Scott,
I got the plants from Ted Taylor of
GreenEarth Inc. Extremely good prices and shipping. I've done business with Ted a few times and he is the one who may be responsible for me building a greenhouse. I posted pictures of two of the three at the beginning of the thread.
I'm in Cincinnati, (Zone 5, I think!)
Eric,
It's the compost tea. I have a bucket of dead leaves, green leaves I trim off plants, tea bags, onion peels - just about every thing I can find that is good goes into it, along with a bit of potting mix here and there. Once it starts decomposing, I'll pour a little water on it (the buckets have holes in the bottom) and let it drain. Repeat that several times) then bottle it. A week before I need it, I aerate it for several days. Add about a cup of this to each plant every other week until I see blooms starting.
Checked out some of my older plants this morning (I shake them each day to aid in pollination) and counted at least 13 toms, a couple larger than a quarter. I may have a ripe tomato for my Christmas meal!
Mike