Growing Under A Dish

amideutch · September 7, 2006

I guess you could call this my surrogate garden. A coworker and myself put this up next to the building I work in so I could plant the remainder of my seedlings I had at home. This year in Germany a record was set for the most rainy days in August (25). So some of my plants may look a little ragged.

Dunkel · September 7, 2006

That's cool. I think often when I see little areas like that beside a building at a business, why not throw in a tomato or pepper plant? They are both attractive and give the employees a healthy snack.

Grub · September 7, 2006

Nice going. Which ones have you got in there?
Dish them up to me.

**Patrina_Pepperina** · September 7, 2006

Such an excellent idea, good-on-ya! (Aussie-ism

)

Hopefully the idea will grow, and even expand - imagine having fresh tomato sandwiches each day, and all the participants taste-test to vote for their favourite tomato of the season?!

Patrina

amideutch · September 8, 2006

The varieties planted are;
1. Kellog's Breakfast
2. Livingston Magnus
3. Brandywine Sudduth
4. Mong
5. Brandyboy
6. Lucky Cross
7. Don't Know
8. Don't Know.
As you look at the picture from Right to Left.

Ami

Grub · September 11, 2006

Some nice ones there in that lot. Maybe the rebounding radio waves will result in exceptional germination. Maybe the fruit will grow huge. Fingers crossed.

amideutch · September 12, 2006

Maybe so Grub. Stranger things have happened. Got a couple big ones comming down the pipe. The weather went from all rain in August to another heat wave here in September like we had in July. Definately crazy weather here in Germany this year. By the way that's a 78 foot dish they be growing under. Ami

Grub · September 12, 2006

Ami,

That's a big dish.

Here in Australia we have a cult Aussie movie called The Dish about just such a thing, a 64m radio telescope.

It's a parochial movie that I enjoyed very much.

http://thedishmovie.warnerbros.com/index_noflash.html

So I think one can indeed derive a lot of enjoyment out of what would otherwise be an eyesore. Wind farms are similarly unflalttering on the landscape.

Whatever. Do keep me this thread updated with dish reports. If playing classical music helps maybe a dish will be like steroids.

Einen schönen Tag allerseits!

Grub.

bizzarbazzar · September 24, 2006

thanks alot grub....now I gotta get that movie. like I need another movie....

michael johnson · October 7, 2006

Hi-Ami I see one of the tomatoes you planted in the list was (Mong) I have been looking for this tomato for a couple of years now- you dont by any chance have any seed to spare from (Mong) do you,

Mong is listed in the SSE yearbook by only one person, but it involves a lot of fuss and palaver to get any so I didnt bother for that reason.

September 7, 2006	#1
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Growing Under A Dish I guess you could call this my surrogate garden. A coworker and myself put this up next to the building I work in so I could plant the remainder of my seedlings I had at home. This year in Germany a record was set for the most rainy days in August (25). So some of my plants may look a little ragged.

September 7, 2006	#2
Dunkel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West By God Virginia Posts: 245	That's cool. I think often when I see little areas like that beside a building at a business, why not throw in a tomato or pepper plant? They are both attractive and give the employees a healthy snack. __________________ I plant... Therefore I am. - Dunkel What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds. - Will Rogers

September 7, 2006	#3
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Way Cool Nice going. Which ones have you got in there? Dish them up to me.

September 7, 2006	#4
Patrina_Pepperina Cross Hemisphere Dwarf Project™ Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New South Wales, Australia Posts: 3,094	Such an excellent idea, good-on-ya! (Aussie-ism ) Hopefully the idea will grow, and even expand - imagine having fresh tomato sandwiches each day, and all the participants taste-test to vote for their favourite tomato of the season?! Patrina __________________ Truth is colourful, not just black and white. PP: 2005

September 11, 2006	#6
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	SOME NICE ONES Some nice ones there in that lot. Maybe the rebounding radio waves will result in exceptional germination. Maybe the fruit will grow huge. Fingers crossed.

September 8, 2006	#5
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	The varieties planted are; 1. Kellog's Breakfast 2. Livingston Magnus 3. Brandywine Sudduth 4. Mong 5. Brandyboy 6. Lucky Cross 7. Don't Know 8. Don't Know. As you look at the picture from Right to Left. Ami

September 12, 2006	#7
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Maybe so Grub. Stranger things have happened. Got a couple big ones comming down the pipe. The weather went from all rain in August to another heat wave here in September like we had in July. Definately crazy weather here in Germany this year. By the way that's a 78 foot dish they be growing under. Ami

September 12, 2006	#8
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	The Dish Ami, That's a big dish. Here in Australia we have a cult Aussie movie called The Dish about just such a thing, a 64m radio telescope. It's a parochial movie that I enjoyed very much. http://thedishmovie.warnerbros.com/index_noflash.html So I think one can indeed derive a lot of enjoyment out of what would otherwise be an eyesore. Wind farms are similarly unflalttering on the landscape. Whatever. Do keep me this thread updated with dish reports. If playing classical music helps maybe a dish will be like steroids. Einen schönen Tag allerseits! Grub.

September 24, 2006	#9
bizzarbazzar Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Butte, MT Posts: 811	thanks alot grub....now I gotta get that movie. like I need another movie....

October 7, 2006	#10
michael johnson Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK. Posts: 960	Hi-Ami I see one of the tomatoes you planted in the list was (Mong) I have been looking for this tomato for a couple of years now- you dont by any chance have any seed to spare from (Mong) do you, Mong is listed in the SSE yearbook by only one person, but it involves a lot of fuss and palaver to get any so I didnt bother for that reason.