Hey Fellow Floridians - Year 2 - Page 99

efisakov · August 5, 2016

Ginny, grow both. More salsa, sauce and dry tomatoes.

Fiishergurl · August 5, 2016

Ok I'm going to start some San Marzano Redorta seeds tomorrow. I dont have San Marzano seeds saved yet but do have the Redorta.

Marsha, what is your food mill brand and do you like it?

Ginny

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ginger2778 · August 5, 2016

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Originally Posted by Fiishergurl

Ok I'm going to start some San Marzano Redorta seeds tomorrow. I dont have San Marzano seeds saved yet but do have the Redorta.

Marsha, what is your food mill brand and do you like it?

Ginny

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Ginny there's a photo of it in post 1181 of this thread. I got it at a dept. Store, nothing special, they all work. I love it because I can just throw the stuff into th sauce without having to first boil for a minute and skin the tomatoes. 2 large ladels full, and 4-5 cranks and they are processed through.
Just continue reading those few posts with me and Kay. It is explained.

Fiishergurl · August 5, 2016

Ok cool. Found the post. I wasnt sure if there was a specific type to get. But good to know the inexpensive ones work. I was showing my husband pictures and he said oh there's one of those in the kitchen. I asked where? So he went and pulled it out of the back of the pots and pans cabinet. Going to try it out tomorrow.

Thanks
Ginny

spyfferoni · August 9, 2016

Hi, I thought I would post here. I moved to Puerto Rico after gardening in Utah for 17 years. I thought that maybe Florida and Puerto Rico have similar issues. I would like to try growing some tomatoes and peppers here. I am not sure what other vegetables would do well. I'm sure I will be dealing with funguses, viruses, bugs, and etc I never had to worry about in dry Utah.

ginger2778 · August 9, 2016

A reminder, our Florida TAG tomato, vegetable and ornamental free swap will take place on October 15, a Saturday from 1-5.

Details here: http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...163#post578163

Fiishergurl · August 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by spyfferoni

Hi, I thought I would post here. I moved to Puerto Rico after gardening in Utah for 17 years. I thought that maybe Florida and Puerto Rico have similar issues. I would like to try growing some tomatoes and peppers here. I am not sure what other vegetables would do well. I'm sure I will be dealing with funguses, viruses, bugs, and etc I never had to worry about in dry Utah.

Welcome to the Florida thread. I have learned so much here. Do you have good soil or are you thinking about growing in pots? I live on the intracoastal on land that was created via dredging the canal 100 years ago so it is all crushed seashells so I grow mostly in pots.

I think your environment should be similar to South Florida so you should be in the right place... :-)

Welcome again!

Ginny

Fiishergurl · August 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by ginger2778

A reminder, our Florida TAG tomato, vegetable and ornamental free swap will take place on October 15, a Saturday from 1-5.

Details here: http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...163#post578163

Hopefully it will be as successful as last year! Are you expecting an even larger crowd than last year?

Ginny

Zone9b · August 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by spyfferoni

Hi, I thought I would post here. I moved to Puerto Rico after gardening in Utah for 17 years. I thought that maybe Florida and Puerto Rico have similar issues. I would like to try growing some tomatoes and peppers here. I am not sure what other vegetables would do well. I'm sure I will be dealing with funguses, viruses, bugs, and etc I never had to worry about in dry Utah.

Welcome,
I think your gardening season in Puerto Rico will be fairly similar to South Florida zone 10b. However, the issues of heat and disease stress will be similar to much of Florida, even zone 9b where I am. Many here, on this thread, grow heirloom varieties of Tomatoes and Peppers with very good success. I personally trend toward hybrids with significant disease resistance and plant vigor.
Good Luck,
Larry

Fiishergurl · August 9, 2016

My cucumber plants here in Philly are doing better now. They are planted in the ground and growing along a chain link fence. It hasnt been as hot and I started watering them a little more regularly. In the past I was watering them when I watered the tomato plants which wasnt that often, plus as Ella mentioned there were a lot of days in the 90s here in July.

