At the farmer's market, a friendly boothmaster suggested that as a first-time tomato grower we choose one of 3 types of cherry tomatoes... once he described the Tiger-Like, we were smitten! Red-orange with vertical stripes of lighter orange, very prolific and indeterminate. Our seedling was about 4 inches tall, and because we were newbies and I had regaled him with tales of how much the iguanas loved cherry tomatoes, he gave us a 50-cent (off of $2.50) discount.
We put it into the cauldron after drilling 2 drainage holes because it was the largest container we had, and added a generic tomato cage. There's just something terribly satisfying about growing tomatoes in a cauldron... though I hope the black plastic doesn't overheat the roots. I removed the bottom-most leaves and buried that node under soil... roots will sprout from here and give the plant a stronger root system.
Radishes are around it for a bit of early harvest fun, and Wormie stands guard.
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