In a message dated 7/18/00 3:22:48 AM, owner-tomato-digest@GlobalGarden.com writes: << Consider a mulch over the soil to prevent soil-splash. >> I am on timed drip, no splash. Haven't fertilized yet. Just dug in Kellogg's Grow Mulch into the beds that are already 50-50 soil and Kellogg's. But I have whiteflies in great abundance. Mary-Anne