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.

On 10 Jul 2005 11:06:45 -0700, wrote:

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.

Thanks. All I did was to put these little commercial tomato stakes
in. I have no idea what was in them, but I seem to be getting less
blossom drop (a *big* problem) and, therefore, more tomatoes since
doing it.
Sue

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. ?

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"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.
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"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.

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========


"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.

*snip*

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.

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"Sallyrat&Sweetie" wrote in message
.. .

Okay, I admit it. I cheat with Wall o' Water !. I actually didn't take