175 Tomato plants? Do you know how many tomatoes you get from just ONE tomato plant???
Just kidding. I'm sorry the weather destroyed your lovingly produced plants. It did remind me of a story though.....
During the 'great exodus' from Detroit during the late 60s and early 70s, when forced busing of school children drove a million or so residents out of the city, we got new neighbors in our rural city. In the spring, the wife planted a large garden, with about the same number of tomato plants. The next fall, she was seen all over the neighborhood giving away grocery bags full of tomatoes. Her explanation? "I thought there were only two tomatoes from each plant!"
The weather didn’t destroy any of mine, that was Pugmama’s husband.
As for me, about half of those tomato plants of mine will die in the withering heat and humidity of a lower Alabama Summer. I try to plant early so I get a good crop by end of June, but this year I had to plant late.
Last year, it rained so much I didn’t want to go out and weed in the wetness and almost all of my maters caught a bad mildew fungus and died.
If by chance I get too many I’ll can, freeze and give away!
Maybe I’ll pass them out to the regulars here on the Sunday thread, if we can just figure out the logistics as to how!