{"id":6254,"date":"2026-10-23T18:52:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6254"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:11:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:11:55","slug":"ripe-tomatoes-by-june-in-siberia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/ripe-tomatoes-by-june-in-siberia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripe Tomatoes by June in Siberia: My Bucket Method \u2014 Horn1051 forum diary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;6254&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Share your rating&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;5\\\/5 - (3 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Ripe Tomatoes by June in Siberia: My Bucket Method \u2014 Horn1051 forum diary&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;142.5&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 142.5px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            5\/5 - (3 votes)    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"quick-take\" style=\"background: #fff3cd; padding: 15px; border-left: 4px solid #ffc107; margin-bottom: 20px; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83d\udcd6 Diary Highlights:<\/strong> Ekaterina from Tomsk, Siberia (Zone 2\/3) shares her incredible strategies for pushing the growing season to the absolute limit. To get ripe tomatoes by June in a harsh climate, she grows early determinate and dwarf varieties in large construction buckets inside her greenhouse. She also shares a clever hack for starting early radishes in empty foil tea wrappers!<\/div>\n<p><!-- TABLE OF CONTENTS --><\/p>\n<div class=\"toc-box\" style=\"background: #f4f9f4; padding: 15px; border: 1px solid #c8e6c9; border-radius: 4px; margin-bottom: 25px;\">\n<p><strong style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 1.1em;\">\ud83d\udccc In this diary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 1.6;\">\n<li><a style=\"color: #2e7d32; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#early-greens\">\ud83c\udf31 Early Greens &amp; The Tea Wrapper Hack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #2e7d32; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#sowing-dates\">\ud83d\udcc5 Sowing Dates &amp; Topping for Early Yields<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #2e7d32; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#bucket-method\">\ud83e\udea3 The Bucket Method: Ripe Tomatoes by June<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">H<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/profile\/58049-horn1051\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Horn1051<\/a> (Ekaterina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Veteran Grower (3,455 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tomsk, Siberia (USDA Zone 2\/3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote class=\"forum-quote\" style=\"background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 3px solid #ccc; padding: 10px 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; font-size: 0.9em; color: #555;\"><p><strong>Shelkovnitsa said on Dec 20, 2021:<\/strong><br \/>\nAmazing! In another diary, a grower from northern Tomsk is constantly complaining about the harsh Siberian conditions))) And here you are, in the same Tomsk, harvesting radishes by mid-April \ud83d\ude4f You are the one who should be writing guides, well done, Katerina!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"early-greens\" style=\"margin-top: 25px; border-bottom: 2px solid #eee; padding-bottom: 5px;\">\ud83c\udf31 Early Greens &amp; The Tea Wrapper Hack<\/h3>\n<p>I had to smile at that. My greenhouse is right next to the house, so we just get a jump start on the eating season. From May 1st to the 10th, temperatures here can drop to 19\u00b0F (-7\u00b0C). Having a third layer of row cover inside really helps. But every year is different.<\/p>\n<p>The radishes aren&#8217;t quite ready yet, but the dill and lettuce are doing great by early May. I thin out the radishes and use the spicy greens in salads. This year, I&#8217;m going to test growing early radishes inside empty foil tea wrappers! But they need lots of light. Photo is from April 23rd.<\/p>\n<p>Lyuda, the success with the dill and Napa cabbage is all thanks to you \ud83d\ude4f. This year, I had dill and lettuce growing right between the tomato plants (a 13-foot \/ 4m row) and we ate them until mid-June. I also transplanted them from little cups outside into the cucumber frame.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; gap: 10px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/20200423_194846.jpg.03a483c63d272925ca5c02f7e1721f49.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/20200423_194846.jpg.03a483c63d272925ca5c02f7e1721f49.jpg\" alt=\"Arugula seedlings\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/20200423_195416.jpg.0df3451bcd24466e4125caf7c127388d.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/20200423_195416.jpg.0df3451bcd24466e4125caf7c127388d.jpg\" alt=\"Radish seedlings\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/20200423_171814.jpg.2e08b45adc53f23f1927c2fd622f1f85.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/20200423_171814.jpg.2e08b45adc53f23f1927c2fd622f1f85.jpg\" alt=\"Onions growing in greenhouse\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Photo from April 27th: Early tomatoes growing in construction utility buckets. Though I actually prefer growing dwarf (tree-type) tomatoes 2-per-box in tall slatted crates. Dahlias in the background bags will start blooming in mid-June.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; gap: 10px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/20200427_075928.jpg.781c696b9a69de52953a97cef9a00b73.