The Fence Line

[amideutch]

This is where I grow most of my container tomatoes. Considering a late plant out, hail storm that defoliated half my plants and now a heat wave I would say my plants are hanging tough. Here's a few pictures from today. Ami

[Farmette]

Ami:
Those looks like very healthy plants! What is the second one from the left? I am growing some in containers and some in the ground. Yours are alot taller than mine. Do you fertilize first with a high nitrogen fert and then when they are blooming switch to high potassium?
Again, really great looking plants as usual!

[rnewste]

Hey Ami,

Things are looking good along the Fence Line. Don't see any sign of disease - - be glad you don't have Psyllids in Germany!!

Raybo

[Sherry_AK]

I think they look great! Are these the ones that were covered with bags during the storm? I predict you'll have an excellent harvest.

[Timmah!]

Do you sell at a local farmer's market, Ami? I'm guesisng you're gonna have plenty of tomatoes on hand.

[Paul R]

Tomato fence, what a great idea!

[remy]

Looking good Ami! I like the shot of the line of tomato plants along the fence.
Remy

[ContainerTed]

Ted, you are a living example of perserverance paying dividends. Hope the weather lets you alone for a while.

One of the other Teds.

[amideutch]

Farmette, the picture your referring to is "Krasnyi Mayak" an elongated heart running in the 400-800g range. It's a Siberian variety meaning "Red Lighthouse". This is one of two new offerihngs from Andrey this year I'm growing. The other is "Admiralteyskoe Serdtse" which is another heart shaped variety. Initially I added ferts to the grow mix including "Tomaten Dunger" along with Myco's and have been using BioBizz BioGrow weekly. Next week I will be going to a new Bio fertilizer I ordered from a Swiss company that will have a lower N and higher K.

Sherry, Yes the fenceline plants all had fleece covers when the storm hit. The ones in my open greenhouse (second to last picture) did not. The first picture has Triple Climber on the left and Purple Haze on the right. The last picture has my other Purple haze on the left and Cowlick's on the right.

Raybo, so far my disease control regimen seems to be working which I started at plantout. Maybe "Biota Max" plus the others had something to do with it. Came across another new product on the web that looks very promising. Will be posting on it in the next couple days. I ordered some more "Biota Max" and plan on using it as a foliar spray.

All, thank you for the kind words. Now that the temperatures are going down maybe we can get some serious fruit set! Ami