Linda, I have found wintersown plants - not just tomatoes but any kind of plant- to be hardier than indoor grown ones, just like volunteers. They are born outside, much like volunteers, and learn to be tough. At planting time, though, the wintersown toms tend to be tiny, only a few inches tall, but they quickly catch up to greenhouse started ones and seem to produce first fruit at the same time.
I don't think the Snow Whites are well named- I'd call them yellow, not white. In my picture they're the little yellow ones. They're very sweet and oh so tasty, my very favorite tomato. It's the one that several friends have asked me to grow for them.
I don't do much fertilizing. I do feed with Tomato Tone and usually Epsom Salts at planting time, and maybe once more during the growing season. I try to keep things pretty much organic, especially with anything that we're going to eat. I also use organic mulches and my homemade compost.
Karen
