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re: 2023 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 6/13/23 at 8:43 pm to Mr Sausage
Posted on 6/13/23 at 8:43 pm to Mr Sausage
That’s a lot of potatoes! What’s the plan for them?
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 9:43 pm to FieldEngineer
We spread them amongst family, friends, and neighbors. They last pretty long once dry and stored.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 6:16 am to meeple
Posted on 6/14/23 at 7:24 am to Mr Sausage
I'll trade you some cucumbers
Posted on 6/14/23 at 8:14 am to LSUJuice
pick a sonic to meet at 
Posted on 6/14/23 at 8:56 am to Mr Sausage
I always try to keep track of which plant makes the biggest tomatoes for me. I was a little concerned this year just because my tomatoes weren't showing much size until the last couple of weeks. Thus far, I've got a Cherokee Purple at 13.1oz, a Fred's Tie Dye at 18.3oz, and another Fred's Tie Dye at 18.7oz. If that holds, this will be the 3rd or 4th year in a row that the Fred's made the biggest tomato out of Big Beef, Cherokee Purple, Fred's, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, New Big Dwarf, Celebrity, Better Boy, and a few other varieties that I can't remember off the top of my head.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 10:15 am to bluemoons
[quote]I always try to keep track of which plant makes the biggest tomatoes for me.[/quote
You've certainly had great success growing very large tomatoes! I doubt many gardeners can match your results!
In regard to growing large tomatoes, the Brimmer tomato variety is the largest tomato I've ever seen and eaten. In my opinion, it's a very good purplish colored fruit. I imagine very few gardeners these days have tried it; but that, of course, might not be so.
I've posted some information about how I became aware of this very old variety in a post separate from this 2023 Spring Garden Thread.
Here's a link to a snippet about Brimmer, if you or anyone else might want to read it. LINK
You've certainly had great success growing very large tomatoes! I doubt many gardeners can match your results!
In regard to growing large tomatoes, the Brimmer tomato variety is the largest tomato I've ever seen and eaten. In my opinion, it's a very good purplish colored fruit. I imagine very few gardeners these days have tried it; but that, of course, might not be so.
I've posted some information about how I became aware of this very old variety in a post separate from this 2023 Spring Garden Thread.
Here's a link to a snippet about Brimmer, if you or anyone else might want to read it. LINK
This post was edited on 6/14/23 at 10:16 am
Posted on 6/14/23 at 11:29 am to Longer Tail Tiger
quote:
You've certainly had great success growing very large tomatoes! I doubt many gardeners can match your results!
Thanks but I don't know about all that
. I just like to see which variety that I grow makes the biggest slicing fruits year after year. It's great when you can put a .5" thick slice from one tomato on a BLT. Thanks for the link. I'm going to check those out. May order some seeds for the fall
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Posted on 6/14/23 at 1:23 pm to bluemoons
My son and I both tried to eat a whole cherry tomato yesterday. I made it about 10 seconds. He finished with a terrible look on his face just because he did not want to spit it out. I wish I knew why I loved cooked and dried tomatoes so much when I cannot stand a raw one.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 1:24 pm to AlxTgr
I can’t just eat one. I can eat one on a sandwich but that’s the only way.
Is it the taste or texture you dislike?
Is it the taste or texture you dislike?
Posted on 6/14/23 at 1:33 pm to AlxTgr
Interesting. I can't stop eating them . If it's the taste that's off, that's abnormal. Sungolds almost taste like a fruit.
. If it's the taste that's off, that's abnormal. Sungolds almost taste like a fruit. Posted on 6/14/23 at 3:17 pm to bbvdd
quote:It's the taste. Lots of people don't like tomatoes though. I think it's a gene not unlike the quinine deal. Those of us that taste quinine don't like anything bitter, and if you don't have that gene, you don't taste it at all. See also: cilantro, though I don't get the soap thing like a lot of people.
Is it the taste or texture you dislike?
Posted on 6/14/23 at 3:22 pm to AlxTgr
I hate cilantro.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 3:26 pm to PillageUrVillage
Pillage what's that little contraption there?
Posted on 6/14/23 at 3:56 pm to TheBoo
Anybody ever start tomato seeds outdoors then put them under a grow-light to speed things up?
I started seeds for fall tomatoes maybe 10-14 days ago and I'm wondering if I still started too late. Had planned to forgo the grow-light & let them go outdoors before transplanting in mid-July. Length of time for most of them is between 80-90 days. They already have their second set of leaves. tia
I started seeds for fall tomatoes maybe 10-14 days ago and I'm wondering if I still started too late. Had planned to forgo the grow-light & let them go outdoors before transplanting in mid-July. Length of time for most of them is between 80-90 days. They already have their second set of leaves. tia
Posted on 6/14/23 at 4:13 pm to DarthTiger
In my experience, tomato seedlings grow much better outdoors with good sunlight than they do under grow lights.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 4:17 pm to DarthTiger
quote:I need to learn about this. The new wife is asking.
fall tomatoes
Posted on 6/14/23 at 4:19 pm to AlxTgr
Are my tomatoes done with this heatwave?
Posted on 6/14/23 at 4:29 pm to LSUlefty
I have little experience, but what has actually worked for me in the past is moving the potted ones to partial sun.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 4:30 pm to TheBoo
quote:
Pillage what's that little contraption there?
Little Wizard Pea Sheller. If you look several posts before that one, cgrand posted a link to it.
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