|
Ripe Tomatoes by July 4th, Almost...
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 |
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 |
I'm in the Chicagoland area, and I don't even have buds yet. I planted
shortly after March 15. We've had almost zero rain. I've watered every day for roughly 1/2 hour with a "seeping" hose. GK Andy Petro wrote: 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 |
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 |
"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 Poughkeepsie NY here (about 1/2 way between NYC and Albany). I've got tons of green ones but no color yet. -- Steve Ever notice that putting the and IRS together makes "theirs"? |
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 Sally,
You're lucky then. I'm in Calgary and just got one tomato starting this week. I also started from seed in March. We had so much rain here my plants which are usually a few feet high by now are barely a foot and a half. I have a little green house which is the only reason I have the tomato I do. The weather here has not been conducive to growing anything but weeds and asperagus (which I've been eating for awhile) So are your tomato plants inside/outside, using anything special on them, anything you can help us less fortunate growers that are going to have to wait until Sept to enjoy our first ripe one? On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 22:58:01 -0400, "Sallyrat&Sweetie" wrote: 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 |
GA Pinhead said:
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 will be picking my first tomato (SunSugar) maybe today, and there is color showing on the '4th of July' plant. Planted out last week of May, started indoors second week of April. Held indoors far longer than I would have liked due to miserable May weather, so they got a bit spindly but they are extremely robust now, with lots of green tomatoes. -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
Quote:
|
in NE GA US
Northeast Georgia United States. I thought I did, sorry if I was not clear enough... John! Andy Petro wrote: 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 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 |
NE Kansas here, picked our first Jetstar on the 5th, picked 20lbs the
9th, (got lots of plants). Planted May 7th. On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 05:48:11 -0500, (Pat Kiewicz) wrote: GA Pinhead said: 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 will be picking my first tomato (SunSugar) maybe today, and there is color showing on the '4th of July' plant. Planted out last week of May, started indoors second week of April. Held indoors far longer than I would have liked due to miserable May weather, so they got a bit spindly but they are extremely robust now, with lots of green tomatoes. |
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 San Joaquin Valley, CA. Planted (not from seed) in early April. I've been eating Sweet 100s ("cherry" tomatoes) for a couple weeks. Ate two regular sized ones (Better Boy?) last night. Sue |
GK wrote:
I'm in the Chicagoland area, and I don't even have buds yet. I planted shortly after March 15. We've had almost zero rain. I've watered every day for roughly 1/2 hour with a "seeping" hose. GK No buds yet? What varities? It sounds like you are watering way to much. I water once a week and make sure the plants get at least 1 inch of water/week. I also mulched heavily. They are well established, so I skipped this weekend watering, they should be fine. And you aren't fertilizing, correct? Low feeders so too much and you get all green, no tomatoes. I'm in a SW Chicago Burb (actually have Chicago bordering to the East, North and South) and so far have picked one Azoychka (smallish yellow beefsteak tomatoes) with two more ripening and have three early girls a dark orange. Two Early Goliath plants I gave away have resulted in one ripe tomato and one dark orange. The Early Golitah I have isn't showing signs yet. The Delicious (late beefteak) is doing OK, a few other plants I gave away have have anywhere from a few little ones finally starting to show to about 10 or so mid size tomatoes. Burgess Stuffing (first time trying) has a bunch, nothing close to ripening (unless they are small stuffing tomatoes?). BTW the last 4 - 5 years I've been starting the tomatoes outside in a cheap-o cold frame. The nice thing is, no hardening off come planting time, just dig up and transplant :0) Oh yeah - despite having a very cool spring (summer more than making up for it) I put a teeny Delicious plant outside & unprotected on March 18th to see how cold it could get before frost wiped it out. The darn thing surivived! |
|
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. |
*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. ================================================== ======================== "Sallyrat&Sweetie" wrote in message .. . Okay, I admit it. I cheat with Wall o' Water !. I actually didn't take |
| All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:53 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
GardenBanter