Home-Grown Tomatoes

[Mermaid]

I've ordered many products from the Gardens Alive people, both for my veggies and flowers and shrubs.

http://www.gardensalive.com/

Their focus is on being environmentally responsible and getting rid of the pests we don't want at the same time. Win/win if you ask me. :clap_1:

 

[Jdarg]

I like Brandywines, the stripey ones (names??), and a really pink one that is an heirloom (I have CRS disease today- sorry!) And Beefsteaks.

 

[Cil]

GardensAlive is great!
I have ordered from them, too. I love their slug stuff: Es-car-go.
It really works and has no awful chemicals.

I just came home and saw that I have three yellow pear tomatoes on the way, as well as the one Celebrity. I was worried that they might have trouble getting pollinated, but I guess mother nature did her thing.

Those are beautiful tomatoes, SJ.

 

[Miss Kitty]

I like Brandywines, the stripey ones (names??), and a really pink one that is an heirloom (I have CRS disease today- sorry!) And Beefsteaks.

CRS...is that can't recall sheet?

 

[Jdarg]

CRS...is that can't recall sheet?

yup

 

[Unplugged]

SJ: I tried my hand at this for the first time 2 years ago and was pleased with the results - here's a photo of the nephews inspecting the plant on 7-11-04.

The plant was just starting to bear fruit, and eventually grew above 10 feet.
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[Paula]

SJ: I tried my hand at this for the first time 2 years ago and was pleased with the results - here's a photo of the nephews inpecting the plant on 7-11-04.

The plant was just starting to bear fruit, and eventually grew above 10 feet
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You're my tomato idol. What kind of tomatoes did you plant. I want to do some container gardening and that plant is an inspiration!

 

[Jdarg]

SJ: I tried my hand at this for the first time 2 years ago and was pleased with the results - here's a photo of the nephews inpecting the plant on 7-11-04.

The plant was just starting to bear fruit, and eventually grew above 10 feet
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"Tried your hand" at tomato growing? You must be Jack (as in the beanstalk)! Good grief! Did you get much fruit from this giant, or did it use too much energy growing? What in the world did you feed it? Wow!

The only time I ever saw plants grow like this was the veggie garden at our old house. We planted it on top of the lateral field. At the time, we didn't know it was the lateral field (long stinky story).

This thread is the reason why I love this board. People get excited about the same stuff I do. Today, it's tomatoes. Tomorrow, who knows.

 

[30ARules]

"Tried your hand" at tomato growing? You must be Jack (as in the beanstalk)! Good grief! Did you get much fruit from this giant, or did it use too much energy growing? What in the world did you feed it? Wow!

The only time I ever saw plants grow like this was the veggie garden at our old house. We planted it on top of the lateral field. At the time, we didn't know it was the lateral field (long stinky story).

This thread is the reason why I love this board. People get excited about the same stuff I do. Today, it's tomatoes. Tomorrow, who knows.

jdarg, some of us would say tomotoes as opposed to tomatoes

 

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Thank you Paula: I planted 4 plants - A type of 'Big Boy' variety and also Cherry tomatoes. The program I used should work with most any tomato variety to produce 100 - 300 pounds from one container

jdarg: 'Feeding program Ancient Chinese Secret' as WU might say

Seriuosly though, I really didn't know Jack about growing them, but careful pruning, feeding (with Ferti-lome product) and LOTS of water & sunshine seemed to do the trick

And I think the aggresive pruning directed more energy to the fruit.