted earlier. I would bring them inside at night when the temps were going to be near or below 50.

All that recent rain we got and the fact that I'm leaving for
two weeks in Hawaii next week got me going. Figured they'd be in
the ground for a week before I leave. They're doing fine
so far.

I've a great neighbor who'll take care of the garden while
I'm gone.

Temps here have been up and down, but we're usually
above the magic 55 degree point at night. Forecast looks
quite good for the next week, both days and nights.

Already have a few fruit on some of the plants I put in
the ground a month ago.

Here's hopin!

Sunset Magazine lists 7 different ones. Mike in Huntington Beach (Sunset zone 24) is very different than mine in Glendora (Sunset zone 21) which is about 25 miles north
of him.

While the USDA lumps us all together, you can't really go by their map here in LA.

Carolyn