My little tomato patch through frost and rain. - Page 2

duajones · March 28, 2008

Fantastic looking garden there. Cute dogs too.

bryanccfshr · March 28, 2008

Thanks guys. We like a lot of color and a very informal look. The music is a great idea. A motion detector to activate would add another bit of fun.

freeze12 · March 28, 2008

WoW...Those are great pic's of some beautiful plants!Mine are started indoors now & sprouting & awaiting warm weather here in Buffalo,NY.thanks for the great pics!!!

bryanccfshr · March 28, 2008

Freeze12, Long as you post some pictures of happy living plants in late July.. I think we will be even.

Worth1 · March 29, 2008

I'm glad to see you have stopped tossing your booze bottles in the garden now that it has warmed up.

Hows that LGS doing?

The place looks good to bad cant get my place cleaned up like that but I have a canyon for a back yard and it is murder to weed eat all of the time.

Thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Worth

bryanccfshr · March 30, 2008

"Hows that LGS doing?"

I wasn't consitant with the soil building in each bed so I don't know if it is the stature of the cultivar or the soil but they are only 8-12" tall. WHen I left for work 9 or 10 days back a couple of the 4 I planted were forming buds. This puts them ahead of The Jubilees I planted which are also smallish compared to my other plants. But Behind the Cherokee purples that were busy blooming ad setting away.

I am happy with what pictures my wife sends (at least she cares enough to give me photographic progeress reports) but she doesn't always focus on what I wish to see but why push my luck

I would gladly trade my neat and tidy space for a LARGER space. I would probably still picket fence and cottage garden the area close to the house though.

Here is one she missed in her attachments yesterday and showed up in my email today (she's a keeper)

The stakes are merely to mark the location of each plat and guide the main leader upwards..I plan on letting this bed sprawl otherwise. Combined with the dry windy year and my drip irrigation I am comparing it to the caged bed yields in a non scientific anectdotal sort of way.

bryanccfshr · April 4, 2008

Everything seems to be doing great. I added some trellising to the stakes where I am staking. The growth is getting quite thick and hectic so a single stake was not gonna do the trick plus having all the empty space rapidly disapearing I rethought sprawling for all but one plant.

Worth1 · April 5, 2008

The plants look great mine are up past the first section of the cages too.

LGS is a smallish plant that will put out a few large sprays of blooms.

If you have a TTC around it take it down and use it some place else, LGS wont need it.

Once again the plants look great, its nice when all of the hard work pays off.

Welcome home and enjoy the warm sun, I bet it's still 40 below up there.

Worth

bryanccfshr · April 5, 2008

Last post before my wife gets cross about my need for sleep.
The lgs's are in cheap 42" cages that are obviously overkill. I didn't photograph them because frankly.. they are small but full of blossoms. They get the same water and nutrient schedule as the bigger cultivarst they are on a different plane size wise. I will take some pictures of the LGS's tommorow. They are seriously 12" at best and full of blossoms. My Add-it fertilizer injector arrived today.. I plugged it into my system and filled it with some soil and tomato food. Watch out!
It won't be long now.. I wish I had some early determinates planted.. I am eager to tast that first batch!

bryanccfshr · April 10, 2008

THis is an update of progress in the garden.

baby eggplant

LGS

A Cherokee purple

Some fun today..

organichris · April 20, 2008

Looking good. Nice.

Biscombe · April 20, 2008

Great pics! You've got orange blossom like me! don't you just love the smell!

bryanccfshr · April 20, 2008

Citrus blossoms are beautifully scented and I wish it could be bottled as well as it smells in nature. . I have lemon, grapefruit and mandarin orange. The grapefruit is what was blossoming in the picture.

bryanccfshr · April 21, 2008

Not as detailed as I would like but at least my wife does photograph the plants for me when I am up in Alaska.

From these I can tell that at least my drip timer is working that the Jubilees in the first picture are indeed small plants and that I will have to do some tucking and tying when I get home.

March 28, 2008	#17
bryanccfshr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Farmington, Nm Posts: 450	Thanks guys. We like a lot of color and a very informal look. The music is a great idea. A motion detector to activate would add another bit of fun. __________________ I moved!

March 28, 2008	#18
freeze12 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 20	WoW...Those are great pic's of some beautiful plants!Mine are started indoors now & sprouting & awaiting warm weather here in Buffalo,NY.thanks for the great pics!!! __________________ ...Dan

March 28, 2008	#19
bryanccfshr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Farmington, Nm Posts: 450	Freeze12, Long as you post some pictures of happy living plants in late July.. I think we will be even. __________________ I moved!

March 30, 2008	#21
bryanccfshr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Farmington, Nm Posts: 450	"Hows that LGS doing?" I wasn't consitant with the soil building in each bed so I don't know if it is the stature of the cultivar or the soil but they are only 8-12" tall. WHen I left for work 9 or 10 days back a couple of the 4 I planted were forming buds. This puts them ahead of The Jubilees I planted which are also smallish compared to my other plants. But Behind the Cherokee purples that were busy blooming ad setting away. I am happy with what pictures my wife sends (at least she cares enough to give me photographic progeress reports) but she doesn't always focus on what I wish to see but why push my luck I would gladly trade my neat and tidy space for a LARGER space. I would probably still picket fence and cottage garden the area close to the house though. Here is one she missed in her attachments yesterday and showed up in my email today (she's a keeper) The stakes are merely to mark the location of each plat and guide the main leader upwards..I plan on letting this bed sprawl otherwise. Combined with the dry windy year and my drip irrigation I am comparing it to the caged bed yields in a non scientific anectdotal sort of way. __________________ I moved! Last edited by bryanccfshr; March 30, 2008 at 01:08 AM.

April 4, 2008	#22
bryanccfshr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Farmington, Nm Posts: 450	Noticed good growth when I got home from work today. Everything seems to be doing great. I added some trellising to the stakes where I am staking. The growth is getting quite thick and hectic so a single stake was not gonna do the trick plus having all the empty space rapidly disapearing I rethought sprawling for all but one plant. __________________ I moved! Last edited by bryanccfshr; April 4, 2008 at 11:12 PM.

March 28, 2008	#16
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	Fantastic looking garden there. Cute dogs too.

March 29, 2008	#20
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I'm glad to see you have stopped tossing your booze bottles in the garden now that it has warmed up. Hows that LGS doing? The place looks good to bad cant get my place cleaned up like that but I have a canyon for a back yard and it is murder to weed eat all of the time. Thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Worth

April 5, 2008	#23
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	The plants look great mine are up past the first section of the cages too. LGS is a smallish plant that will put out a few large sprays of blooms. If you have a TTC around it take it down and use it some place else, LGS wont need it. Once again the plants look great, its nice when all of the hard work pays off. Welcome home and enjoy the warm sun, I bet it's still 40 below up there. Worth

April 10, 2008	#25
bryanccfshr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Farmington, Nm Posts: 450	Some nice clear night shots of fruit set and plant growth THis is an update of progress in the garden. baby eggplant LGS A Cherokee purple Some fun today.. __________________ I moved!

April 20, 2008	#26
organichris Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 630	Looking good. Nice.

April 20, 2008	#27
Biscombe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Spain Posts: 22	Great pics! You've got orange blossom like me! don't you just love the smell!

April 21, 2008	#29
bryanccfshr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Farmington, Nm Posts: 450	Still another update. Not as detailed as I would like but at least my wife does photograph the plants for me when I am up in Alaska. From these I can tell that at least my drip timer is working that the Jubilees in the first picture are indeed small plants and that I will have to do some tucking and tying when I get home. __________________ I moved!