I'm the original poster on this thread. I'm lucky to live close to a vegetable stand. I asked him about his tomatoes because he's the guy that grows them on his farm about 10 miles away. He told me that he starts his plants in a hot house in February because they take a long time to mature enough to bear fruit. Then he transplants them outside in ground that's been treated with organic fertilizer(cow manure)when the weather gets warm. I really don't need to get instructions as long as he shows up every year. I just like the fact that his tomatoes actually taste like a tomato. And he doesn't call them organic tomatoes. Just tomatoes. His customers know what they're getting.