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I've got a few small tomatoes going, but nothing ready to turn red.
The plants I started from seed aren't nearly as tall as those from store-bought plants. The tomatoes I started in a bucket are doing ok, there's one fruit, but many more blossoms. They weren't doing so well until a week ago when I trimmed several of the weak-looking branches off. Now they're doing much better. :-) |
I live in Albany, NY. I picked my first smallish red tomato, June
10th. Beat last years first tomato by 10 days. Since about the 25th of June, I have been picking about 1 pound/day. The variety I am picking is called "subartic". I have raised beds on the back of my house facing south. I started them March 1 and then put them outdoors in a coldframe on April 15th. I am also picking the same variety from open field plants I also put out April 15th using Wall o Water. I should mention that I am using black IRT plastic mulch throughout. Richard On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 18:18:43 -0400, GA Pinhead wrote: Missed my goal by a couple of days this year, but still the week of July 4th. Sausalito won the race this year. I did pick a couple of big green ones for my wife to fry up for herself. Not the biggest of course! Lots of green ones and blooms so this year looks good, not like last year. John! in NE GA US |
GA Pinhead wrote:
Missed my goal by a couple of days this year, but still the week of July 4th. Sausalito won the race this year. I did pick a couple of big green ones for my wife to fry up for herself. Not the biggest of course! Lots of green ones and blooms so this year looks good, not like last year. John! in NE GA US I have been picking tomatoes for over a week. I got my first full sized tomatoes on July 6. I have already picked at least 18 pounds. Susan In the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina -- Susan N. "Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy." Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974) |
Sue wrote:
On 10 Jul 2005 07:50:58 -0700, wrote: Low feeders so too much and you get all green, no tomatoes. I have very vigorous plants and not many tomatoes. One of my plants is really small but has lots of tomatoes. Could you rewrite that last sentence so I can understand it? I assume you're suggesting fertilizer of some sort. Sue ========== Sorry - I meant tomato plants really don't need much fertilizer. Some people equate big plants = heavy fertilization(wd?). Too much nitrogen and you get massive plants and few tomatoes. So far I just fertilized at planting time (late May). Compost should feed the plants the remainder of the year. |
What is your secret with tomatoes. I live in Kitchener not far from you and
i only have a few small green tomatoes so far. It will be another month before they are ripe . Do you use black plastic or anything special. ? ================================================== ============================ "Sallyrat&Sweetie" wrote in message ... Yes way, we can. I live in Toronto and I had my first ripe tomato on July 7( two days ago). I started them from seed too.(in mid March , I believe. Normal time). And this one isn't even advertised as being an early tomato( Bloody Butcher, heritage variety). There is another one ready to be picked tomorrow. I have also started picking the currant tomatoes( 2 so far). The weather has been disgustingly hot but the tomatoes are loving it. Sally "Andy Petro" wrote in message . .. You should always state what part of the world or state you are in. For instance i live in Canada and no way can we have red tomatoes that early. -----================================================== =========================== "GA Pinhead" wrote in message ... Missed my goal by a couple of days this year, but still the week of July 4th. Sausalito won the race this year. I did pick a couple of big green ones for my wife to fry up for herself. Not the biggest of course! Lots of green ones and blooms so this year looks good, not like last year. John! in NE GA US |
Hey back at ya. You hit it dead on. We live about a mile and a half (as the
crow flies) south of the Experiment Station on a road that sits across 129 from Pappy's. I too do work for Joe, Freya and UGA on the side, but it is of the remodeling variety. Joe and I sit on the local Boy Scout Committee together. Where are you located and are you guys covered in June Bugs and Japanese Beetles too? Keith With a 4 acre playground in God's country! "GA Pinhead" wrote in message ... Hey Neighbor! You must be on the south side of the mountain. I used to go up to the Experiment St all the time doing their computer work. Beautiful area to be sure. John! Keith Warren wrote: Uhhhh, Andy.........John said Northeast Georgia USA, or do you want something a little more specific :-) For the record, I just picked my first one today, Early Girl. Keith in Extreme NE Georgia. To be exact Blairsville, GA USA. For perspective we are 19 miles from North Carolina, 23 miles from Tennessee and 36 miles from South Carolina. "Andy Petro" wrote in message . .. You should always state what part of the world or state you are in. For instance i live in Canada and no way can we have red tomatoes that early. -----================================================== =================== ======== "GA Pinhead" wrote in message . .. Missed my goal by a couple of days this year, but still the week of July 4th. Sausalito won the race this year. I did pick a couple of big green ones for my wife to fry up for herself. Not the biggest of course! Lots of green ones and blooms so this year looks good, not like last year. John! in NE GA US |
wrote in message oups.com... Sorry - I meant tomato plants really don't need much fertilizer. Some people equate big plants = heavy fertilization(wd?). Too much nitrogen and you get massive plants and few tomatoes. So far I just fertilized at planting time (late May). Compost should feed the plants the remainder of the year. All plants will benefit from an occasional foliar feeding of seaweed/fish emulsion. |
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Do you use black plastic or anything special. ? Is that like black magic? *taps the tomato cage with the end of a trowel* Grow, my pretties! Grow! lol. Puckdropper -- www.uncreativelabs.net Old computers are getting to be a lost art. Here at Uncreative Labs, we still enjoy using the old computers. Sometimes we want to see how far a particular system can go, other times we use a stock system to remind ourselves of what we once had. To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm |
