I'm a proud papa to 9 itty bitty baby tomato plants, the only sprouters of 36 tomato seeds that I sowed indoors in January. That's not a bad sowed-to-sprouted ratio for tomato plants honestly. Maybe if I had a heated mat I could have germinated more- but I don't so I'm happy with what I … Continue reading Baby tomato plants are growing up
Well as much as I'm trying to pull away from the stereotypical tomato centric summer planting, I like tomatoes. Yes, yes, they don't even grow well in San Francisco- but I live in a hotter part (relatively) and I like a challenge. But I'm not falling into the tomato trap this year of putting in … Continue reading New year, new seedlings, new tomato varieties
And I have potato bags ready to dig! They are a mess, but potatoes are potatoes, even if the greens are icky looking. I saved the dirt so I could sift it and reuse it. Probably not for more potatoes however, you can spread potato disease if you do that. I got a good pound … Continue reading Sometimes you just want a potato
So by not trimming the sucker stems on my Black Krim I now have a rather gorgeous fruit growing on a very unstable branch. The solution is a stake. Of course, this is one of the two pots I used the old rusty tomato cages in, so now this pot has an old rusty tomato … Continue reading Trying tomatoes
So I bought a few late season gallon size tomato plants. By few I mean four. Yeah yeah I know it's June. Yeah yeah I know it's cheating to buy tomato plants that already have baby tomatoes on them. Guess what? I don't care- I just want to maximize my chances of absolute tons of … Continue reading Gripped by the tomato madness
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