Tomato time [gardening]
May. 22nd, 2025 10:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebeccmeisterSomehow or another it's almost the end of May, and I only just got most of the tomato plants in the ground yesterday!
The varieties that I transplanted into the wine barrel a week? Two weeks? ago are looking pretty happy.
I planted six different varieties in the main garden bed. There is basically a row in between the mint and strawberry plants where I could fit them in.
I still haven't decided on homes for the last 2 varieties.
Meanwhile, there are little strawberries on many of the strawberry plants.
And flower buds on the raspberry canes.
I probably won't manage to get the soaker hose and timer set up before leaving to bike tour, but the tomato plants will all fare far better in the ground instead of in pots, while I'm away. They had reached the point where I had to water them on the daily, and now they will have access to a ton more nutrients, too.
It will be interesting to see how all these different varieties fare. All of these plants are planted too densely for optimal tomato production, but for whatever reason I just can't bring myself to thin them out too much.
The varieties that I transplanted into the wine barrel a week? Two weeks? ago are looking pretty happy.
I planted six different varieties in the main garden bed. There is basically a row in between the mint and strawberry plants where I could fit them in.
I still haven't decided on homes for the last 2 varieties.
Meanwhile, there are little strawberries on many of the strawberry plants.
And flower buds on the raspberry canes.
I probably won't manage to get the soaker hose and timer set up before leaving to bike tour, but the tomato plants will all fare far better in the ground instead of in pots, while I'm away. They had reached the point where I had to water them on the daily, and now they will have access to a ton more nutrients, too.
It will be interesting to see how all these different varieties fare. All of these plants are planted too densely for optimal tomato production, but for whatever reason I just can't bring myself to thin them out too much.
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Date: 2025-05-22 02:48 pm (UTC)A similar story with peppers. I understand you very well.
And thanks for the photos! Gardening stories without photos look a little dull. And this luxurious greenery and growing life pleases the eye.
Thank you!
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Date: 2025-05-22 04:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-05-22 05:10 pm (UTC)Around here, it would be foolish to put in tomatoes before the start of May. So, I'm not all that horribly late, heh.
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Date: 2025-05-22 05:12 pm (UTC)Pleated black tomatoes ... mmm...you are absolutely right.
"The ones that got planted a month ago are 2 feet tall and happy."
This made me smile widely.It's easy to imagine. Beautifully put.
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