Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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June 2, 2016 | #16 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 1,818
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Diseases often follow wet weather. Fertilizer will feed your plants but will also feed disease. I would not be too quick to fertilize following a wet period.
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June 2, 2016 | #17 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Burton, TX
Posts: 294
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This is waterlogged
More rain in S/C Texas. This is waterlogged!
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June 2, 2016 | #18 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: VA - Zone 7A
Posts: 344
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You guys have certainly got your share down there. My son lives north of Dallas. He says he is done with the rain...
We broke the record here in VA for the most rainfall ever recorded in the month of May. This record goes back to the late 18th century. My Garden was nothing but quicksand. If you stepped in you would sink straight to the bottom. |
June 2, 2016 | #19 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: New Castle, Virginia
Posts: 205
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In my second garden spot (40 x 60') I started to put down the straw and newspapers, but my back went out on me and I had so much to do to get things planted out, that I decided to abort that plan and just till the rows to keep the weeds down. Yesterday, I went out to fill in some plants that the bunnies had messed up and noticed that the garden spot where the straw was in was still plenty wet. The second garden spot where there is dirt, was dried out to the point where I gave them a little drink (soaker hose at the roots). I had used straw as a mulch in my beds before and it worked well for me as I did not have to water every 3-4 days even in the heat of the summer. You also need to be careful not to put it down too early as it will definitely slow down your soil warming up. |
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June 2, 2016 | #20 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: New Castle, Virginia
Posts: 205
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http://www.tomatoville.com/picture.p...pictureid=2142 MG makes a granular fertilizer which can be sprinkled on top of the soil, so you would not be adding any additional water to it. I do not use fertilizers in my vegetable garden, but have used the granular for my flowers and it works great. Last edited by Urbanheirlooms; June 2, 2016 at 01:46 PM. Reason: Misspelled words |
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June 3, 2016 | #21 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alabama
Posts: 7,068
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I recommend you see if you can get a big bag of cottonseed meal at a feed store that sells feed to people that raise horses so you can get it at a good price and then work it into the soil near the plants and then water it in well with some Texas Tomato Food. Then mulch the tomatoes with cypress mulch if you can get it at a reasonable price there. Around here it is about 2 bucks a bag and one bag will mulch 3 or 4 plants well. It can be raked up and reused for several years but the smaller stuff in it will break down and add organic mater to your soil. When you prepare your beds next season or even this fall see if you can find fresh mushroom compost from a mushroom grower and add as much as you can reasonably use and at the same time add cottonseed meal and alfalfa pellets. The cottonseed and alfalfa feed worms and attract them the heavy cypress mulch keeps the soil cooler and the moisture level more even so the earthworms will stay in your garden. I have been doing this for years and my earthworm population is huge despite me killing thousands when tilling the beds. Every year I end up with more and my soil texture just gets better and better. Of course I add as much fresh homemade compost as I can make each year.
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June 3, 2016 | #22 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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If you cut an earth worm in half the head section lives you dont kill it.
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