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To: greeneyes

Please add me to the thread. My tomatoes did not do well this year, generally I have bushels.

I once had a little herb garden off the kitchen, but the thyme took it over. I now have a thyme forest!


56 posted on 12/07/2012 2:28:00 PM PST by angry elephant (Endangered species in Seattle)
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To: angry elephant

You have been added. My tomatoes were totally worthless for most of the summer. I set up a sheet as a tent to protect them, and continued to water them just enough to survive.

This fall, they turned out tomatoes like gangbusters. After nursing them through a few quick freezes, I finally collected all the blush colored, followed by the green ones, and have been eating the red treasures daily.LOL.

I am planning to order some short DTM varieties next year to hopefully get a harvest before the heat and drought gets too bad. Then maybe start some indoors in late July or something for a fall/winter harvest.


66 posted on 12/07/2012 4:26:44 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: angry elephant

Just a thought if you maybe want to try changing up what you are doing with the tomatoes .... I have used “Mike’s Tomato Soil” and found it to work very well.

http://www.viette.com/v.php?pg=188

Andre has a very popular radio program (”must” listening on a Saturday a.m. with a nice cup of coffee - gets the ‘gardening’ excitement going big time!) and his farm is an hour and a half over the mountains .... lovely place to visit.


133 posted on 12/08/2012 9:27:00 AM PST by MissMagnolia ("It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains" - Patrick Henry)
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