I had a couple tomato volunteers in my compost pile, so I moved them to the usual tomato bed. They seem to be doing OK, no fruit yet but a flower or two. Funny thing is I don't remember putting any tomato debris in the compost since last year's crop, and can't believe the seeds have sat there this long before sprouting.
Last year I bought some oddball types and none of them produced well, so I may still get a reliable producer or two for the rest of the bed.
― nickn, Thursday, 24 May 2018 00:42 (five years ago) link
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I grew a tomato with buttocks and had to give it a thong for support.
― a shomin-geki poster with some horror elements (WilliamC), Friday, 22 June 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
I put in 12 tomato plants last weekend and I hope they still have time to grow.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Friday, 22 June 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
Garden has hit *that point*: the greens have become a caterpillar farm, a few things have withered in the heat and lots of things are scrappy and have gone to seed.
What's worth putting in? (UK)
― djh, Sunday, 8 July 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
I'm an asshole and didn't get my tomato cage extensions up before the plants overgrew the five foot cages; I now have a big tomato vine mess on my hands. At least they have set fruit! And my hot peppers and cukes are producing nicely despite similar levels of neglect.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Sunday, 8 July 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
I've got three tomato plants growing on the sunny windowsill at work, two growing in my garden and one on a home windowsill. `I have a crop of six tomatoes.
― djh, Tuesday, 17 July 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
That point of panic where its almost too late to plant anything.
― djh, Thursday, 2 August 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
i eradicated all the shitty plants in my little planting box except the rosemary, bought a bag of compost and some fall-plantable vegetable seeds. but today it's raining all day. i also have 2 big pots i can put lettuce in. wish me luck.
― forensic plumber (harbl), Sunday, 23 September 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
I'll go back outside for Gardening 2018 once the fucking mosquitoes have died back.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 24 September 2018 01:10 (five years ago) link