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/20200427_075928.jpg.781c696b9a69de52953a97cef9a00b73.jpg\" alt=\"Early tomatoes in construction buckets\" width=\"250\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/20200430_091445.jpg.55e296c261850231fbe5d448cb884ec8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/20200430_091445.jpg.55e296c261850231fbe5d448cb884ec8.jpg\" alt=\"Tomato plants in greenhouse crates\" width=\"250\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/20200430_091533.jpg.7aa87bd1ce6c0dc872e803e1e4ed484a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/20200430_091533.jpg.7aa87bd1ce6c0dc872e803e1e4ed484a.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of tomato crate planting\" width=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- POST 2 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Aleksan9ra (Lyudmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Veteran Grower (15,056 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Tanya, it&#8217;s pretty useless to argue about weather and conditions. Everything is so hyper-local. My village is in a valley, so during a frost, the temperature difference between us and the neighboring villages situated on higher ground can be 7-10\u00b0F (4-6\u00b0C). Meaning they might be at 32\u00b0F (0\u00b0C), while we are down to 23\u00b0F (-5\u00b0C). The snow in the nearby city melts long before ours does; we still have snowbanks. But that doesn&#8217;t mean much, things can flip in 3 days, and the greenhouse can heat up from 46\u00b0F (+8\u00b0C) to 59\u00b0F (+15\u00b0C) by mid-April.<\/p>\n<p>I still don&#8217;t plant out my main seedlings that early. If I do put anything out early, it&#8217;s literally just 4 to 6 determinates on the south-facing side of the center bed. But a lot of people in the Moscow region do plant out in April, including members of our forum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- POST 3 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">H<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Horn1051 (Ekaterina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Veteran Grower (3,455 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tomsk, Siberia (USDA Zone 2\/3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h3 id=\"sowing-dates\" style=\"margin-top: 15px; border-bottom: 2px solid #eee; padding-bottom: 5px;\">\ud83d\udcc5 Sowing Dates &amp; Topping for Early Yields<\/h3>\n<p>Lyuda, our sowing dates match up. You mentioned this germinating method before, but it&#8217;s only now that I really feel the itch to try it. Are the ones in the photo already ready to transplant? Nothing but paper towels and melted snow water?<\/p>\n<p>For my early crop, I&#8217;m planning to grow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/alsou\/\"><em>Alsu<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/lentyayka\/\"><em>Lentyayka<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/yelisey-tomato-review\/\"><em>Elisey<\/em><\/a>, sowing them in mid-February. They grow a bit spindly, but they are the earliest of the truly tasty varieties. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/sevryuga\/\"><em>Severyuga<\/em> <\/a>produces a sturdier bush. I&#8217;ll top both <em>Alsu<\/em> and <em>Severyuga<\/em> after just 3 trusses. I&#8217;ll sow some early, short determinates too. By mid-April, I have the ability to give them 3-liter pots. I&#8217;m definitely testing your method.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, I&#8217;ll start messing around with seeds on February 6th. I&#8217;ll organize my stash \ud83e\udd2f\ud83c\udf45, and start serious sowing on the 17th. We&#8217;ll fine-tune the dates.<\/p>\n<p>As for peppers, I want to hold off until early March. When I sow them in February, I end up planting them out when they already have fruit on them; the bushes look fantastic, but then they just stall and there&#8217;s no real benefit. I read that their roots stop growing once they set fruit. Peppers have been a bust for me so far. I&#8217;m studying my mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>I never transplant anything into the greenhouse before May 10th. We wait until the bird cherry trees finish blooming (a local sign that the last cold snap has passed).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- POST 4 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">C<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Clever (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Active Grower (604 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kazan, Volga river dacha (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Good day, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Looking at these photos makes me crave spring so much!! Ekaterina, could you share more details about growing radishes in tea wrappers, or point me to where I can read about it? I also wanted to ask about the tomatoes in the construction buckets. How do you eventually plant them in the ground? You must have to dig a massive hole! \ud83d\ude42 Or do they just grow in those buckets all summer long?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- POST 5 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">H<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Horn1051 (Ekaterina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Veteran Grower (3,455 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tomsk, Siberia (USDA Zone 2\/3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h3 id=\"bucket-method\" style=\"margin-top: 15px; border-bottom: 2px solid #eee; padding-bottom: 5px;\">\ud83e\udea3 The Bucket Method: Ripe Tomatoes by June<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"forum-quote\" style=\"background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 3px solid #ccc; padding: 10px 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; font-size: 0.9em; color: #555;\"><p><strong>Clever said on Dec 20, 2021:<\/strong><br \/>\nI also wanted to ask about the tomatoes in the construction buckets. How do you eventually plant them in the ground?