We Need More Tomato Plant Pictures

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Stvrob

Worth, your garden looks awesome. Mine is an eyesore.

No it isn't it looks great.
But thank you.
I will admit the neighborhood garden ladies hate me they won't even look or wave.
The snake is a coach whip is it not.

Worth

[Stvrob]

Originally Posted by Worth1

No it isn't it looks great.
But thank you.
I will admit the neighborhood garden ladies hate me they won't even look or wave.
The snake is a coach whip is it not.

Worth

he might be a coachwip. I was thinking he was a red bellied water snake but I'm not exactly sure.

[mouka_f_slouka]

Originally Posted by kath

...what else is new? Not sure if I'll ever be able to wait April 1st to sow tomato seeds. These were sown on 3/3 and 3/12. No more room under the lights for them so they'll be outside a bit more each day getting hardened off, weather permitting, and then go back inside the greenhouse at night...for another month- yikes! Plant out here isn't usually safe until after May 15th so I'll most likely have to pot up again...already too much work for me. Only 24 of the 85 plants are actually destined for my garden- the others are neighbor requests and doubles of all of them for "backups". No backups next year.

Your plants look fantastic. I too am running out of room for my tomatoes. I did exactly what you did, I planted 4 times more than my small lot would allow me to. So some are going to neighbors. As for the rest, I have no idea. I hate killing plants that I have spent so much time nurturing.

[mouka_f_slouka]

Originally Posted by Delerium

Start of the mater season.

Those are terrific plants. You will be harvesting tomatoes very soon. And to think that some of us haven't even had a chance to put one plant in the ground.
I am so jealous!!!

[mouka_f_slouka]

Originally Posted by Worth1

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Worth:

You are a serious tomato grower. Your plants and garden look like what I have always dreamed of.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Stvrob

he might be a coachwip. I was thinking he was a red bellied water snake but I'm not exactly sure.

Yep here it is the eastern coach whip looks just like yours.

If you guys didn't know it I am a big snake fan.
I dont keep them as pets because they belong in the wild for the same reason I dont keep birds in cages.
Too me and only me and I dont concern myself with what other people do I just cant stand to see them locked up.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by mouka_f_slouka

Worth:

You are a serious tomato grower. Your plants and garden look like what I have always dreamed of.

Thanks I dont know what to say, I'm honored.
Mine is a dream I made into a reality.

Worth

[joseph]

This is the first year I've had a greenhouse available to really grow tomatoes right... I grew about ten plants like the ones I'm holding in this photo. I'm planting them in the next couple days into the floor of the greenhouse as soon as I finish eating the spinach that's currently growing there.




Sure enjoying the greenhouse. Now that I've started the main tomato crop I'm applying just a bit of heat at night when it's below freezing.

[Stvrob]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Yep here it is the eastern coach whip looks just like yours.

If you guys didn't know it I am a big snake fan.
I dont keep them as pets because they belong in the wild for the same reason I dont keep birds in cages.
Too me and only me and I dont concern myself with what other people do I just cant stand to see them locked up.

I think you are right, he does look like a coachwhip. Ive seen them around with darker coloring at the head, but I see that their coloring can vary.
as far as pets go, Im not going to catch and keep a snake. My youngest daughter mainly just wants to look at them more than anything. Plus we have a litter of 5 1-yr old cats, something like a pet snake would be too much of a distraction.

[TexasTim]

Originally Posted by Worth1

What do you fertilize with?
They look nice.

Worth

I like to push them. Vigoro granular, Miracle-Gro for tomatoes and Texas Tomato Food.
Epsom salts to prevent blossom end rot.

My simple minded logic says "Growem quick before they die"!

If you have good drainage, you can give them more water.
If you can give them more water, you can give them more food.

No science but I get tons (literally), of tomatoes every year.

[TexasTim]

Originally Posted by Worth1

No it isn't it looks great.
But thank you.
I will admit the neighborhood garden ladies hate me they won't even look or wave.
The snake is a coach whip is it not.

Worth

"Neighborhood garden ladies!"
Love it!

My neighbor has a son-in-law who has a blog about growing your own food, etc.
Same reaction here. Haven't heard from him in three years.

[kath]

Originally Posted by mouka_f_slouka

Your plants look fantastic. I too am running out of room for my tomatoes. I did exactly what you did, I planted 4 times more than my small lot would allow me to. So some are going to neighbors. As for the rest, I have no idea. I hate killing plants that I have spent so much time nurturing.

Thanks- I hope I can keep them looking good for another month, if need be, because I'm determined not to plant out early again this year. So I spent today potting up the tomatoes and also flowers that I started too soon.

I feel the same way about composting plants that I've grown, so I found homes for the large backup tomato plants I had and delivered them already, since I just sowed another set yesterday. Even though I gave away lots of plants, after potting up there are 2 more trays of plants to haul in and out of the greenhouse every day.

I'm writing a huge and detailed note to myself in my garden journal so that I do NOT make the same mistakes yet again next year and create all this unnecessary work for myself.

[Sodak]

Originally Posted by luigiwu

Mine are all still inside.
I am loving the sterilite tubs to go with my red cups, no more tipping over and so easy to water!
First year doing dwarfs (I don't have any pics) but they are so much smaller!

Which sterilite bins do you use?
Those look ideal for red solo cups.

[mouka_f_slouka]

Originally Posted by joseph

This is the first year I've had a greenhouse available to really grow tomatoes right... I grew about ten plants like the ones I'm holding in this photo. I'm planting them in the next couple days into the floor of the greenhouse as soon as I finish eating the spinach that's currently growing there.




Sure enjoying the greenhouse. Now that I've started the main tomato crop I'm applying just a bit of heat at night when it's below freezing.

I saw some Fava beans, aka broad beans. How easy is it to grow those?
In Morocco they are extremely common and people there have tons of recipes for cooking them. Even the pods themselves are edible. You just need to remove the stringy edges and you have something that can be cooked along the beans themselves.

[OzoneNY]

Originally Posted by TexasTim

I like to push them. Vigoro granular, Miracle-Gro for tomatoes and Texas Tomato Food.
Epsom salts to prevent blossom end rot.

My simple minded logic says "Growem quick before they die"!

If you have good drainage, you can give them more water.
If you can give them more water, you can give them more food.

No science but I get tons (literally), of tomatoes every year.

If you can get tons in Spring TX, then I should be able to get a few in Frisco TX. Old game but for me a new state.