Okay, I admit it. I cheat with Wall o' Water !. I actually didn't take
them off during the hot spell in June. I just made sure they were opened up so the plants wouldn't cook. I have a few tomato plants in large pots and used the walls on them as well and, once the walls were balanced (I didn't fill all the holes), they worked beautifully. I took off most of the walls a about three weeks ago but one actually came off last week. i have been using them for years and am always the first one in the neighbourhood with tomatoes. The red ones seem to work the best except that they disintegrate faster than the clear ones ( flimsier plastic). And, of course, everything has been overly mulched this year b/c of the lack of rain. We haven't had rain in this neighbourhood for over a month... "Andy Petro" wrote in message .. . What is your secret with tomatoes. I live in Kitchener not far from you and i only have a few small green tomatoes so far. It will be another month before they are ripe . Do you use black plastic or anything special. ? ================================================== ============================ "Sallyrat&Sweetie" wrote in message ... Yes way, we can. I live in Toronto and I had my first ripe tomato on July 7( two days ago). I started them from seed too.(in mid March , I believe. Normal time). And this one isn't even advertised as being an early tomato( Bloody Butcher, heritage variety). There is another one ready to be picked tomorrow. I have also started picking the currant tomatoes( 2 so far). The weather has been disgustingly hot but the tomatoes are loving it. Sally "Andy Petro" wrote in message . .. You should always state what part of the world or state you are in. For instance i live in Canada and no way can we have red tomatoes that early. -----================================================== =========================== "GA Pinhead" wrote in message ... Missed my goal by a couple of days this year, but still the week of July 4th. Sausalito won the race this year. I did pick a couple of big green ones for my wife to fry up for herself. Not the biggest of course! Lots of green ones and blooms so this year looks good, not like last year. John! in NE GA US |
Keith:
We are south of Gainesville, just off 129 as well. No june bugs this year for some reason, but lots of jap beetles. I leave a couple of evening primroses as traps and kill them on it. That is the only thing they are attacking this year, but I must kill 20 a day on it. Tell Freya John L says hi! I miss the trips up there and so does my wife, she would go with me and shop all day... Well, I need to go and see what the rain did to the garden. John! Keith Warren wrote: Hey back at ya. You hit it dead on. We live about a mile and a half (as the crow flies) south of the Experiment Station on a road that sits across 129 from Pappy's. I too do work for Joe, Freya and UGA on the side, but it is of the remodeling variety. Joe and I sit on the local Boy Scout Committee together. Where are you located and are you guys covered in June Bugs and Japanese Beetles too? Keith With a 4 acre playground in God's country! |
What is a Wall o' Water. I never heard of it.
================================================== ======================== "Sallyrat&Sweetie" wrote in message .. . Okay, I admit it. I cheat with Wall o' Water !. I actually didn't take them off during the hot spell in June. I just made sure they were opened up so the plants wouldn't cook. I have a few tomato plants in large pots and used the walls on them as well and, once the walls were balanced (I didn't fill all the holes), they worked beautifully. I took off most of the walls a about three weeks ago but one actually came off last week. i have been using them for years and am always the first one in the neighbourhood with tomatoes. The red ones seem to work the best except that they disintegrate faster than the clear ones ( flimsier plastic). And, of course, everything has been overly mulched this year b/c of the lack of rain. We haven't had rain in this neighbourhood for over a month... "Andy Petro" wrote in message .. . What is your secret with tomatoes. I live in Kitchener not far from you and i only have a few small green tomatoes so far. It will be another month before they are ripe . Do you use black plastic or anything special. ? ================================================== ============================ "Sallyrat&Sweetie" wrote in message ... Yes way, we can. I live in Toronto and I had my first ripe tomato on July 7( two days ago). I started them from seed too.(in mid March , I believe. Normal time). And this one isn't even advertised as being an early tomato( Bloody Butcher, heritage variety). There is another one ready to be picked tomorrow. I have also started picking the currant tomatoes( 2 so far). The weather has been disgustingly hot but the tomatoes are loving it. Sally "Andy Petro" wrote in message . .. You should always state what part of the world or state you are in. For instance i live in Canada and no way can we have red tomatoes that early. -----================================================== =========================== "GA Pinhead" wrote in message ... Missed my goal by a couple of days this year, but still the week of July 4th. Sausalito won the race this year. I did pick a couple of big green ones for my wife to fry up for herself. Not the biggest of course! Lots of green ones and blooms so this year looks good, not like last year. John! in NE GA US |
Missed my goal by a couple of days this year, but still the week of July 4th. We didn't get our garden in until May 18th this year (global warming my a**). Nothing even close to turning red right now. But, oh boy, with 22 giant tomato plants out there, when they hit, they're really gonna hit. |
First hit on google. http://www.gemplers.com/a/shop/produ...00&src=21TL002 basically tubes of water. John! Andy Petro wrote: What is a Wall o' Water. I never heard of it. ================================================== ======================== "Sallyrat&Sweetie" wrote in message .. . Okay, I admit it. I cheat with Wall o' Water !. I actually didn't take |
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