Garden inches forward today.
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Garden inches forward today. Got some undersized tomato seedlings into the ground, and protected from all the wildlife with a bit of wire screening.
K got several pots filled with flowers and they're looking very nice too.
Will continue to pick away at getting the gardens set up for summer this week.
I planted too many tomatoes last year, but I also think the tangled tomato patch may have had some benefits at keeping the animals out as well.
This year – a reduced number, but still a few varieties.
Namely: Better Boy, San Marzano, Montreal Tasty, Dirty Girl (a non-monsanto version of Early Girl) and German Johnson.
What #tomato varieties are you growing?
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I planted too many tomatoes last year, but I also think the tangled tomato patch may have had some benefits at keeping the animals out as well.
This year – a reduced number, but still a few varieties.
Namely: Better Boy, San Marzano, Montreal Tasty, Dirty Girl (a non-monsanto version of Early Girl) and German Johnson.
What #tomato varieties are you growing?
@ottaross I normally start mine own Romas from seed under grow lights. But I also use my own poorly composted compost. This means that I get my toms, and millions of compost babies from random store boughters.
These get weeded of until only 8-12 compost babies remain. Makes harvest interesting because sometimes market toms don’t breed true. -
I planted too many tomatoes last year, but I also think the tangled tomato patch may have had some benefits at keeping the animals out as well.
This year – a reduced number, but still a few varieties.
Namely: Better Boy, San Marzano, Montreal Tasty, Dirty Girl (a non-monsanto version of Early Girl) and German Johnson.
What #tomato varieties are you growing?
@ottaross
For my sins, I'm starting some of the hot peppers under lights. By next weekend, we should have the first thirty of the raised beds installed and ready to plant. I hope the tomato starters have been as lucky as we pepper (hot and sweet) starters. My bed will mostly have kitchen herbs but I have four blooming Roma in my window and will add what others are on offer on Opening Weekend. -
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I planted too many tomatoes last year, but I also think the tangled tomato patch may have had some benefits at keeping the animals out as well.
This year – a reduced number, but still a few varieties.
Namely: Better Boy, San Marzano, Montreal Tasty, Dirty Girl (a non-monsanto version of Early Girl) and German Johnson.
What #tomato varieties are you growing?
@ottaross I don’t understand the phrase “too many tomatoes”…
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I planted too many tomatoes last year, but I also think the tangled tomato patch may have had some benefits at keeping the animals out as well.
This year – a reduced number, but still a few varieties.
Namely: Better Boy, San Marzano, Montreal Tasty, Dirty Girl (a non-monsanto version of Early Girl) and German Johnson.
What #tomato varieties are you growing?
@ottaross Sweetie, Black Cherry, and an unknown variety of southern Italian (big and meaty) that my elderly neighbour brought to Canada in the 1960s. 6 plants in the main bed (2 of each), plus two spares in large terracotta pots.
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@ottaross I don’t understand the phrase “too many tomatoes”…
@Chigaze lol, it was a big tangle, but enjoyable having them all.
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@ottaross Sweetie, Black Cherry, and an unknown variety of southern Italian (big and meaty) that my elderly neighbour brought to Canada in the 1960s. 6 plants in the main bed (2 of each), plus two spares in large terracotta pots.
@david_megginson nice! Sounds like the unknown one is a great connection to the old country.
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@ottaross
For my sins, I'm starting some of the hot peppers under lights. By next weekend, we should have the first thirty of the raised beds installed and ready to plant. I hope the tomato starters have been as lucky as we pepper (hot and sweet) starters. My bed will mostly have kitchen herbs but I have four blooming Roma in my window and will add what others are on offer on Opening Weekend.@Quoidian sounds like you'll be well prepared for summer pasta dishes!
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@ottaross I normally start mine own Romas from seed under grow lights. But I also use my own poorly composted compost. This means that I get my toms, and millions of compost babies from random store boughters.
These get weeded of until only 8-12 compost babies remain. Makes harvest interesting because sometimes market toms don’t breed true.@Dero_10 tomato roulette!
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@ottaross I don’t understand the phrase “too many tomatoes”…
@Chigaze @ottaross "too many tomato plants...for the space available" is the implied other half of that statement, I think.
I'm currently telling myself that the 30+ tomato plants in my yard is just a sensible adjustment for the fact that I no longer have a full-sun plot to put them in; I might get fewer tomatoes per plant but still a decent harvest?
But I didn't plan it like that; I just was planting old seed (like, 10 years old) and planted generously because I wasn't sure how well it would germinate, and then I didn't have the heart to thin them out. Anyway, they're not crowded with each other but they will have a fence full of peas behind them and sunflowers & kale squeezed tight in front of them. Natural tomato cages!
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@Quoidian sounds like you'll be well prepared for summer pasta dishes!
@ottaross
That's the goal. Dried herbs, tomatoes, and peppers, for the pantry and pot. Chicken braised with summer savory, sundried Roma tomatoes for pizza.
