On Wednesday I finished off the third hole left from Tuesday and dug a couple more.
Thursday and Friday I didn't do anything about planting tomatoes. If I dig too much my right knee swells and I have to back off. This was a backing off period.
Saturday afternoon I had a little time to spread out some of the compost in the back yard, but it was too hot to plant.
Yesterday I worked the TomatoMania event at Flora Gardens in Ojai. Not only was it turning dark by the time I got home, I brought home some more seedlings. I went to bed early...
...and I got up early. But I did spend time before dawn prepping the dug dirt piles for planting. Also, I added compost to all of our seedlings not yet planted.
Tonight we got two more planted: Momotaro and Aunt Ruby's German Green. Afterwards I placed compost in the spaces between the planted tomatoes.
So the short term goal is to plant tomatoes in the six remaining holes and then move more compost around the areas recently planted. Then it's dig, dig, dig more holes in the back yard. When my wife pins back the sweet peas growing in the "koi pond" in the front yard, I can dig there as well.
Showing posts with label Momotaro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Momotaro. Show all posts
Monday, April 20, 2015
Thursday, May 29, 2014
We're Harvesting!
Tuesday's harvest includes 3 Stupice.
We're harvesting! We tried a couple of the Stupice and they taste like you'd expect -- a fresh tomato with a "classic" tomato taste. Nothing spectacular, nothing unusual, just a tomato you can slice in half and toss it into a salad. We're off to the races!
I added fertilizer to Black SeaMan. My wife watered it in and trimmed the burned leaves (the dogs pee on this plant for some reason). The plant does not look good but we hope for a turnaround.
Wednesday's harvest includes 2 Stupice.
My wife replaced the destroyed Blush with Momotaro.
Today's harvest includes 3 Stupice.
I cut a lot of the low branches for all the tomatoes again and did a lot of training. During my cutting and training I noticed several plants with tomatoes. These include German Orange Strawberry, Black Krim, Snow White, Pierce's Pride and Nyagous.
Every plant in the "koi pond" now has a growing tomato except Berkeley Tie Dye.
I added a stake to support Volunteer(2).
We're harvesting! We tried a couple of the Stupice and they taste like you'd expect -- a fresh tomato with a "classic" tomato taste. Nothing spectacular, nothing unusual, just a tomato you can slice in half and toss it into a salad. We're off to the races!
I added fertilizer to Black SeaMan. My wife watered it in and trimmed the burned leaves (the dogs pee on this plant for some reason). The plant does not look good but we hope for a turnaround.
Wednesday's harvest includes 2 Stupice.
My wife replaced the destroyed Blush with Momotaro.
Today's harvest includes 3 Stupice.
I cut a lot of the low branches for all the tomatoes again and did a lot of training. During my cutting and training I noticed several plants with tomatoes. These include German Orange Strawberry, Black Krim, Snow White, Pierce's Pride and Nyagous.
Every plant in the "koi pond" now has a growing tomato except Berkeley Tie Dye.
I added a stake to support Volunteer(2).
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