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I was planning on keeping my spring tomatoes into the fall but my
father-in-law severely damaged them..........by drowning. We went on vacation and the in-laws came down to house and dog sit. Somehow the garden watering instructions got confused and instead of watering once every other day for 90 minutes (soaker hose) the garden received continuous water except for once every other day for 90 minutes. Since I have several inches of mulch in the garden it was not visually glaring that everything was underwater for 5 days. When we returned the tomatoes were yellowing and losing leaves, the dill and parsley just croaked, but the peppers, okra, and eggplant came through unscathed. I'm now looking for decent sized starter plants of both yellow and red tomato varieties. At $4/gal gas I am looking for eyewitness accounts of said plants before hitting the highway. jOhN ps: can't wait for my next water bill |
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jOhN wrote:
I'm now looking for decent sized starter plants of both yellow and red tomato varieties. At $4/gal gas I am looking for eyewitness accounts of said plants before hitting the highway. 512-288-6113 -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Victor Martinez wrote:
jOhN wrote: I'm now looking for decent sized starter plants of both yellow and red tomato varieties. At $4/gal gas I am looking for eyewitness accounts of said plants before hitting the highway. 512-288-6113 I meant eyewitness accounts from gardeners not garden center salespeople. |
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jOhN wrote:
I meant eyewitness accounts from gardeners not garden center salespeople. You think the good folks at the Natural Gardener would lie to you? -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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jOhN wrote:
I was planning on keeping my spring tomatoes into the fall but my father-in-law severely damaged them..........by drowning. We went on vacation and the in-laws came down to house and dog sit. Somehow the garden watering instructions got confused and instead of watering once every other day for 90 minutes (soaker hose) the garden received continuous water except for once every other day for 90 minutes. Since I have several inches of mulch in the garden it was not visually glaring that everything was underwater for 5 days. When we returned the tomatoes were yellowing and losing leaves, the dill and parsley just croaked, but the peppers, okra, and eggplant came through unscathed. I'm now looking for decent sized starter plants of both yellow and red tomato varieties. At $4/gal gas I am looking for eyewitness accounts of said plants before hitting the highway. jOhN ps: can't wait for my next water bill John, those tomato plants might surprise you; they can come back from some pretty bad conditions. Or you might want to try cutting and rooting a few of the better-looking branches. Or not. ;-) DT |
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On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:22:11 -0500, jOhN
wrote: I was planning on keeping my spring tomatoes into the fall but my father-in-law severely damaged them..........by drowning. We went on vacation and the in-laws came down to house and dog sit. Somehow the garden watering instructions got confused and instead of watering once every other day for 90 minutes (soaker hose) the garden received continuous water except for once every other day for 90 minutes. Since I have several inches of mulch in the garden it was not visually glaring that everything was underwater for 5 days. When we returned the tomatoes were yellowing and losing leaves, the dill and parsley just croaked, but the peppers, okra, and eggplant came through unscathed. I'm now looking for decent sized starter plants of both yellow and red tomato varieties. At $4/gal gas I am looking for eyewitness accounts of said plants before hitting the highway. jOhN ps: can't wait for my next water bill I purchased some bush celebrities from the Shoal Creek Nursery on Saturday. At the time, they had regular celebrities, Juliet, and a couple of others that I don;t recall. They had a total of about 6-8 flats, so they will not last forever. -BS |
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Victor Martinez wrote:
jOhN wrote: I meant eyewitness accounts from gardeners not garden center salespeople. You think the good folks at the Natural Gardener would lie to you? Never, but it is an election year................. and they said they wouldn't have any until August, which is kinda late |
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