sad day

encore · May 30, 2018

this is what happens when you bring 90 tomato plants and 60 pepper plants to freinds up north, and you leave yours and a couple freinds plants home for your kid to watch, once outside for a half hour in a weeks time the rest of the time in the garage and over watering them, should be 10 inches tall and ready for the RGGS! looks like no or MAYBE late tomatoes this year.---tom

oakley · May 30, 2018

I know it is sad but they will bounce back.
I left for 4 days last weekend with lots of rain in the forecast but not a drop occurred.
They were my reserve trays for back-ups and friends/family. Look much better today.
Only one perished out of about 36.

Still a bit of a set-back and depressing but be hopeful if that is possible.

Old School · May 30, 2018

At least the Peppers took it in stride

I would plant fresh tomato seeds directly in the garden and see what happens. Just another lesson learned

Koala Doug · May 30, 2018

I also think the plants are salvageable. They'll be a bit delayed, but they will recover nicely in due time. There is hope!

Worth1 · May 30, 2018

Time to cast the kid out into the desert to live with the snakes and scorpions.

Worth

Nan_PA_6b · May 30, 2018

Oh, Encore, how discouraging! Give them proper care and see how fast they perk up. Keep us updated...

Nan

Andrey_BY · May 30, 2018

It would be better to ask friends or neighbours if they have some extra heirloom tomato plants left. I always have at least 10-20 plants to replace week transplanted plants or help neighboures

encore · May 30, 2018

lol i left 90 plants up in the U.P. of Mi. for freinds, that's 320 miles away. as for around here, i'm about the only one growing them. just might have to wait another year to taste all the new varieties i got, or raid their gardens, if they don't come around, or get too hot if they do and blossoms abort, i'll give them a week or so then think about store bought, or just won't grow anything this year.---tom

Nan_PA_6b · May 30, 2018

So are there any Wisconsonites (Wisconsonians?) who have extra seedlings for Encore? Whereabouts are you in WI, Encore?

Nan

encore · May 30, 2018

lol thanks for enquiring, but i'll survive, alot of garden centers around,---tom

encore · May 30, 2018

should have taken mine up north too! lol they might have enjoyed the ride back and forth! lol---tom

Worth1 · May 30, 2018

Quote:

Originally Posted by encore

should have taken mine up north too! lol they might have enjoyed the ride back and forth! lol---tom

I was thinking the same thing.

cjp1953 · May 30, 2018

Hoping you get some to recover,pepper plants looked good.Hope you get to taste a few and those produce well for you.

clkeiper · May 31, 2018

Encore...they look sad but recoverable

but.... what did you have growing? I have boatloads of extras.
I am willing to pop them in the mail and hope for the best if you want to pm your address.
peron sprayless
a few big beefs
giant garden paste
lemon boy
dwarf lemon ice?
goldendwarf gypsy
a couple sweet ozark orange I think
orange slice hybrid
orange wellington
forth of july
beefsteak.. and a few more I am sure
some other dwarfs
a bunch of cherries (mostly not red)
I can spray them with vapor guard too.

oakley · May 31, 2018

SweetOzarkOrange was a star in my garden last year....planted 4 this year.

I took a 36cell 1010 tray with me on vacation a couple years ago and they looked much worse than
yours. Bounced back, gave most away to neighbors, then brought 4 home that produced really well.

May 30, 2018	#3
Old School Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Central PA, Zone 6 Posts: 93	At least the Peppers took it in stride I would plant fresh tomato seeds directly in the garden and see what happens. Just another lesson learned __________________ -Frank

May 30, 2018	#7
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	It would be better to ask friends or neighbours if they have some extra heirloom tomato plants left. I always have at least 10-20 plants to replace week transplanted plants or help neighboures __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

May 31, 2018	#14
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	Encore...they look sad but recoverable but.... what did you have growing? I have boatloads of extras. I am willing to pop them in the mail and hope for the best if you want to pm your address. peron sprayless a few big beefs giant garden paste lemon boy dwarf lemon ice? goldendwarf gypsy a couple sweet ozark orange I think orange slice hybrid orange wellington forth of july beefsteak.. and a few more I am sure some other dwarfs a bunch of cherries (mostly not red) I can spray them with vapor guard too. __________________ carolyn k

May 30, 2018	#2
oakley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: NewYork 5a Posts: 2,303	I know it is sad but they will bounce back. I left for 4 days last weekend with lots of rain in the forecast but not a drop occurred. They were my reserve trays for back-ups and friends/family. Look much better today. Only one perished out of about 36. Still a bit of a set-back and depressing but be hopeful if that is possible.

May 30, 2018	#4
Koala Doug Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Detroit Posts: 688	I also think the plants are salvageable. They'll be a bit delayed, but they will recover nicely in due time. There is hope!

May 30, 2018	#5
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Time to cast the kid out into the desert to live with the snakes and scorpions. Worth

May 30, 2018	#6
Nan_PA_6b Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 3,194	Oh, Encore, how discouraging! Give them proper care and see how fast they perk up. Keep us updated... Nan

May 30, 2018	#8
encore Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: wisconsin Posts: 536	lol i left 90 plants up in the U.P. of Mi. for freinds, that's 320 miles away. as for around here, i'm about the only one growing them. just might have to wait another year to taste all the new varieties i got, or raid their gardens, if they don't come around, or get too hot if they do and blossoms abort, i'll give them a week or so then think about store bought, or just won't grow anything this year.---tom

May 30, 2018	#13
cjp1953 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Cuyahoga Falls,Ohio Posts: 818	Hoping you get some to recover,pepper plants looked good.Hope you get to taste a few and those produce well for you.