Eskielover,

Thanks for the fertilizer ideas. I'll try it and see if things improve. Sorry about the 'blackened' red one you got. Glad to hear about the green ones though. I like to make fried green tomato sandwiches out of those. LOL

The snapping turtle was the only real perpetrator. I always made sure to plant enough crops to 'share' with the community, and that included the furry varieties. Deer and rabbits were frequent visitors as well.

tametc,

Very helpful advice as well. It just seemed so 'wered' to me that such a healthy looking plant wasn't popping out tomatoes all over the place.