My Tomatoes

[shlacm]

Originally Posted by shlacm

And my counts:
July 8th
Arkansas Traveler - 1 (the only one with no blooms, but it's still puny)
Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red - 6
Mr. Stripey/Tigerella - 0
Cherokee Purple - 1 (FINALLY)
German Johnson (PL) - 6
Yellow Pear - 9 trusses(?)
Babywine - 10
Opalka - 2
Early Giant - 6
Mortgage Lifter - 6
NAR - 1 (FINALLY)
Chocolate Stripe - 1 (dang disease magnet plant!)
Creole - 7
Super Sioux - 11
Country Taste - 8
Summer Cider - 4
Matt's Wild Cherry - 9 trusses(?)
Paul Robeson - 5
Legend - 0

Post Deer attack counts:
July 10

Arkansas Traveler - 0
Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red - 3
Mr. Stripey/Tigerella - 1
Cherokee Purple - 1
German Johnson (PL) - 5
Yellow Pear - 3 trusses
Babywine - 13 (untouched)
Opalka - 2 (untouched)
Early Giant - 2
Mortgage Lifter - 5
NAR - 1
Chocolate Stripe - 2
Creole - 3
Super Sioux - 5
Country Taste - 4
Summer Cider - 1
Matt's Wild Cherry - 3 trusses
Paul Robeson - 1 (heavy leaf and branch damage)
Legend - 0, 1 leaf, 1 bloom left

[shlacm]

And there goes the top half of my Cherokee Purple, ^#^%#$#%$#!!!!!!!!!! I haven't gone out to examine the rest of the damage yet.

[Talon1189]

Originally Posted by shlacm

And there goes the top half of my Cherokee Purple, ^#^%#$#%$#!!!!!!!!!! I haven't gone out to examine the rest of the damage yet.

Sounds like you better get the sleeping bag out and spend the night in the garden >>>>>>>>>>>Talon

[shlacm]

You ain't kiddin'!!!!! What I'd like to do is get a gun with a silencer and pick the %$@#%$@#%$# off!!! But what would I do with all the bodies?

[Talon1189]

Originally Posted by shlacm

You ain't kiddin'!!!!! What I'd like to do is get a gun with a silencer and pick the %$@#%$@#%$# off!!! But what would I do with all the bodies?

Just bury the bodies .........they will be organic and help next years crop

Just having some fun with you here....... >>>>>>>>Talon

[shlacm]

WAYYYYYY too much digging!!!

Here's what I've rigged up to discourage the deer:
deer 001.jpg
deer 010.jpg
deer 015.jpg
deer 016.jpg
deer 017.jpg

I just need to keep them out for a few more days!!!

Here you can see the Cherokee Purple and German Johnson they munched on last night:
CP.jpg

And what's left of Legend:
legend.jpg

My hope is, if they insist on eating my plants, they'll get so tangled in ribbon than down the road one of their appendages will FALL OFF!!!

[Talon1189]

Originally Posted by shlacm

WAYYYYYY too much digging!!!

Here's what I've rigged up to discourage the deer:
deer 001.jpg
deer 010.jpg
deer 015.jpg
deer 016.jpg
deer 017.jpg

I just need to keep them out for a few more days!!!

Here you can see the Cherokee Purple and German Johnson they munched on last night:
CP.jpg

And what's left of Legend:
legend.jpg

My hope is, if they insist on eating my plants, they'll get so tangled in ribbon than down the road one of their appendages will FALL OFF!!!

I assume that the last picture is the "Legend" plant......hehehehehe........I am laughing at you.....but I hope that you get this issue under control ASAP.......Good Luck sweetie I live in the city with a fenced in yard here >>>>>>>>>>> Talon

[Talon1189]

Please keep us updated if your system works or not. It does look quite complex >>>>>>>>> Talon

[Talon1189]

I am far from a pro here.......Please give your plants a good quality "tomato fertilizer" when the plants set their fruit. They look starved IMHO >>>>>>>>>> Talon

[shlacm]

Talon, I think (hope) they looked "starved" because I recently sprayed them with a dilute Clorox solution because they had Leaf Mold. They infected leaves have mostly died, but not all have fallen off yet. It hasn't been very long since their last "feeding."

Will definitely keep ya posted, lol. Basically I have $0 until the end of the week so I had to use what I could find and hope the deer don't care enough to actually work for the 'maters!!!

[shlacm]

Hmmm... they do look kinda yellow in the pics, it's just the lighting/flash (took the pics at dusk), they're really quite green except for the dying leaves... and German Johnson, but he'd been improving until the deer beheaded him!!!

[Talon1189]

Originally Posted by shlacm

Talon, I think (hope) they looked "starved" because I recently sprayed them with a dilute Clorox solution because they had Leaf Mold. They infected leaves have mostly died, but not all have fallen off yet. It hasn't been very long since their last "feeding."

Will definitely keep ya posted, lol. Basically I have $0 until the end of the week so I had to use what I could find and hope the deer don't care enough to actually work for the 'maters!!!

Your deer appear to go for your black tomatoes (Cherokee, PR,) ........ the Legend plant was free so you cannot lose there >>>>>>>>>>>> Talon

[shlacm]

Well, my creation kept them away for a couple of nights, then they came back, robbed my Babywine and snacked on German Johnson's leaves! Guess they already ate their faves 'cause they sure didn't do a lot of damage. So, last night, in the middle of a rain storm, I doused them with a nasty mixture (eggs, chili powder, cayenne, cloves, oil, dawn, etc). They made it through the night and now I'm installing electric fencing!!! MWAHAHAHA!!!!

[Sherry_AK]

How is Chocolate Stripes doing? I'm growing that one for the first time this year, and it's been a slow starter here. Very few fruit.

I grew Babywine a couple years ago. Didn't care much for it ... but I don't remember why!

Good luck with the 'lectric fence!

[shlacm]

Originally Posted by Sherry_AK

How is Chocolate Stripes doing? I'm growing that one for the first time this year, and it's been a slow starter here. Very few fruit.

I grew Babywine a couple years ago. Didn't care much for it ... but I don't remember why!

Good luck with the 'lectric fence!

Well the fence is being delayed a couple days, so I was out spraying the plants with a nasty concoction tonight. And to answer your question about Chocolate Stripe, I kept wondering why I was even bothering to spray it! It was one of the last to set fruit, and it only set 2, the other blossoms are dropping off - apparently it won't set in the heat, unlike the other 18 varieties which seem to be doing much better. On top of all that, it's had the worst issues with leaf mold. In fact, I'm not sure that the others would have gotten any at all except it got it... TWICE!!!

In other words, unless it turns around, and tastes phenomenal I won't be growing it next year! This is my first year growing... anything, and I have learned my lesson - don't pick tomatoes based solely on a pretty picture!