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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 10:56:20 GMT -5
Nice maters. Lowes? Meh.....  Yeah,thats where I get them!  Lowes,Home Depot,supplied by Bonnie.The only places I can depend on to get the Celebrity variety I plant.Tried all local suppliers,should have seen the results.They buy cheaper seed and stick a celebrity label in them because its the most popular. People buy them and when hardly any production from the plants,say must of been a bad year.I used to buy a dozen at a time from different sources and grew them side by side.Should have seen the different varieties that were supposed to be Celebrity. Yeah, home depot. Skip Lowe's. I wear an orange apron. |
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Post by beefjello on Feb 6, 2016 20:15:48 GMT -5
I put a halt on getting mine in the ground. Freezing temps were forecasted and it did indeed drop below 32. Warm up coming so will get them in the ground this weekend!! Sheri Good thing you waited Sheri! we hit 35 here that morning. 80's are around the corner, things should really start poppin' this week |
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Post by beefjello on Feb 6, 2016 20:20:17 GMT -5
Ijust picked these up from Lowes this morning.Will pot them up in gallon nursery pots in the hothouse-greenhouse.Will set them out in the garden in 5-6 weeks.And so it begins!!!  snuffy Sweet! Always look forward to pictures of your tomatoes growing up and busting out. |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 8, 2016 8:19:35 GMT -5
beefjello Do you have alkaline soil ? We have acid and have to add lime. Thought soil out that way is alkaline.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 9, 2016 11:56:18 GMT -5
Okay, I have to get in on this. While all y'all are waiting to plant this years tomato crops, I am still enjoying tomatoes from the garden on last year's plants.
This was the plant a couple months ago. 
This plant is an heirloom variety called Mr. Stripey. Although I am not a tomato snob, it has good flavor.
But I am actually more impressed with its tenacity/hardiness.
I have never had a tomato plant overwinter before. Mainly, because by August/September, they have all gone brown and died on me. This plant was a volunteer from seed dropped in previous years. It did not have to live through the hot months, as it did not come up until October or so. Wonder if that will ever happen again? 
Had a couple frosts a week or two back, some of the tips got burned. But it's still all good! 
Mr. Stripey, good eatin'! 
These two are on my kitchen counter as I type.
Good luck with your gardens, Brian and snuffy! |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 9, 2016 12:12:57 GMT -5
Rubbing the warmth in rockpickerforever 37F the high today in Atlanta, windy, cloudy and overcast.Yuk |
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Post by Intheswamp on Feb 9, 2016 12:30:09 GMT -5
Okay, I have to get in on this. While all y'all are waiting to plant this years tomato crops, I am still enjoying tomatoes from the garden on last year's plants.
This was the plant a couple months ago.<snip> I had an old fella call me a couple of years ago with a swarm of bees he wanted me to come get. He told me they were on a collard plant. Ok, I figured they were down around ground level, no problem. When I got there he had six foot tall collard plants....bare stalks up to about two feet from the top. He said he'd been pulling leaves off of them for the last three years. Amazing.... |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 9, 2016 12:42:21 GMT -5
Rubbing the warmth in rockpickerforever 37F the high today in Atlanta, windy, cloudy and overcast.Yuk You betcha, James! But it comes at a cost. Only 68 degrees right now, but it will be warming up plenty soon enough. Expecting record setting highs for this date today, will let you know how that goes (and rub it in again, lol).
Will be enjoying my sunshine a little bit later today, gotta get that tan darkened up again.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 9, 2016 13:23:54 GMT -5
Seriously rockpickerforever, just came back from tumblers in nursery and did a clean out on the vibe. Return trip (30 seconds) iced the fingers, tingles and ouches. Stuck them on the Ms. and got 2 black and blues, moved over to the hot box dogs and tortured them as hand warmers. No one likes me. Is your soil acid or alkaline Jean ? You don't use lime do you ? |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 9, 2016 14:12:34 GMT -5
James jamesp, I'm in the southwest... of course I have alkaline soil! I don't personally use lime, but when I pot plants up for my dad (especially tomatoes!), he always has me add lime. Don't know how necessary that is, though, as he has me use store bought potting soil! |
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Post by beefjello on Feb 16, 2016 19:26:57 GMT -5
Haven't been around much, spent most of my precious few spare minutes the past week or so getting things ready for a yard sale we had this past weekend. Made some room in the garage, as well as a few extra bucks (yay!). That much closer to reaching my saw and cabber too! Things have really been shooting up in the garden. Here's some pics I took Sunday  Spinach and Kale. Clipped some of the larger kale leaves yesterday for Christa's smoothie.   Lost one of the broccoli plants. Put in a little 'big beef' tomato in it's place.  Been enjoying radishes, pulled a bunch yesterday. They went a little long and didn't bulk up as much as they should have.. prolly because I didn't thin them quick enough, but they're still tasty!  jamesp we have pretty much clay like soil that's alkaline. I turned the soli and mixed in lotsa stuff, but not lime (mulch, top soil, bull sh!t, some sand, etc.) rockpickerforever them Mr. Stripeys look mighty tasty!  |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 16, 2016 23:41:21 GMT -5
Looks like some happy veggies. Well done.
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Post by Intheswamp on Feb 17, 2016 6:46:53 GMT -5
Definitely looking good. Somebody's going to be enjoying some treats later this spring/summer!!!!
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Post by beefjello on Feb 27, 2016 12:02:01 GMT -5
Enjoyed some fresh spinach scrambled with my eggs this morning.. yum! Picked some kale leaves as well, they've really been producing. Pulled a lemon off our tree to go in my tea. Life is good!   |
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Post by beefjello on Mar 5, 2016 18:32:32 GMT -5
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Post by beefjello on May 19, 2016 17:44:09 GMT -5
Pulled our first ripe maters earlier this week, along with a few funky looking but tasty carrots. Yum!  |
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