Yesterday my wife watered the back yard tomato plants and this morning I watered the front yard tomato plants in preparation of this record breaking heat wave. I also got in some tomato training.
I found four more plants with tomatoes. These are Janet's Jacinthe Jewel, Cherokee Purple, Odoriko and Husky Cherry Red(2). I am particularly happy with Cherokee Purple having a tomato. A few weeks ago this plant looked like we could lose it. Now it has a growing tomato and appears healthy.
We did lose Black From Tula. It's dead. We haven't had the time to transfer the latest tomato volunteer into the hole because we were out of town over the weekend and now it's simply too hot and windy. Also, Red Pear Piriform is whiter than before, has some leaf curl and looks stiff. Not good.
Showing posts with label May Heat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label May Heat. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Tomato Plants Growing Strong
Sorry I haven't posted in quite a while.
The plants are growing strongly. My wife was training the tomatoes last week, though I did get around to training the plants on Sunday.
The front yard is being raided by the neighbor's rabbits. So far they have left the tomato plants (mostly) alone but I doubt that detente will continue when the fruit matures.
Saturday and Sunday were very hot for May. Saturday's high: 103.0. Sunday's high, 102.6. Blistering. This will sterilize a lot of the blooms on the plants. But strangely, this heat wave was so soon that most of the plants do not have a lot of blooms.
Sunday morning my wife and I quickly watered the plants -- my wife did the front yard and the "south garden" and I did the back yard not including the "south garden" -- before the blistering heat set in.
About half the plants in the front yard have tomatoes. Shah/Mikado has tomatoes in the backyard "south garden".
I'll make a list later, but for now the planted tomatoes are growing and looking good.
The plants are growing strongly. My wife was training the tomatoes last week, though I did get around to training the plants on Sunday.
The front yard is being raided by the neighbor's rabbits. So far they have left the tomato plants (mostly) alone but I doubt that detente will continue when the fruit matures.
Saturday and Sunday were very hot for May. Saturday's high: 103.0. Sunday's high, 102.6. Blistering. This will sterilize a lot of the blooms on the plants. But strangely, this heat wave was so soon that most of the plants do not have a lot of blooms.
Sunday morning my wife and I quickly watered the plants -- my wife did the front yard and the "south garden" and I did the back yard not including the "south garden" -- before the blistering heat set in.
About half the plants in the front yard have tomatoes. Shah/Mikado has tomatoes in the backyard "south garden".
I'll make a list later, but for now the planted tomatoes are growing and looking good.
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