Tomatoes are doing well

[Ellen Marie]

I've different gardening plans over the years.... I now have three raised bed and a long, 80-strip at the end of the lot where I can plants. I currently have 18 tomato plants, zucchini, and green beans in the raised beds.... with pumpkins and squash in the long strip where I can, hopefully, control the vines to some extent. Got several pumpkins and squash coming on.... fixed some butternut squash soup last week. My sister donates her excess to my cause. I have canned 42 quarts of green beans, 21 pints of salsa, 21 pints of pasta sauce, 12 pints of pickles, 20 half-pints of jelly.... add in some canned meat (chicken and beef).... and some soup base and canned tomatoes and juice, and it has been a productive summer. Used 12 dozen canning lids.... getting ready to dry can and dehydrate now.....

You can get a productive supply of tomatoes and peppers from pots.... feed the tomatoes an egg shell diet along with some Epson salts to make them sweet.... and buy indeterminant plants.... and you can get produce until the weather freezes.

 

[Aneeda72]

I've different gardening plans over the years.... I now have three raised bed and a long, 80-strip at the end of the lot where I can plants. I currently have 18 tomato plants, zucchini, and green beans in the raised beds.... with pumpkins and squash in the long strip where I can, hopefully, control the vines to some extent. Got several pumpkins and squash coming on.... fixed some butternut squash soup last week. My sister donates her excess to my cause. I have canned 42 quarts of green beans, 21 pints of salsa, 21 pints of pasta sauce, 12 pints of pickles, 20 half-pints of jelly.... add in some canned meat (chicken and beef).... and some soup base and canned tomatoes and juice, and it has been a productive summer. Used 12 dozen canning lids.... getting ready to dry can and dehydrate now.....

You can get a productive supply of tomatoes and peppers from pots.... feed the tomatoes an egg shell diet along with some Epson salts to make them sweet.... and buy indeterminant plants.... and you can get produce until the weather freezes.

I have 3 straight neck yellow and 3 zucchini, I may have to start paying people to take them. I ripped out my tomato plant that was not producing. Says in the Bible some thing about if your eye offends you pluck it out. Well, that tomato less tomato offended me so I plucked it out.

 

[PamfromTx]

Excellent idea!

I make a salad using cherry tomatoes, which I half, then add a little seasoning salt and fresh cracked black pepper to, cubed Asiago cheese, flaked oregano, and serve with a raspberry vinaigrette dressing. So good!

I am drooling!!!

 

[debodun]

I have some fruit. Some of it even ripe.

 

[Aneeda72]

I have some fruit. Some of it even ripe.

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Very few of my tomatoes ripened this year-so odd. I have now taken out the garden, with temperatures dropping to 48 at night (over 85 durning the day) things are starting to die including annual flowers. I also have enlarged the veggie garden for next year.

 

[debodun]

These are ones from the plants on the front porch. Looks like two different types.

 

[debodun]

I am going to have to make another decision regarding the tomatoes since a hard freeze is predicted Friday night - bring them indoors as is, cut them back and bring indoors, take cuttings to root for next year or just let them freeze. I would have to struggle to find a good spot to bring them inside - the good spots are already taken by my established house plants. Sunny spots are at a premium in winter here. There still have a few straggler tomatoes on the vines. I feel sad in a way after raising them from seed and all the haphazard care I lavished on them over the summer.