Finally, a few tomatoes - Page 2

ginger2778 · February 15, 2013

Those are pretty Ann. I have Jaunne Flamme too but none ripe yet. Might be 2 more weeks. Too bad we can't put our tomatoes together for a group photo.

Stay warm. Hope your garden stays safe this weekend.

Heritage · February 15, 2013

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Originally Posted by kilroyscarnival

Thanks, Steve! Of the seeds I got from you, those Jaune Flamme have been the front guard. I'm getting fruit all over the Super Italian and Big Ray's, but it will be a while before they ripen.

The Big Ray's is definitely an interesting looking fruit. They look like two-tone green torpedos. I wish I'd realized how long and splayed the foliage was going to get; I'd have planted them a little further apart and maybe caged rather than staked. But they look fine.

That's interesting... I thought "Egyptian" would have far-outpaced the others by now.

Steve

kilroyscarnival · February 15, 2013

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Originally Posted by Heritage

That's interesting... I thought "Egyptian" would have far-outpaced the others by now.
Steve

I think it's just because they had to sit in the cups for weeks longer than they should have, while the other pastes went in the raised bed with the peppers, and the yellows went into some containers. Had they been planted out, they possibly would have.

They have been coming along well considering the abuse of being left in the cups. My problem was that more than I had anticipated had become viable all at once, and then the weather turned cold and the holidays were upon us, so I couldn't even give them away. Mostly, too many cherries.

Egyptian did seem like an early starter when they were seedlings. Maybe it'll make up for lost time. Now I also have those "rainbow beefsteak" mystery seedlings from a Totally Tomatoes seed mix. I do hope I got at least one Black from Tula in there.

kilroyscarnival · February 18, 2013

Dang it...

those two cold nights. I covered most of my plants both nights. Last night I actually didn't get to it till about 11pm, but I did what I did the previous times. I put office paper cartons over the smaller pepper plants; they won't fit over the bigger ones any longer. I then took the frost blanket and covered the whole bed, using clothespins to wrap the corners. I covered the other bed with the snap peas, haricots vert, broccoli, broccoli rabe and celery, and also the in-ground beds with the Sweet 100, Better Boy and the five Wins Alls.

So, somehow the first bed still had frost damage, despite being so carefully wrapped. It didn't go to freezing. I think the lowest was like 41 and unlike last night there wasn't a lot of wind. But the two bigger peppers, including the healthy serrano, have withered leaves, and the top of the Big Ray's tomatoes on the other end of the bed. I think the toms will recover. Might have to nip off the tops and hope the suckers grow out. The peppers may be set back as the other ones were - stunted. I'm glad I have more that I started, which I had brought indoors in their containers. The cherry tomatoes in the SWC seem completely fine and I didn't cover them. One basil in a pot got hit, and I decided to just pull the zucchini... whose roots were surprisingly shallow. Starting another one in a big container.

At least I didn't lose everything. The Jaune Flammes, Lollipops, and Egyptians, which i covered less ambitiously, are fine. I still have more seedlings, and potted up the Rainbow Beefsteak mystery plants, at least five of them, today. Hope that is the last of the frost. It wasn't even that cold!! Next week I have to go out of town for a few days. The extended forecast has lows in the 50s, so at least my sweetie won't have to come over and wrap up my plants... just make sure they are not dry, and feed my cats.

Trying not to be bummed. I even used one of those frost blankets I bought on sale at Lowe's. Loved the size of those. Think it just trapped moisture in there?

kilroyscarnival · February 28, 2013

My sweetie sent me a photo by phone.

Snap peas look like he maybe should have picked them Monday. One more Jaune Flamme. Some semi-ripe and fully ripe Mexico Midgets, and Red Currants. First of the chocolate cherries, which were just blushing when I left Monday morning. I can't wait! And, I guess another stem broke which explains the green ones. I had to re-anchor some of them and a few had been just TOO bushy and couldn't support all of the suckers. Oops.

February 15, 2013	#16
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Those are pretty Ann. I have Jaunne Flamme too but none ripe yet. Might be 2 more weeks. Too bad we can't put our tomatoes together for a group photo. Stay warm. Hope your garden stays safe this weekend.

February 18, 2013	#19
kilroyscarnival Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 614	Dang it... those two cold nights. I covered most of my plants both nights. Last night I actually didn't get to it till about 11pm, but I did what I did the previous times. I put office paper cartons over the smaller pepper plants; they won't fit over the bigger ones any longer. I then took the frost blanket and covered the whole bed, using clothespins to wrap the corners. I covered the other bed with the snap peas, haricots vert, broccoli, broccoli rabe and celery, and also the in-ground beds with the Sweet 100, Better Boy and the five Wins Alls. So, somehow the first bed still had frost damage, despite being so carefully wrapped. It didn't go to freezing. I think the lowest was like 41 and unlike last night there wasn't a lot of wind. But the two bigger peppers, including the healthy serrano, have withered leaves, and the top of the Big Ray's tomatoes on the other end of the bed. I think the toms will recover. Might have to nip off the tops and hope the suckers grow out. The peppers may be set back as the other ones were - stunted. I'm glad I have more that I started, which I had brought indoors in their containers. The cherry tomatoes in the SWC seem completely fine and I didn't cover them. One basil in a pot got hit, and I decided to just pull the zucchini... whose roots were surprisingly shallow. Starting another one in a big container. At least I didn't lose everything. The Jaune Flammes, Lollipops, and Egyptians, which i covered less ambitiously, are fine. I still have more seedlings, and potted up the Rainbow Beefsteak mystery plants, at least five of them, today. Hope that is the last of the frost. It wasn't even that cold!! Next week I have to go out of town for a few days. The extended forecast has lows in the 50s, so at least my sweetie won't have to come over and wrap up my plants... just make sure they are not dry, and feed my cats. Trying not to be bummed. I even used one of those frost blankets I bought on sale at Lowe's. Loved the size of those. Think it just trapped moisture in there?