Tomatoes (and Peppers) Are In

[GoDawgs]

Yesterday the tomatoes and peppers got planted, half of the 'maters up by the house and half down in the garden. I went overboard this year in the search for heat tolerance, a good paste and a different cherry... and some just for the heck of it! Thanks to those of you who shared seed.

These are the ones in the garden. I forgot to take a pic of the others but it's the same arrangement except the pallets are on the ground.



Twenty different varieties, one of each:

Bella Rosa (this one's done well for me before)
Brad's Atomic Grape
Camp Joy Cherry (new to me)
Creole Original (2nd year for this)
Early Annie (2 of these, first try for this)
Early Girl Bush (2 of these, does well for me)
German Johnson (from Shawn's list)
GGTW (new to me)
Golden Girl (does well for me)
KBX (new to me)
Mom's Paste (new to me)
Porter (new to me)
Rebel Yell (new to me)
Red Siberian (2nd year for this; loaded very early last year)
Rio Grande (2nd year for this)
Rosella Cherry (new to me)
Santiago (new to me)
SOTW (suffered in the heat last year so getting a shady reprieve this year)
Super Sioux (new to me)
Ten Fingers Of Naples (new to me)

Last year the garden tomatoes were in full blasting sun all day and they weren't happy at all. None of them did worth a toot. Too hot! This year I've moved them to the top of the garden on a bed that gets shade during the hottest part of the afternoon. Too much shade? I've read tomatoes only need about six hours of sun to produce. We'll see. Any input on that?


These are the peppers that were planted last night down the middle of the spring carrot bed.



1 Charleston Belle, 1 Carolina Wonder, 1 Gypsy, 2 Jalapeno M, 2 Jalapeno Mucho Nacho, 1 Maule's Red Hot cayenne, 1 Red Marconi and 1 Bequinho (seed of a Brazilian pepper given by a friend). No ancho as the seed never germinated and I forgot to order more. I hate to buy plants but might have to get an ancho. Serves me right.

[garden patch]

looks good. I just wish the weather would cooperate here in Toronto. Hopefully May 24 will be planting day. Hopefully earlier!

[PaulF]

Looks good! A few more days here before planting.

[GoDawgs]

We've had two chilly nights (45 this morning) but warm days. The plants still look fine. Starting tomorrow we'll be back in the high 80's low 90's with nights around mid 60's. Such temp swings this time of year here!

[TedB]

Hopefully the pics will post. Re seedling issues this is a first for me. I'm thinking my pricking-out mix rather the germination mix or a fungal issue. Okay possibly a combined nutrient issue (white blotches on some leaf tips/heavier older stem skin.)

Germination mix: 50-50 Sunshine #1 x ProMix4; Pricking-out (85% 2020 50qt bag/Costco MiracleGro+15%Sunshine#1. (I was temp out of Pmix.)

Checking the 2020 50qt MG composition vs 55qt 2019 mix there's a compost add. At this point God only knows what the multi-sources of MG's compost plant material has been sprayed with.

I reseeded my end of Feb T/P trials twice.2/3x times. Any help appreciated.

[garden patch]

they look like they are growing upright, hopefully if they grow straight up those plants should still be fine to plant. I hear that planting your tomato plants sideways will promote better root growth and produce more tomatoes. I'm going to try planting some that way this year myself. Cheers!

[GnomeGrown]

@GoDawgs Looking good. We have some cold weather coming up on Sat (low of 42F) here in Columbia, SC. Go Cocks!