Has anyone grown cucumber plants in the ground in Florida? There is a chain link fence at home and I bought some rabbit manure a couple of winters ago that I never used (100 pounds for 6 dollars) so I dumped that along the fence line a while back along with some soil from pots with the plan to try and plant some vining type of plant there this fall. Cucumbers or peas maybe.

Ginny

ginger2778 · August 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by Fiishergurl

Hopefully it will be as successful as last year! Are you expecting an even larger crowd than last year?

Ginny

Not necessarily..... I haven't gotten a lot of answers yet, but people always wait until the last minute.

ginger2778 · August 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by spyfferoni

Hi, I thought I would post here. I moved to Puerto Rico after gardening in Utah for 17 years. I thought that maybe Florida and Puerto Rico have similar issues. I would like to try growing some tomatoes and peppers here. I am not sure what other vegetables would do well. I'm sure I will be dealing with funguses, viruses, bugs, and etc I never had to worry about in dry Utah.

The climate is kind of similar, but for it to get cool enough, you have to go up. Where in Puerto Rico? I spent a week there in 2001 for my honeymoon. I loved it.

efisakov · August 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by ginger2778

The climate is kind of similar, but for it to get cool enough, you have to go up. Where in Puerto Rico? I spent a week there in 2001 for my honeymoon. I loved it.

Is there a 15 years anniversary soon? Congrats.

ginger2778 · August 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by efisakov

Is there a 15 years anniversary soon? Congrats.

Thank you.

it was January.

Don_Saunders · August 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by Fiishergurl

Heres the fruit set Im going for... lol. Just kidding. This is a hydroponic, hermetically sealed, climate controlled, gas controlled, greenhouse operation over seas some where. (Not really hermetically sealed... just made that up for effect).

Ginny

I glanced down and nearly dropped my phone. Wouldn't that be a nice set-up for my backyard! Thanks for the shock!

August 5, 2016	#1471
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	Ginny, grow both. More salsa, sauce and dry tomatoes. __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!” Last edited by efisakov; August 5, 2016 at 09:52 PM.

August 5, 2016	#1474
Fiishergurl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Oak Hill, Florida Posts: 1,781	Ok cool. Found the post. I wasnt sure if there was a specific type to get. But good to know the inexpensive ones work. I was showing my husband pictures and he said oh there's one of those in the kitchen. I asked where? So he went and pulled it out of the back of the pots and pans cabinet. Going to try it out tomorrow. Thanks Ginny Last edited by Fiishergurl; August 6, 2016 at 06:45 AM.

August 9, 2016	#1476
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Bump for Free Swap A reminder, our Florida TAG tomato, vegetable and ornamental free swap will take place on October 15, a Saturday from 1-5. Details here: http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...163#post578163

August 5, 2016	#1472
Fiishergurl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Oak Hill, Florida Posts: 1,781	Ok I'm going to start some San Marzano Redorta seeds tomorrow. I dont have San Marzano seeds saved yet but do have the Redorta. Marsha, what is your food mill brand and do you like it? Ginny Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk

August 9, 2016	#1475
spyfferoni Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 675	Hi, I thought I would post here. I moved to Puerto Rico after gardening in Utah for 17 years. I thought that maybe Florida and Puerto Rico have similar issues. I would like to try growing some tomatoes and peppers here. I am not sure what other vegetables would do well. I'm sure I will be dealing with funguses, viruses, bugs, and etc I never had to worry about in dry Utah.

August 9, 2016	#1480
Fiishergurl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Oak Hill, Florida Posts: 1,781	My cucumber plants here in Philly are doing better now. They are planted in the ground and growing along a chain link fence. It hasnt been as hot and I started watering them a little more regularly. In the past I was watering them when I watered the tomato plants which wasnt that often, plus as Ella mentioned there were a lot of days in the 90s here in July. Has anyone grown cucumber plants in the ground in Florida? There is a chain link fence at home and I bought some rabbit manure a couple of winters ago that I never used (100 pounds for 6 dollars) so I dumped that along the fence line a while back along with some soil from pots with the plan to try and plant some vining type of plant there this fall. Cucumbers or peas maybe. Ginny