Although the plants got in the ground late, this is about normal
for first pickings for me. In a week or two I may be wondering why
I planted so many. I will probably dry some and see if I ever make
use of them. And put up some plain sauce -- I normally do a seasoned
pasta sauce with meat, but have lots on the shelves.
In article <sda6bg$cj$1@raid.furrfu.com>, drew@furrfu.invalid says...
Although the plants got in the ground late, this is about normal
for first pickings for me. In a week or two I may be wondering why
I planted so many. I will probably dry some and see if I ever make
use of them. And put up some plain sauce -- I normally do a seasoned
pasta sauce with meat, but have lots on the shelves.
Some how it seems that tomatoes all want to start getting ripe about the
same time for me
This year it was 2 early girls and 2 celeberties.
I'm hoping that if I plant the nasty sweet kind, I can lure in the
grandkids. "You like grapes, why not try cherries . . . and then
plums."
So I went out to the garden to check on just how much of a disaster
it is (and it is), and discovered a double handful of ripe Black
Plum tomatoes.
I'd expected the tomatoes to be struggling, as I still haven't
cleared the tall weeds that are near them. But they seem to be
thriving on the neglect. Two of the cages appear to have leaf spot,
but also have healthy new growth. So now that I've sprayed for the
fungus they should recover nicely.
Although the plants got in the ground late, this is about normal
for first pickings for me. In a week or two I may be wondering why
I planted so many. I will probably dry some and see if I ever make
use of them. And put up some plain sauce -- I normally do a seasoned
pasta sauce with meat, but have lots on the shelves.
I also want to experiment with some small batches of ketchup. I
bought a bottle months ago and it is so sweet that I can't use it.
Nothing yet for the beans or cucumbers, except for returning rogue
vines to the appropriate cages. Lots of cucumber blossoms, though.
And a couple finger-sized fruit. (Probably more hiding, but I
didn't look long.)
it's been such a strange year this season that i'm glad to see
anything on the tomato plants at all. it will be two weeks or
longer yet before we start seeing ripening. disease pressure
here also is starting off. i won't spray or pull leaves off or
mulch, i've tried all those approaches and it makes no sense for
me to bother. the plants all end up looking bad by the end of
the season but they've got fruits and we get results enough and
that is fine for me. i don't want to use fungicides in general
because all you are really doing is selecting for fungi that
can survive being poisoned and that's not a good thing. the
best soil community creatures for dealing with fungi are worms
as they are bacteria factories and the bacteria and fungi have
been in competition for millions of years. i vastly prefer to
let them keep sorting it out. :)
i hope for resistant plants enough instead and in past years
we've had some that have done better than other years. the
past two years the plants weren't as resistant as the plants
we previously (all are beefsteak varieties).
cucumbers here were always productive and ended up having
more than we could eat or give away. we decided to not grow
any this year at all as we needed the space for other things.
Drew Lawson wrote:
Nothing yet for the beans or cucumbers, except for returning rogue
vines to the appropriate cages. Lots of cucumber blossoms, though.
And a couple finger-sized fruit. (Probably more hiding, but I
didn't look long.)
cucumbers here were always productive and ended up having
more than we could eat or give away. we decided to not grow
any this year at all as we needed the space for other things.
the chipmunks got most of my pea seed harvest. they hadn't
In article <88lqsh-bj2.ln1@anthive.com>
songbird <songbird@anthive.com> writes:
Drew Lawson wrote:
Nothing yet for the beans or cucumbers, except for returning rogue
vines to the appropriate cages. Lots of cucumber blossoms, though.
And a couple finger-sized fruit. (Probably more hiding, but I
didn't look long.)
cucumbers here were always productive and ended up having
more than we could eat or give away. we decided to not grow
any this year at all as we needed the space for other things.
My trouble with cucumbers is that I don't get a lot at one time.
The primary goal is relish, so I need enough for a batch while they
are still young and firm. Since I haven't managed that, I get
watery relish.
I'm hoping I have enough planted this year.
the chipmunks got most of my pea seed harvest. they hadn't
Ten years ago it was rare for me to see a chipmunk. Now there are
at least two burrows I know of in our yard, and I see them all over
the neigborhood. As yet they haven't caused me troubles, so I still
think they are cute.
And they give the cats something to watch through the windows.
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