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Irina, the tomatoes stay and fruit right inside the buckets. For all my early varieties, I only let them set a few trusses. That forces them to ripen much faster. I only need them to tide us over until mid-July, because by then, the really tasty heart-shaped varieties will be ripening in the ground. I place the buckets right next to the polycarbonate walls, nestled between the main in-ground plants.<\/p>\n<p>By late June, I harvest all the remaining fruit at the &#8220;breaker&#8221; stage (just starting to turn color). I drag the buckets outside, and some of the plants just get thrown in the compost. Though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/antoshka\/\"><em>Antoshka<\/em> <\/a>usually manages to set more fruit, and we snack on its sweet, starchy little tomatoes until autumn. I plant <em>Alsu<\/em> and <em>Severyuga<\/em> right along the pathway and only let them set their bottom 3 trusses.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some photos. First one is from 2019, probably the variety <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/iyunskiy\/\"><em>Iyunskiy<\/em><\/a> on June 2nd. The cold winds were still blowing, hadn&#8217;t even brought the petunias out yet. Everything was much earlier this year. The other photos are from 2021: <em>Dana<\/em>, the first ones ripening on the bush.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; gap: 10px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/20200602_104630.jpg.073bdc3e1be1bcf783c44b2d818dc94f.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/20200602_104630.jpg.073bdc3e1be1bcf783c44b2d818dc94f.jpg\" alt=\"Early tomatoes ripening in early June\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/1077101719_20210604.jpg.9514fc476378ecedec5d00a3165778cc.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/1077101719_20210604.jpg.9514fc476378ecedec5d00a3165778cc.jpg\" alt=\"Dana tomato ripening on bush\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/1086500849_20210604.jpg.986070c7f9e2ccfdd50a8b45fa6a97af.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/1086500849_20210604.jpg.986070c7f9e2ccfdd50a8b45fa6a97af.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of Dana tomatoes\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/2137379767_20210613.jpg.a4b955ec94c5ebdf15b8e35b7bf9dc8b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/2137379767_20210613.jpg.a4b955ec94c5ebdf15b8e35b7bf9dc8b.jpg\" alt=\"Harvested bowl of early tomatoes\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>First photo below is from June 16th. Mostly counter-ripened indoors. Second photo shows: <em>Alsu, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/black-pear\/\">Black Pear<\/a>, Severyuga, Krasa Lyubvi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/danas-dusky-rose\/\">Dana<\/a>, Iyunskiy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/bochata\/\">Bochata<\/a>, Elisey, Alpatyevskiy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Third photo is June 26th. By early July, I ripped the early plants out. I had already underplanted late dwarf varieties at their feet. I mixed up the tags though. I meant to limit <em>Moegi<\/em> to just 3 trusses, but I missed it, and it set so much fruit I felt bad cutting it. The first trusses from all of them have been picked. That massive <em>Moegi<\/em> is sitting in the crate. It&#8217;s incredibly productive and kept fruiting right until autumn.<\/p>\n<p>Last photo is June 28th. All counter-ripening on the windowsill.<\/p>\n<p>My greenhouse has 2 beds, lots of room. This year I mostly planted my early varieties directly in the ground. Growing in buckets is heavy lifting, but honestly, the bucket results were better. We started snacking on tomatoes in early June.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; gap: 10px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/2086470906_20210616.jpg.2e672b6e816098e5ab0ccdfd9e369831.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/2086470906_20210616.jpg.2e672b6e816098e5ab0ccdfd9e369831.jpg\" alt=\"Counter ripened early harvest\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/1760157696_20210628.jpg.bdb0d1b594e33d8e7313061abfc07400.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/1760157696_20210628.jpg.bdb0d1b594e33d8e7313061abfc07400.jpg\" alt=\"Variety of harvested early tomatoes\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/339841344_20210625.jpg.f5a99d297b98e0d4cc8d668fde3c9389.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/339841344_20210625.jpg.f5a99d297b98e0d4cc8d668fde3c9389.jpg\" alt=\"Moegi tomatoes loaded on the vine\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/1182637497_20210625.jpg.0ed55dd803025b3b590cc3c931cc61ee.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/1182637497_20210625.jpg.0ed55dd803025b3b590cc3c931cc61ee.jpg\" alt=\"Tomatoes ripening on windowsill\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Oh, and about the radishes! I save those single-use foil tea wrappers. I snip both ends off, fill them with loose potting soil, and plant a pre-sprouted radish seed inside. I&#8217;m going to test sowing 3 arugula seeds in them too, since growing arugula as a standard transplant didn&#8217;t work out for me. I just crave fresh greens so badly in the spring, and I&#8217;m too lazy to roll little custom soil blocks out of foam underlayment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcd6 Diary Highlights: Ekaterina from Tomsk, Siberia (Zone 2\/3) shares her incredible strategies for pushing the growing season to the absolute limit. To get ripe tomatoes by June in a harsh climate, she grows early determinate and dwarf varieties in large construction buckets inside her greenhouse. 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