Seedlings - Slow growth

OmahaJB · August 11, 2008

fourtgn,

I can understand why you and your neighbor were upset about the theft. I've heard at 'some' (not all) community gardens they have a little trouble with other gardeners sampling from other gardener's plots. Not cool!

And BTW, my boss has been bringing in tomatoes (a hybrid I'm sure as I tasted one today - bland but juicy), and zucchini. And me, I'm still waiting for even a Black Cherry to fully ripen! I did plant out late, so I have to remind myself of that - constantly.

Lori,

You started your potatoes a full two months before I did, so no wonder your's did so well already! I'll have to remember that trick. Maybe I'll start mine indoors in early-mid April or something along those lines next year.

And I agree about the drip irrigation. My method this year isn't working. I typically get to the garden about twice a week and water if necessary. Most of the time it is. But I've already lost 4 tomatoes to BER, including my large 1884.

This week I do expect to see at least a few Big Beef & Better Boy toms ripening, along with many of the Black Cherry tomatoes. The ones I have sitting on the counter still have a ways to go to fully ripen. But one is pretty close!

August 11, 2008	#11
OmahaJB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 1,821	fourtgn, I can understand why you and your neighbor were upset about the theft. I've heard at 'some' (not all) community gardens they have a little trouble with other gardeners sampling from other gardener's plots. Not cool! And BTW, my boss has been bringing in tomatoes (a hybrid I'm sure as I tasted one today - bland but juicy), and zucchini. And me, I'm still waiting for even a Black Cherry to fully ripen! I did plant out late, so I have to remind myself of that - constantly. Lori, You started your potatoes a full two months before I did, so no wonder your's did so well already! I'll have to remember that trick. Maybe I'll start mine indoors in early-mid April or something along those lines next year. And I agree about the drip irrigation. My method this year isn't working. I typically get to the garden about twice a week and water if necessary. Most of the time it is. But I've already lost 4 tomatoes to BER, including my large 1884. This week I do expect to see at least a few Big Beef & Better Boy toms ripening, along with many of the Black Cherry tomatoes. The ones I have sitting on the counter still have a ways to go to fully ripen. But one is pretty close!