First tomato
 

First tomato plant is out of the dirt. In about 4 weeks I can move this puppy outside. Then with a bit of luck, be eating some tomatoes by June.:D:D


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Nice!

I've been starting 6-8 the past few weekends. So far 3 kinds of tomatoes and a few peppers.

First Haas Avacado sprout transplanted, now the long wait and MAYBE some some Avos in 5-8 years. :rolleyes:

Amazing what comes from a tiny sprout like that.
Nothing like a good home grown 'mater...Nothing! Nature's candy, really.
Next to home grown, store bought 'mates taste like paper mache.
My g/f won't eat store bought 'maters, but she loves any of the ones I grow. And her favorite sandwich has become our BLT.

Hell, we already have tomatoes growing! We've been picking off the buds because the plants are only a foot tall, but one snuck past us and we have a 1 inch tomato already!

Weather is messed up these days...

I dont grow much . Little yellow tomatoes, cherry, tomatoes, cucumbers and maybe a random pepper plant. I give away more than I keep.

8 years could be forever. I hope you are younger than me.:D:D


Cherry tomatoes are my favorite snack in the summer. Also grow mini cucumbers. Like a cold glass of water on a summer day.



You have it right on the weather part. Around here, possibly the best winter ever. Snow fell 3 times, less than 3" total. Not terribly cold. We never get frost after April 15 so I like to be ready around then.

so true. Last year I had tons of hot peppers while the sweet version didnt do anything. Similar for tomatoes, lots of cherry/grape and literally no large or slicing. Weird.

Wedding gift to my daughter along with a Dachshund puppy and various other items behind door #2.....

Hmmm, coulda swore I loaded a pic.

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Building a cage around my tomatoes and hot peppers this year to keep the squirrels from taking them!
Why do they take one bite and leave them to rot on the lawn?

You can buy plastic netting for that.
I hang my netting from my patio ceiling...making a big tent for my 'mater pots.

That one bite sets their mouth on fire, thats when it ends up on the ground.:D

Tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, and cauliflower starts under the lights. I had planted the seeds then left town for 4 days not expecting them to sprout so the lights were off. I returned to find the tomatoes already getting leggy.


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Great! You guys are ahead of me. I just filled the seed cups with soil today. Soaked them with hot water - 85 degrees, perfect. Then got called away :mad:
I did get the heaters on so they should still be warm in the AM.

You have a big time garden. :eek::eek:

Same thing happened to me last spring.

I'm planting tomatoes and peppers now. I can't grow cruciferae in the summer without poisoning the heck out of them. The bugs just chew them up. I start cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower in late August and put them out in mid-September after the heavy bug season so I can grow them without poison.

I can get pretty good broccoli and cauliflower harvests in late spring without chemicals. Aphids can get pretty bad if the temperature comes on too early. Cabbage is a problem due to worms, so I don't bother.
I need to resurrect my fall garden. I tend to be a bit burned out by then. Also, I only have 5 raised beds so rotating to avoid root pests is a problem if I grow 2 crops of cruciferous veges a year.

Aphids are born pregnant.
Years ago I grew Broccoli and had good luck with accompanying plants that aphids abhor...can't remember, but...
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I am not opposed to using a little sevin for bug control, if needed. Last year I did not but near the end of summer I probably should have.

Hope you don't use the dust formulation....not good for the honey bees!

Why did I think this thread was about Melania Trump?