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#1981 |
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: NJ, zone 7
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Sounds like everyone is busy and having good time too. Do not forget to post pictures of your progress.
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#1982 |
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
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Tomato fruit setting weather is officially here. Woo hoo!
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#1983 |
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Central Florida
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The Castle Dome Broccoli is heading quickly. I think I will be able to get my 2nd crop in the RB in 1 1/2 weeks. We picked the first batch of Espada Bush Snap Beans for the season. 48 days from seed planting. They are doing much better than the Jade IIs I had planted last year, even if they don't taste as good.
Pictures as follows: Broccoli, BCD tomatoes, Bush Early Girl Tomatoes, Esterina Cherry and Garden Scarecrow for Halloween. 8350929665225768165-account_id=1.jpg bcd.jpg BEG.jpg esterina.jpg larry.jpg |
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#1984 |
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indialantic, Florida
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#1985 |
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Oak Hill, Florida
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Larry they look so nice and healthy!! Lots of tomatoes.
Ginny Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk |
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Join Date: Oct 2015
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Central Florida
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Central Florida
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Well I can’t say I’m real proud of what I do but here is how I stake container tomatoes. I start with the containers in a row of normally 4 to 6 containers. As a tomato plant gets of some size I stick a stake in the container all the way to the bottom. The stake is obviously more stable in a 10 gallon container than in a 6 gallon. My container stakes are quite an eclectic collection but my idealized container stake is something like ¾” x ¾” and 8 ft in length. Sometimes I rip up old or new wood on a table saw and can get these dimensions but other times I scavenge what I can find. Then at the ends of each row I drive a treated 2x2 in the ground. I can’t buy a treated 2x2 longer than 8’, so I take a piece of another and screw it to the longer piece. Then I can drive the resulting 2x2 in the ground at the end of the row and leave 7 to 8 feet sticking into the air. Basically I then do a Florida Weave between the more secure end poles and the plants and stakes in between. At this point I often use 3ply Sisal Twine which is strong but I can only reuse it a few times because it is biodegradable and it does just that, degrade. I actually prefer to use things like old telephone cable with twisted pairs and covered with a sheath. Things that come free and can be used over and over again, a sort of urban farmer recycling. Larry |
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#1989 |
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Central Florida
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[QUOTE=Fiishergurl;596784]Larry they look so nice and healthy!! Lots of tomatoes.
Ginny Thank you. Coming from a tomato wizard such as you, I consider that a real compliment. Larry |
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#1990 |
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Oak Hill, Florida
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Ha! I am no tomato wizard... :-) I am very interested in seeing pictures of the progress of your plants. I've always been fascinated with the Florida weave but wasnt sure it would work too well here.
I love how diverse we all are but we still get to a pretty good end results. Just goes to show there's more than one way to skin a cat (and did everyone know that saying is about CATFISH, not actual kitty cats?... LOL). Ginny Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk |
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indialantic, Florida
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I wish I could put comments in between the pics like Ginny does
Notice how buggy the yellow sticky cards are already. Ginny - notice my EB Covers (ie compactor bags from HD). First to set fruit is ICD followed closely by SunGold. The close-up with Flowers is Dusky Rose. There was another group of flowers on the plant but it must have been too warm ![]() Goal is to get most of the plants off the pool deck. |
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#1992 |
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Oak Hill, Florida
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Barb,
They look great! Already grown up... :-) Do you have a smart phone? Download the Tapatalk app and yhen you can insert pictures wherever you want to. Ginny Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk |
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Join Date: May 2014
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You Floridians keep the pictures coming. You're giving this stubborn Texan ideas on fighting RKN.
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Did some research eons ago,there are some older threads in the search pane. http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...ght=steam+soil
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Join Date: Jul 2014
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You plants look great and I'm betting you will have a great garden this fall. Larry |
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