South Florida: An Early Harvest - Page 2

Sun City Linda · November 26, 2016

Looking Good Gardenboy!

swellcat · November 29, 2016

Very nice. I might could live on firm fish and juicy tomatoes.

peebee · December 2, 2016

What do you do to your strawberries to make them so abundant and great looking? Any special ferts? Are they in regular pots or self watering? They are beautiful!

I finally got strong lush plants by putting them in a self watering type container but spider mites have hit them hard. I am not treating them tho. Hoping the colder temps and the recent rains have scared them off a bit.

Gardenboy · December 2, 2016

First time with strawberries. Bought seedlings last year and let them mature for over a year. I transplanted them in 20 gallon containers...3 in each....added some bone meal, wormcastings and some rabbit manure to the hole. Watered. After 2 weeks I fertilize with Espoma Garden-tone and top dress with more rabbit manure. Having good weather also helps. Cooler nights and lower humidity. Tomatoes I do the same except I use Tomato-tone. Last season, we had over 9 inches of rain in Jan. and my plants didn't recover. I usually have tomatoes until Mother's Day. Last year, everything was ruined by February due to fungus and rot from all the rain. Good fruit set now and great weather so far...will wait to see what Mother Nature has in store.

jmsieglaff · December 3, 2016

Keep the tomato art coming! My basement growing keeps me from being overly envious of you Florida folks.

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November 26, 2016	#16
Sun City Linda Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SoCal Inland Posts: 2,705	Looking Good Gardenboy!

November 29, 2016	#17
swellcat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Cowtown, Texas – 7B/8A Posts: 192	Very nice. I might could live on firm fish and juicy tomatoes.

December 2, 2016	#18
peebee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern CA Posts: 1,714	What do you do to your strawberries to make them so abundant and great looking? Any special ferts? Are they in regular pots or self watering? They are beautiful! I finally got strong lush plants by putting them in a self watering type container but spider mites have hit them hard. I am not treating them tho. Hoping the colder temps and the recent rains have scared them off a bit.

December 2, 2016	#19
Gardenboy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 784	First time with strawberries. Bought seedlings last year and let them mature for over a year. I transplanted them in 20 gallon containers...3 in each....added some bone meal, wormcastings and some rabbit manure to the hole. Watered. After 2 weeks I fertilize with Espoma Garden-tone and top dress with more rabbit manure. Having good weather also helps. Cooler nights and lower humidity. Tomatoes I do the same except I use Tomato-tone. Last season, we had over 9 inches of rain in Jan. and my plants didn't recover. I usually have tomatoes until Mother's Day. Last year, everything was ruined by February due to fungus and rot from all the rain. Good fruit set now and great weather so far...will wait to see what Mother Nature has in store.

December 3, 2016	#20
jmsieglaff Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Southern WI Posts: 2,742	Keep the tomato art coming! My basement growing keeps me from being overly envious of you Florida folks.