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5 months ago
I have two pots – sweet 100 and year pear – on my deck. hopefully, they will thrive!
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How to grow tomatoes
It made me
frustrated
 "disappointing"
How I did it: the first year, I bought a tomato plant. It died. The second year, a tomato plant sprouted in the dirt from my compost bin. It grew nice and tall, but wilted at the slightest heat. I keep a container garden on my covered balcony, so it never got water unless I watered it myself. Finally, I went on vacation and the tomato plant fell down . . . but not before one tiny tomato formed on the top branch. Even though the plant died, the tomato got ripe. I'm counting that as my one tomato. Lessons & tips: water, water, water! a tomato cage would be really helpful too. Resources: home depot for the original plant and my rubbermaid composting bins. |
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14 months ago
The beefsteak tomatoes are the best tomatoes I have ever had in my life. The roma tomatoes are mealy and not yummy. I wonder if there is an heirloom roma tomato that would have more flavor. I still have tomatoes ripening on the vine (as the entire plant starts to fade away). Marking this as done…..time to concentrate on the beans, pumpkin & watermelons!
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Every Year
15 months ago
We grow tomatoes every year. We have 6 plants this year and have already given away more tomatoes than we grew the last 2 years combined.
Victory Garden
15 months ago
Someone from the neighborhood stopped to talk to me the other day as I was gardening. She tasted the basil and the tomatoes. She told me that what I had was a Victory Garden, like the ones that were grown during World War 2
Another man came by today and talked to me about my garden. He started off by saying “someone knows how to have fun!”. He said that seeing people growing their own food gave him hope for the future. He talked about how all of the others in the neighborhood were just wasting their water growing ornamentals. I agree with him. He is an officer at a church down the street and said that he talks to the members of the church about growing their own food as well.
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i now have 15 huge tomato plants
15 months ago
and 2 wee tomatoes coming through i think i’ll go on to strawberrys next….
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well
15 months ago
my tomato plant is taller than the railing on my balcony, but no flowers and definitely no tomatoes yet. maybe soon?
