I agree they are dark green and thick too. The root ball was about normal for a store bought plant. I cut the peat pot away from the root ball and tried to keep as much of the original growing media with the roots when I transplanted them. The irrigation system is a drip type. High dollar...$16.00 at wally world...lol. works well for containers. I planted some Better Bush seeds today. Hopefully I can get them going and get some tomatoes before our first frost which averages around November 15. Just not having good luck with tomatoes this year. I thought I had stopped the fungus on my Celebrities. I check them thoroughly everyday. When I checked them this afternoon they were ate up with it. Looked good yesterday. The Better Bush ( alias whatever) are getting the same fungus which I believe is Septoria leaf spot. My Bell peppers are doing good and I started my second round of cucumbers. Watermelons are doing fine also. So all in all life is good. Thanks for the responses so far.
