Tomato Pics

brooksville · May 12, 2015

First pic just general tomato patch with a few squash.
Next 2 are Cherokee purple. How did that one tom form a nose?
Fourth pic is an "I do not remember."
Last is a Purple bumble bee.

AlittleSalt · May 12, 2015

Very nice pictures

BigVanVader · May 12, 2015

Very nice! Your way ahead of me. When did you plant out? I planted most of my tomatoes around April 20th. We had some low 30s early April so had to wait a bit longer than normal.

shelleybean · May 12, 2015

Looking good! You're ahead of me, too. Mine are just now beginning to set fruit.

brooksville · May 12, 2015

We started March 15th. I know that sounds early, but I use a website hosted by UGA that has weather stations all over GA. Some of the stations had data that goes back top 1995. I looked at the last frost date for the last 10 years and then looked at the 10 day. My wife and I then gambled and started planting out. It took us almost a month to get everything in. Just finished with the okra but we usually wait till the heat shows up for that.

Karla · May 12, 2015

Nice! photos

Worth1 · May 12, 2015

Looks nice, are you using bar code labels to keep track of stuff?
I see some on the plants.

Worth

BucksCountyGirl · May 12, 2015

Your plants look great! Best of luck this season.

BigVanVader · May 12, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by brooksville

We started March 15th. I know that sounds early, but I use a website hosted by UGA that has weather stations all over GA. Some of the stations had data that goes back top 1995. I looked at the last frost date for the last 10 years and then looked at the 10 day. My wife and I then gambled and started planting out. It took us almost a month to get everything in. Just finished with the okra but we usually wait till the heat shows up for that.

Wow nice payoff if you sell at market. I have gambled and planted early a few times, but the weather here was much cooler than usual. We actually had a spring for once which was nice but unexpected. I really like your setup, I think I'm going to put pine straw down on my beds this year since I have free access to it and it looks good. Beautiful garden!

mikie1856 · May 15, 2015

Very nice job!

KarenO · May 15, 2015

Beautiful garden!
KarenO

wildcat62 · May 20, 2015

You're garden looks great. Curious what you are using as mulch. I've had a terrible problem with early blight the last couple of years and am looking for ways to avoid it this year.

brooksville · May 20, 2015

I am also struggling with EB. I think it's manageable, I just have to stay abreast of the situation.
B54red posted a link in the disease thread. I'll paste the link.

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...t=bleach+spray

Hope the link works.

brooksville · May 20, 2015

Thanks for the compliment. We are using newspaper, straw, and pine straw. We had 2 weeks of no rain and high humidity. So, I got complacent on the spray schedule. Blight and Septoria have shown up. The Sep is spreading really fast and the EB seems to slowed tremendously. The key is remaining diligent in my efforts, which is really hard for me because is the garden in an old deer food patch about 30 miles from home.

P.S. Just picked one Apricosa and one Purple Bumblebee today, won't be long now till the big ones start breaking.

May 12, 2015	#4
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	Looking good! You're ahead of me, too. Mine are just now beginning to set fruit. __________________ Michele

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Karla Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ashland,OH Posts: 189	Nice! photos __________________ Karla

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BucksCountyGirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Holland, PA/Zone 7A Posts: 692	Your plants look great! Best of luck this season. __________________ - Kelli Life's a climb...but the view is fantastic

May 12, 2015	#2
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Very nice pictures

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BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Very nice! Your way ahead of me. When did you plant out? I planted most of my tomatoes around April 20th. We had some low 30s early April so had to wait a bit longer than normal.

May 12, 2015	#5
brooksville Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2014 Location: South Georgia Zone 8a Posts: 179	We started March 15th. I know that sounds early, but I use a website hosted by UGA that has weather stations all over GA. Some of the stations had data that goes back top 1995. I looked at the last frost date for the last 10 years and then looked at the 10 day. My wife and I then gambled and started planting out. It took us almost a month to get everything in. Just finished with the okra but we usually wait till the heat shows up for that.

May 12, 2015	#7
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Looks nice, are you using bar code labels to keep track of stuff? I see some on the plants. Worth

May 15, 2015	#10
mikie1856 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: PA Shohola Posts: 9	Very nice job!

May 15, 2015	#11
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	Beautiful garden! KarenO

May 20, 2015	#12
wildcat62 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2014 Location: Zone 6 Northern Kentucky Posts: 1,094	You're garden looks great. Curious what you are using as mulch. I've had a terrible problem with early blight the last couple of years and am looking for ways to avoid it this year.