Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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May 4, 2017 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Arkansas
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Why do I????
Why do I need too: build an Ark to grow my tomatoes/vegetables on? . build an Ark filled with my tomatoes/vegetables to feed the multitudes of plant sucking, munching bugs? . need my winter coat...in May? . and where did the sun go? . and why the hell is the wind blasting my stuff at 40 darn miles an hour! . I guess that a lot of you are experiencing exactly the same thing. :nod: We have had record rains, flooding, oddly cold temps, and awful winds. Luckily we are well out of the flood zone- as some in N.W Ark. are not so fortunate- . We did get to see the Beaver Dam floodgates open. Not that unusual, but cool, unless you live downstream (White River). I was shocked to see many old trees uprooted by one of the latest storms. . I hope that everyone here is safe, and having a great season... . I sound like a pessimist-but I'm not-I will have my veggies! Even if I have to grow them in my living room! Last edited by tarpalsfan; May 4, 2017 at 02:58 PM. Reason: bad smiley |
May 4, 2017 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Joplin MO
Posts: 1,398
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I live in SWMO and we have gotten over 15" in April and it has been devastating for many people in middle America. I think it has happened 3 or 4 times in the last 25 years. Thanks to this site (ColeRobbie I think) I planted in raised rows this year, which survived the excess water in fine shape. If I had stayed with my usual planting method I would likely be starting over.
I guess we try to plan for the worst and pray for the best and let the chips fall where they may. |
May 4, 2017 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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Better than extreme super drought.
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May 4, 2017 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Posts: 3,099
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Been unusually mild here as well. We had a big storm last week but outside of that Spring has been oddly good this year. It is typically hitting 90 or higher some by now but it has been in low 70s to mid 80's almost the whole time. Sorry for they ones suffering but I gotta say I am loving the 75 degree low humidity days. Feels like paradise compared to the usual humid he11.
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May 4, 2017 | #5 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Santa Maria California
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May 4, 2017 | #6 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Joplin MO
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quickly receeding and we are in good shape. Where we live the flooding doesn't affect us. |
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May 5, 2017 | #7 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
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All these bad weather events have sent me into permanent ark mode with the garden. The raised beds are for the floods. The drip irrigation is for the droughts. I'm sure we will have both. There's so much water in the tilled garden right now, that this afternoon when I went to the greenhouse, there was a Canadian goose sitting beside it. I think he thought it was a lake. |
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May 5, 2017 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Joplin MO
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May 5, 2017 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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No disrespect to anyone that gets hurt in a storm but there is no weather event on this planet than the total lack of rain for extended periods of time that can be more devastating.
Whole civilizations have collapsed due to this. Worth |
May 5, 2017 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: nc
Posts: 57
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Ive always seen it as dry weather hurts stuff and wet weather kills stuff. Easier to add water than it is to remove it..
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May 5, 2017 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Pulaski County, Arkansas
Posts: 1,239
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wulp neighbor,
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May 5, 2017 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Joplin MO
Posts: 1,398
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Any extreme weather event is No Bueno. And I heard the Ice Age was a real bummer.
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May 5, 2017 | #13 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 206
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. What helped me a little was the plans for the self-watering bucket I found here. Cover the water...pipe...thingy..well, whatever-those two plants are lucky 'maters'. (please! I hope I haven't jinxed my poor plants) . I am worried about mosquito's. We have tree's with hollow trunks due to brush burn offs. I can't do anything about all of them. :fear: . Planting in our garden is impossible right now. But I have buckets and raised beds, and they dry out pretty fast. . There have been several deaths here due to the flood waters, I feel rather selfish to worry about growing vegetables...but, I guess all we can do it pray for those suffering, and carry on ourselves. . Anyway, I hope that when you do get more rain, it is a good, soaking gentle rain, and it comes when you need it! Best season to you! |
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May 5, 2017 | #14 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 206
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NO JOKE HONEY! My husband and I were saying the exact same darn thing! I'd save the darn water for later if I could! I mean not just in gallon jugs with lids either. We have had bad drought for several past seasons-I have a big water trough tank for watering livestock, but no way to cover it-one word:mosquitos So the tanks up ended and I use it to but my plants on.
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May 5, 2017 | #15 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Arkansas
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