Crandrew's Beach Garden

[Crandrew]

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Here they were at May 1st mark. Below are the ones from June 16th.

Toms:

Bloody Butcher growing very aggressively.


Big Rainbow


Golden Jubilee


Cherokee Purple


Black Krim


Pineapple


Green Zebra



Now lets take a look at June 16 update Oh and PS i added 3 more varieties, yanked one green zebra and added 3 varieties of peppers. So yeah I went a little crazy for year 2...but I feel like I'm in good company.

Bloody Butcher



Bloody Butcher Fruit



Pineapple


Big Rainbow (crazy vine growth)


Big Rainbow fruit



Golden Jubilee


Golden Jubilee Fruit



Black Krim


Black Krim Fruit



Cherokee Purple (small )




Gold Rush Currant (replaced the green zebra I pulled)


And the items I planted in June because I was bored

Thai Red Hot Peppers


Aji Cristal Peppers




A shot of my june plantings ( Thai red Hots, Jimmy Nardenos, Aji Cristal, Jalapeno, Gold Rush Currant, Black from Tula, Green Grape)




This should get interesting in about a month

Thanks for looking.


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[JamesL]

Crandrew,
Looks great!
If you are bored I will buy you a plane ticket to come recreate your setup at my house.......

[Crandrew]

Dont mess with me, I would do it in a heartbeat. Plus I've never been to New York. Its my next required travel location.

[Randall]

Lookin' good, Crandrew!

[JamesL]

Need some of your beach weather. Going to be 90+ here in a few days.

[Crandrew]

Originally Posted by JamesL

Need some of your beach weather. Going to be 90+ here in a few days.

See and I need some of those 90's for some fruit to ripen up. Its been nothing but June Gloom. So maybe if we join our wavelengths we can avg a nice 80 and sunny

Thanks Randall, its a work in progress.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Crandrew

See and I need some of those 90's for some fruit to ripen up. Its been nothing but June Gloom. So maybe if we join our wavelengths we can avg a nice 80 and sunny

Thanks Randall, its a work in progress.

Looks great and dont worry tomatoes will ripen at around 70 or better.
Just give them time.

Worth

[Crandrew]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Looks great and dont worry tomatoes will ripen at around 70 or better.
Just give them time.

Worth

Thanks Worth. Im glad I didnt plant 6 in that raised box it would have been even more of a jungle.

We are hovering around 65 during the day but once july hits it will go up to 75 ish.

[amideutch]

There be tomatoes growing on Balboa Island, Good stuff. Ami

[Crandrew]

Originally Posted by amideutch

There be tomatoes growing on Balboa Island, Good stuff. Ami

Yeah partially thanks to you and your help (others as well). So far I pulled the Zebra as a precaution cause it had something going on with it but im keeping to my regimen and it seems to be paying off. Cant wait for my first ripe Mator. Im thinking the butcher will be ready first followed by the Black Krim or big Rainbow.

[kath]

Everything looks so happy! You've really done a wonderful job.

kath

[Crandrew]

Originally Posted by kath

Everything looks so happy! You've really done a wonderful job.

kath

Thanks Kath. Its been an experiment. Last year i grew two tomato plants and poopy hybrids at that. This year I have around 30 plants and a few more varieties so its a bit of a jump up in scale. But its been fun and I cant wait to start harvesting. I love sharing my produce too, i find joy in that

[lakelady]

Everything looks AWESOME! Great job, love the planter box, your plants look so healthy, its wonderful !

Hey, if you're coming to NY, the foothills of New Jersey are just beautiful this time of year and I can use some tomato zen too!!! James will just have to share, it's only about a 90 minute drive....

[Crandrew]

I really do need to plan a trip out there!!! Thanks for the kind comments, now i just need some ripe tomatoes.
I made some bruschetta last night, with store bought tomatoes, and while it was still good it was not as GREAT as with some home grown mators....NEED TOMATOES!!!!

Originally Posted by Crandrew

I really do need to plan a trip out there!!! Thanks for the kind comments, now i just need some ripe tomatoes.
I made some bruschetta last night, with store bought tomatoes, and while it was still good it was not as GREAT as with some home grown mators....NEED TOMATOES!!!!

I love bruschetta. We don't normally eat bread or toast, but I bought a loaf of French bread for bruschetta and BLT's the other day. I have dehydrated about fifty lbs of fresh garden tomatoes this year, so I have about ten lbs of dried tomatoes. I reconstituted a few dried slices in warm water and made bruschetta from both fresh tomatoes and dried tomatoes. The dried tomatoes worked best because the tomato flavor was much more intense.

I wish I was a baker, because I love any artisan bread with sun dried (dehydrated) tomato mixed into the dough.

Ted