bricktop1994
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Green zebras,brand wine pink , golden queens. One golden queen 1 1/4 pound and the other 1 pound
Most Unusual Tomato Variety? And Your Favorites?
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Green zebras,brand wine pink , golden queens. One golden queen 1 1/4 pound and the other 1 pound
Jp.the.pope
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Blue/Gold berries.
Cherry tomatoe size. Go purple, then yellow.
The spoon has car key for reference. Today's harvest.
Cherry tomatoe size. Go purple, then yellow.
The spoon has car key for reference. Today's harvest.
roseypeach
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Nice tomatoes guys!!
None for me to show off just yet, maybe another four or five days I'll have one..lol but then they should start fruiting a lot more before long since Cat is mixing me some bloom booster.
As if nature had a point to prove, I discovered a cucumber that was a couple of days from done had split overnight on me. I overwatered them yesterday to make up for the heat, so I guess the fruit took up too much water and made about a three inch split on one end.
I guess we got the answer to the question!
None for me to show off just yet, maybe another four or five days I'll have one..lol but then they should start fruiting a lot more before long since Cat is mixing me some bloom booster.
As if nature had a point to prove, I discovered a cucumber that was a couple of days from done had split overnight on me. I overwatered them yesterday to make up for the heat, so I guess the fruit took up too much water and made about a three inch split on one end.
I guess we got the answer to the question!
Larry {the} Gardener
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I'm about sick of the Yellow Pear tomatoes. They make so many, I can't give them all away. I'm just a few days from killing the ones in the trench so I can replace them with Pruden's Purples. This time I'm going to get a better support system in place before they blow up.
roseypeach
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You are so lucky! Do you ever can any of yours? I'm hoping to have a huge mess of the big ones this year, I've got 8 more started and 3 ready to go in bigger pots tomorrow.
Larry {the} Gardener
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We have canned them in the past, but not any so far this year. One of my wife's friends love the Yellow Pear, and her husband likes the oblong red ones I grew from store bought Cherub tomatoes, so they get the lion's share of those. This was my first year growing the yellow pear, so I didn't know how big they got. I put too many in the trench and they took over. I have some Pruden's Purple that needs to go somewhere, so I'll start cutting vines until I can make a spot for them.
roseypeach
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I've had the Yellow Pears before, their pretty tasty. Are those Cherubs you mentioned romas? I haven't seen any roma seeds for sale anywhere and the grocery store hasn't carried them in a while now, not sure why? Hopefully they'll get some in soon so I can get some seeds that way, I've always liked them myself. I'm definitely planning to can some provided mine do well.
Larry {the} Gardener
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No, they are the little grape type tomatoes that come in a plastic cup at the store. I ate the tomatoes and squirted the seeds in soil. I got two phenos from them. The round one doesn't taste as good as the oblong one.
roseypeach
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Gotcha
I hope the new plants I've started turn out to be good phenos, they were pretty tasty for store bought. Main reason I decided to seed them was because their structure was perfect, very meaty and firm with a nice acidic kick, great for slicing.I'm going back to see the girl I bought the Cherokee purps from this afternoon, I most definitely want to grow some of those for canning. Our season is a bit longer here than other places, so I can push my garden as far out as the first of October.
Larry {the} Gardener
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I'm in NW Florida, so I hate even thinking about how much longer I have to hoe, pick, shell, cook and put up my peas. Most years I keep a patch going all summer. This time I'm waiting on my 3rd planting so I can get a little river time with my buddy. But I'll be cutting under the old stuff and putting more seeds out soon. {I've got it bad, this gardening bug}Gotcha
I'm going back to see the girl I bought the Cherokee purps from this afternoon, I most definitely want to grow some of those for canning. Our season is a bit longer here than other places, so I can push my garden as far out as the first of October.
roseypeach
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In the Carolinas myself..we're having a serious heat wave right now, it literally burned several of my plants, hydrangeas and lillies included. I'm planting in stages myself so I will have a fall/winter garden this year provided the snow doesn't come early and kill everything before I get my domes up. I'm conditioning my raised bed garden over the next several months for next spring, there's enough room in them for a full garden
Larry {the} Gardener
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I'm hoping for a glass green house this year. {I have most of the glass already} We talked to a builder last year, and he said he would try to get to it before frost. Well he didn't, so I ended up building a 2X4 frame with plastic sheeting to tide us over. My BIL's mother had one built {with plastic sheeting} by another builder we know, and she really likes hers, so we will try to get him to build one for us. I'm planting around that spot in the garden now, in case he can get right to it. Last year we built it over my Spinach and pepper patches, which made it harder.
roseypeach
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Hope you're able to get it! that's funny because I was just telling Cat last night I'd like to invest in a greenhouse if we end up renewing our lease here. I'd love to be able to grow all year long, it's therapeutic for me. I'd like a big permanent one but most likely we'll go with something that can be taken down and moved, in case we decide to move.
Larry {the} Gardener
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Mine will be permanent, but no bigger than necessary. You pay property tax on them the rest of your life. I want a little garden shed attached to the north side. That won't block any sun except right in the middle of summer, when you want be needing it.
