Just a couple of photos of this years garden

ricman · May 14, 2016

This is a shot down one of the rows of my rain gutter garden. Thank you Larry Hall for this great idea. These were planted out a little over 3 weeks ago. I have about 70 plants and 4 different varieties. Big Beef, Celebrity, Better Boy and Super Fantastic. Its still early yet but so far so good, starting to set quite a few tomatoes.

I going to be working on putting up the trellis and start pruning of some of the lower foliage tomorrow. Thanks for checking out the pics.

Rick

AlittleSalt · May 14, 2016

Looking good

Cole_Robbie · May 14, 2016

Those are nice-looking plants. They are up off the ground, and there's no mud anywhere to splash on them, with that great mulch you have down. I would guess you get very little fungal disease like blight.

I don't think the algae on the bags will hurt the plants at all. But for what it's worth, there is a product for goldfish ponds called Pondzyme. It's made of barley and enzymes that eat algae and other organic matter, breaking it down so that plants can consume it as nutrients. A tiny bit goes a long way. I think I paid $12 on Amazon. At 1/8 tsp at a time, I'll get years of use out of one small container. I don't have a gutter system, but I use it in the greenhouse in the bins I use to water potted plants.

ricman · May 14, 2016

Thank you Salt.

Thanks Cole.....The algae has never caused any issues and does diminish somewhat as the temps rise. Unless we get lots of rain fungal issues are minor mostly.

Rick

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ricman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Ardmore,Oklahoma Posts: 172	Thank you Salt. Thanks Cole.....The algae has never caused any issues and does diminish somewhat as the temps rise. Unless we get lots of rain fungal issues are minor mostly. Rick Last edited by ricman; May 15, 2016 at 11:58 AM.

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AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Looking good

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Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Those are nice-looking plants. They are up off the ground, and there's no mud anywhere to splash on them, with that great mulch you have down. I would guess you get very little fungal disease like blight. I don't think the algae on the bags will hurt the plants at all. But for what it's worth, there is a product for goldfish ponds called Pondzyme. It's made of barley and enzymes that eat algae and other organic matter, breaking it down so that plants can consume it as nutrients. A tiny bit goes a long way. I think I paid $12 on Amazon. At 1/8 tsp at a time, I'll get years of use out of one small container. I don't have a gutter system, but I use it in the greenhouse in the bins I use to water potted plants.