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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Still wish it was tomatoes, though. *SOB*

My (supposedly) Golden Jubilees from Menards and the Cherry Falls have at least partially recovered from all OUR rains. The plants look good now, but the fruits are smallish. The 2 Sweet Cherry tomato plants seem pretty normal. Ditto for the Romas. Everything else (tomatoes) still seems to be catching up & not yet flowering.

The two Ichibahn eggplants are doing great, except they only produce one (really nice and big) fruit at a time, so far.

The struggling but still 15 ft.(?) long Opo cranked out one smallish fruit - smallish meaning about 18" long. That's small for an Opo, but, it's useable. It stopped getting bigger, so, I harvested it. The other Opo plant is only ~ 5 ft. long and is just barely hanging on -- I may try routing the vine back through some Miracle Grow garden soil.

819 posted on 07/30/2025 12:55:13 AM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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To: Paul R.

Two more hot days, then we get a break! :-)

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=PAH&issuedby=PAH&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1


820 posted on 07/30/2025 12:58:07 AM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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To: Paul R.

I forgot to mention, the potted Romas had an “ok” early “first wave” of a few fruits, and then a pause, and now look to have a pretty decent 2nd round (more and larger fruits). It’s as if each plant is in lock step with the other Romas, despite not all in exactly the same conditions.

The Mortgage Lifters are curious plants. Left in a small pot, but otherwise good conditions, they behave like happy little dwarf tomato plants, instead of trying to outgrow the pot, as most varieties do. In a big pot or in the ground, they grow big, but somewhat slowly.


839 posted on 07/30/2025 8:39:23 AM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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