Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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April 27, 2019 | #16 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: wales uk
Posts: 236
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Gardening where I live sucks for the most part.
Oh Lord wont you buy my a giant hoop house ( and planning permission to have one because the UK Gov suck and wont let people do what they want with their own land ) |
April 27, 2019 | #17 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 3,194
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Long range forecast is no more lows in the 30's; I can plant anything I can get to harden off!
Cauliflower is in, with the cauliflower cozy made of nylon net to keep out the cabbage butterflies. Xelos99, that's rough. What does it take to get permission? |
April 27, 2019 | #18 |
BANNED FOR LIFE
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 13,333
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That's a beautiful tree in the background, and the garden looks really nice too.
All the trees are green here now. |
April 27, 2019 | #19 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: wales uk
Posts: 236
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You have to make an application to local Government but it is confusing and vague what they will and wont allow.
Ask them and you are answered by nonsense like this : Unfortunately, there is no general rule and each case must be decided on its facts. |
April 29, 2019 | #20 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: OH 6a
Posts: 592
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I'm wondering what it is.
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April 29, 2019 | #21 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: connecticut,usa
Posts: 1,151
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had a frost last night but the 1 tray of tomatoes I had outside was close enough to the house to be still ok.
survival of the fittest |
May 17, 2019 | #22 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: OH 6a
Posts: 592
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The slugs here absolutely love my tokyo bekena mustard, I will have to grow them in containers on the deck next time.
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May 17, 2019 | #23 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: wales uk
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May 17, 2019 | #24 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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Not slimy slugs and stinking snails. These nasty things can carry all manner of diseases in them and pass onto the surface of food you may want to eat raw. Keep leaf littler down and beds cleaned up so they dont have a place to hide during daylight hours. It gets to a point in the year I cant plant anything they are so bad here. every time you step on the ground you here crunching noises. This slug bait poison works great. |
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May 28, 2019 | #25 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: OH 6a
Posts: 592
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I was concerned about EDTA being used in the the slug bait which harm earthworms so I haven't bought them. I know Monterey brand have it, but I don't know about Garden Safe. I emailed Garden Safe about it and they didn't answer me, instead they gave a run around about it's either listed in the SDS, and unlisted are regarded as safe by EPA and is proprietary.
----- Girl Girl Weird Thing is the fastest growing plant in the garden. It's 4ft wide and twice the size of any other plants. Also I didn't purposefully gave it that much free space, I mixed up my seeds and had a microdwarf beside it, otherwise it didn't get any extra treatments. EDIT: I don't think these are GGWT, could be crossed seeds. Last edited by maxjohnson; May 29, 2019 at 09:39 PM. |
May 29, 2019 | #26 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Northeast USA
Posts: 68
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Looking great!
What size are those long rectangular containers you planted some of your tomatoes in, and where did you get them? |
May 29, 2019 | #27 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: OH 6a
Posts: 592
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They're Earthboxes. I try to look for them on Amazon for lower prices than the official website. It's not cheap, but a lot of members here swear by it.
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May 30, 2019 | #28 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posts: 6,794
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@maxjohnson, your new garden looks great. That tree is gorgeous... so many flowers you can't even see any leaves.
Spring is late this year, even for us, the rhubarb is only a couple inches tall and there's nothing leafed out yet. I dug some small trees out of my brother's yard which had to be removed or cut down because too close to the house. He had an amazing cherry tree, very large tree with big (although sour) cherries on it, which is hardy here and comes true to seed. They had to cut it down because it was leaning on the house. So I couldn't just cut the little ones down and managed to dig them instead, now I have to find places to plant them and hope that one or more will take. The bloom on that tree in spring was amazing. It would be worth having for the flowers alone (but I'll take cherry jam or jelly in a flash!). |
June 30, 2019 | #29 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: OH 6a
Posts: 592
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Last update before the tomatoes ripen. Here are some flattering angles of the garden. I really lied about keeping the garden small, I kinda went all out, so I don't have to do any extra work next year.
These growth are from the clearance Jobe's tomato fertilizer I bought last year, $2 something for a 16lbs bag, smells like 100% chicken manure, no herbicide contamination fortunately. I didn't prune at all except for diseases. The only disease that's a problem is bacterial spots which decimated the plants in the Earthboxes with fresh potting mix, but the ones in the raised beds with old potting mix and compost are barely affected. I believe soil health played a big part. I'm really digging galvanized steel raised beds. I would like to add two or tree more galvanized trough next year. I attempted to make a grape trellis (on the left), I bought a bareroot grape plant for $25 and one month after planting I see absolutely nothing. I have no experience with grape so I don't know how long it takes for a bareroot plant to start growing leaves. An article said up to 6 weeks so I hope it's alive. Last edited by maxjohnson; June 30, 2019 at 09:58 PM. |
July 1, 2019 | #30 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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Like the green raised beds but must be hell on the knees if you put them on the edge.
Pipe insulation might help. |
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