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rhines81 February 21, 2018 07:04 PM

The perfect tomato for my dog
 
Yep, you read it correctly ... every year I put one of my left over extras on the deck in a 5 gallon pot and my dog snips a tomato off it each time on the way back into the house. Beef steaks can get messy because he usually doesn't get those finished before running into the house, so I was thinking of something in the saladette range, bigger than a golf ball but smaller than a tennis ball.
Something that produces well all season long.

This year I'd like to plant a special one just for him.
He's usually pretty good at snipping them of the branch so there is not a lot of tugging going on. But the plant should remain a good size, bushy not too tall so as to avoid his temptation to leap for the high fruit. He'll eat them green, but prefers to let them ripen.

Any suggestions?? Go...

pmcgrady February 21, 2018 07:17 PM

Juane Flamme
My German Shepard loves them, throw a couple into the woods next to the garden, and he will find them...but unlike his pink ball he eats them.

KarenO February 21, 2018 07:48 PM

I don’t think that is something I would teach my dog unless the dog has no access to any other of my tomato plants
KarenO

jtjmartin February 21, 2018 07:59 PM

My golden retriever pup's favorite was SunGold cherry tomatoes.

Nan_PA_6b February 21, 2018 08:00 PM

Sounds like you need determinate-growth, continuous production.

Nan

pmcgrady February 21, 2018 08:20 PM

[QUOTE=KarenO;684804]I don’t think that is something I would teach my dog unless the dog has no access to any other of my tomato plants
KarenO[/QUOTE]

My dogs favorite thing is a pink ball... He loves his pink ball.
Juane Flamme is his second favorite, throw one out, and tell him to find it...
and he does... Then eats them! It's got to be a good tomato!

ginger2778 February 21, 2018 08:48 PM

[QUOTE=Nan_PA_6b;684807]Sounds like you need determinate-growth, continuous production.

Nan[/QUOTE]

Does this even exhist?

rhines81 February 21, 2018 08:53 PM

[QUOTE=KarenO;684804]I don’t think that is something I would teach my dog unless the dog has no access to any other of my tomato plants
KarenO[/QUOTE]

Mine taught himself that he likes tomatoes, then again he also likes toads and snakes too. I put a half dozen plants on the deck several years ago and he quickly developed the habit of picking and eating. I kept him away from those plants for the most part, but even now in the dead of Winter, the empty planters are there with 4 foot stakes in the center, he still walks by and occasionally pokes at the stake with nose as if to say, "hey Dad, put some mater plants in there!"

ginger2778 February 21, 2018 08:54 PM

Mine eats anything including tomatoes. Dines right out if the cat box.

rhines81 February 21, 2018 09:07 PM

[QUOTE=ginger2778;684822]Mine eats anything including tomatoes. Dines right out if the cat box.[/QUOTE]

Mine likes the little kitty burgers too ... but they are for the most part very segregated so it's a rare treat.
:))

ginger2778 February 21, 2018 09:08 PM

[QUOTE=rhines81;684825]Mine likes the little kitty burgers too ... but they are for the most part very segregated so it's a rare treat.
:))[/QUOTE]

Our catboxes are on high up surfaces. Works pretty well.

jtjmartin February 21, 2018 09:10 PM

[QUOTE=rhines81;684825]Mine likes the little kitty burgers too ... but they are for the most part very segregated so it's a rare treat.
:))[/QUOTE]

Hehehe. I thought my dog was a little off in the head! Glad to know he's not alone.

Last fall, I also learned he loves tomato peels when I sauce the tomatoes.

Jeff

ginger2778 February 21, 2018 09:13 PM

Mine will eat tomatoes, or any other food, until she explodes. Too many tomatoes gives her diarrhea.

ginger2778 February 21, 2018 09:14 PM

She wont eat starfruit, but I haven't found a single other food she wont eat.

rhines81 February 21, 2018 09:15 PM

[QUOTE=Nan_PA_6b;684807]Sounds like you need determinate-growth, continuous production.

Nan[/QUOTE]

a stunted indeterminate more likely... or a few varieties with staggered maturity, something like that.


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