Perfect, gardendoc and thank you for your help. Before I saw your reply I replanted one of my boxes with two tomatoes based on the replanting diagram which was same as last year. Good to know that the fertilizer strip placement is not critical and I may experiment with my second box and do it differently.
I’m still a little unsure of myself about not pulling the whole box apart just to check all parts and then reusing some of the soil and replanting. Mainly because people have mentioned roots and I don’t want anything obstructing the holes and interfering with the proper function of it all. But when I dug through the dirt in my first box, large roots were not a problem and I did check the watering tube for any obstructive debris. Oh well, live and learn, right? I used to work with a surgeon and whenever I would say, “wow, interesting, I didn’t know that”, his standard reply would be “well, every day’s a school day”. He was right and I think of that often.
I hope to have time this afternoon to look around on the forum and see if I can find posts regarding indeterminate versus determinate tomato plants. My biggest question is do the determinate varieties tend to be less of a challenge to stake due to slightly smaller at maturity plants or is that a myth? Last year I planted indeterminant and although fruitful they were a nightmare to support. Mainly because I didn’t know what I was getting myself into and now I have a little experience. I mean I knew they would get big and would need staking or a trellis of some sort but I had no idea how big.
Anyway, thanks for your help:)
