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Saturday, December 5, 2020
My Gardening Goal for Next Year: Take this picture with my own backyard grown tomatoes.
I saw that. I am going to look into getting some seeds. My Beefeater only produced 9 tomatoes this past year and I have decided to give up on them as they do not perform well for me. Luckily the Roma produced 2 or 3 daily from July to early October. The freezer has about a dozen quarts for the winter with most of it as Roma's. My Early Girl plant wasn't. I don't know what it was but it produced a 2" tomato about every other day from July to early October with lots of seeds and juice and not much meat and came in the same time as the Roma and Beefeater. Not good for a BLT.
I usually start my seeds at the end of January as I have a part of my basement as a grow room during winter. I only have Roma seeds that I have been propagating for 4 or 5 years as I bought nursery plants in early March for the Beefeater and Early Girl.
I can smell the leaves perfume after having received a healthy sprinkling. Basil is in distant second place. Almost as many heirloom varieties as potatoes.
I found preparing the soil with compost including coffee grounds and egg shells works wonders. Then water the plants with water which has had banana peels fermenting.
Do yourself a favor and not do any work while getting all the tomatoes you will ever need. Do it by using straw bales. No work no fuss other than watering the bales and fertilizing them. Here's a link. https://modernfarmer.com/2013/07/straw-bale-gardening/
I've used this several times. Plants over 6 feet high and no weeding. You'll need really big tomato cages or stakes.
The temptation in Shasta County is to plant at the end of March. Just be prepared to provide frost protection. Tomatoes grow really great in the flood plain and not too badly in other areas.
That is a worthwhile goal
ReplyDeleteWhat variety is the purpley ones going up the page on the right side?
ReplyDeletePossibly Cherokee purple. I grew some for the first time this year. More meat than seeds.
DeleteI saw that. I am going to look into getting some seeds. My Beefeater only produced 9 tomatoes this past year and I have decided to give up on them as they do not perform well for me. Luckily the Roma produced 2 or 3 daily from July to early October. The freezer has about a dozen quarts for the winter with most of it as Roma's. My Early Girl plant wasn't. I don't know what it was but it produced a 2" tomato about every other day from July to early October with lots of seeds and juice and not much meat and came in the same time as the Roma and Beefeater. Not good for a BLT.
DeleteI usually start my seeds at the end of January as I have a part of my basement as a grow room during winter. I only have Roma seeds that I have been propagating for 4 or 5 years as I bought nursery plants in early March for the Beefeater and Early Girl.
If you're looking for a plant that turns out a bunch of average size, good tasting tomatoes, give Jet Star a shot.
DeleteI can smell the leaves perfume after having received a healthy sprinkling. Basil is in distant second place. Almost as many heirloom varieties as potatoes.
ReplyDeleteI found preparing the soil with compost including coffee grounds and egg shells works wonders. Then water the plants with water which has had banana peels fermenting.
ReplyDeleteAll those tomatoes... know anyone growing bacon?
ReplyDeleteI too am a tomato nut and every year I buy seeds online for weird tomato varieties, heirloom and new breeds and they were never really disappointing.
ReplyDeleteMy favorites for weirdness were Russian ones called Aljaska and Azoychka and one from East Germany called Blondkopfchen.
Do yourself a favor and not do any work while getting all the tomatoes you will ever need. Do it by using straw bales. No work no fuss other than watering the bales and fertilizing them. Here's a link. https://modernfarmer.com/2013/07/straw-bale-gardening/
ReplyDeleteI've used this several times. Plants over 6 feet high and no weeding. You'll need really big tomato cages or stakes.
The temptation in Shasta County is to plant at the end of March. Just be prepared to provide frost protection. Tomatoes grow really great in the flood plain and not too badly in other areas.
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