Hi again, Ack,
TA>Good points Sandra, thank you.
TA>Here in Paul Revere country, there is a local race to see who can
TA>produce the first tomatoes before 4th of July, from plantings done
TA>April 19th (anniversity of Paul's ride to warn the Red Coats were
TA>coming). Some less ethical participates have been known to bury
TA>electric heating cables in their garden beds 8-). I rely on epson
TA>salts in the fertilizer and hormone dust on the blossoms to enhance
TA>setting fruits.
  My first line of attack would be to raise earliest tomatoes. But if I
  were REALLY unethical, I'd keep some indeterminate tomatoes growing
  all winter, keeping blossoms picked off, and come early spring, take a
  half a dozen cuttings that, when rooted, will be indistinguishable
  from early-sown seedlings. Then I would use lights on them to lengthen
  their daylight until planting time, and pick off the largest (the
  dead giveaway ) buds; so that the "seedlings" would not be obviously
  more advanced than everyone else's, and put Walls o' Water or other
  warmth-enhancing protection around them. Then I'd wait and see.
  You may gain a couple of weeks for all this work. But I think the
  genuine seedlings would be better plants and give better yields,all
  other things being equal. :-)
                        ...Sandra...
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