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Looks delicious, we're at least 6 weeks from ripe tomatoes.
Can you try shade cloth or other methods to lower the heat risks?
I don't grow tomatoes in containers but I grow a variety that does well in containers. That variety is Defiant, they are very blight resistant which is what led me to grow them. I always start too many so I put some in containers to give away, some of my friends have had very good crops.
Yes it is, they are pretty early and are usually done producing before we get a killing frost. They are not huge but have good flavor. Sometimes we get hit really hard with late blight and they are hardly bothered by it. I'm trying a few Galahad this year which is also a blight resistant hybrid.
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The black locust around our house blossom every few years, and not this year. Some places the trees blossom every year. The ones I mentioned are on my bus route. I am under constant surveillance, no cell phone use allowed, no safe place to pull over, limits me. Kind of out of the way to drive there with the personal vehicle.
We could. But we also built that cover over half the deck so later when the days start to get really hot I might move the tomatos into an area that only gets partial sun, morning sun and see how that works.
I don't know what a determinate variety is, and we just buy whatever we find at Lowes, so my answer would be "maybe, but probably not". We only plant one or two pots so it's not worth buying seeds and starting a bunch of seedlings etc.
I've transplanted them in the spring on a cool overcast day. I usually had plastic landscape plant pots to put them in. I used a shovel like a tree spade, going around the entire plant, about a 12-14 inch diameter. Pop the plug out into the pot. Protect the plant from wind burn during transport. Dig the new hole. Depending on the plug I cut, I'd either take it out of the pot and plant, or cut the bottom of the pot off and slide the pot over the hole to minimize damaging the root ball. Then just slide the pot up and off the plant.
Yeah, my brother lives south of you near Springfield and by the time he has ripe tomatoes, mine are all done in by the heat!
Actually, raspberries are hard to kill. You can divide and transplant now, as long as you get good roots and cut the canes down before you divide and you keep the transplant watered well during the hot dry times. The dug up roots won't have to try to keep the foliage alive and should sprout new shoots soon. Keep well watered. Bound to be a lot of sucker plants around the main - all the way out to 10' or so. You can dig those up with roots and transplant. Many times, I will transplant into a pot with very good soil and put it in some shade for a few days for it to recover, then after it is actively growing again - carefully transplant into permanent location. Or you can tip layer. Bend a long cane over to the ground without breaking it, and a few inches from the tip, strip leaves from a small section and bury the stripped section in a pot of good soil. Secure the buried stem with a rock or with a landscape pin or such. Wait a few weeks and if you see roots, cut the pot from the main plant. Can also do stem cuttings - but at this time of year, can be iffy. They may all take, or none. Best time is late winter or early spring. This time of year, you need to strip most leaves so to minimize dehydration and probably put it in something to allow more humidity. I usually just get a clear storage tub from a big box, and turn it upside down for a mini-greenhouse. Works great unless you leave it in full sun - then you might have baked cuttings!
Mr. Peet and Mike Hill hit all the high points. Get as large a block of roots (undisturbed) as feasible, cut back stems to maybe one or two nodes, water and mulch if you have something to do so with. Don't worry about fertilizing until you have some new shoots emerging. I just planted some bare root about two weeks ago and they are doing fine. 
That's a great selection! Could do a lot of landscaping/wildlife habitat renovation off that list.
Impressive list! As I surveyed the categories, saw that Box Elder was under the Maple heading. I did not realize there was a connection. Chuck
