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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 01 2007 : 9:46:39 PM
When I was watering today, I noticed that my first tomato has formed! It is about the size of a small cherry tomato- but it is on my runtiesy tomato plant! Whats up with that? The plant is only about 6 inches high!
Alee
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| theoanne |
Posted - Jul 29 2007 : 3:45:22 PM
The tomatoes are turning here. DH always cooks supper when I work the weekend. Tonight he "cooked" :) tomato sandwiches. They were yummy. I have about 1 ripe one every other day or so. I'm thinking later in the week we will have spaghetti with home made sauce. YUM!!!
TEDDIE
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 29 2007 : 2:29:13 PM
More and more green ones and more and more flowers... no red or even pink ones yet though. some are pretty pale green though...
Alee
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Jul 28 2007 : 11:41:24 PM
Alee, I have had 3 red tomatoes and I just gobbled them up and didn't even take a picture of them. Yours will turn I just know it. I still have tons of green ones too. MB
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 28 2007 : 9:32:50 PM
Mine are all still green! I am getting more and more- but still all green. I hope you enjoyed your first tomatos!!
Alee
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| Carol Sue |
Posted - Jul 28 2007 : 9:20:35 PM
Oh Alee,
guess what I ate this evening. Yep you guessed it. My very first tomato, a little cherry tomato but oh so very yummy.
Carol Sue
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 25 2007 : 11:20:04 AM
Yay! More green tomatos on the vine! I hope some start ripening soon! LOL I just watered my garden for 2 hours accidently so at least my plants have lots of water now!
Alee
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| Carol Sue |
Posted - Jul 22 2007 : 7:30:36 PM
Still waiting, waitng, waiting, I have 3 tomatoe plants, one might not make it the storm we had a week ago cracked serveral stems on it. Hope those tomato's get ripe first!!!!!!
Carol Sue
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 22 2007 : 4:52:51 PM
To be honest I haven't been out to my garden for a few days. So I am starting to wonder I too might have some tomatos? And If I do- would I see them for all the leaves? lol I need to go out and stake some of the plants. I try not to stake, but these tomatos are getting really tall!
Alee
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| Huckelberrywine |
Posted - Jul 22 2007 : 10:13:15 AM
You are going to hate me. I have 2 fist sized tomatoes that must be picked today. So, do I eat them in the garden, or share them? :) I think we'll have tomato sandwiches for lunch today. Not quite the canning crop I hoped for, but better than last year.
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Jul 21 2007 : 9:09:33 PM
Oh Alee I was just thinking about my tomatoes today. We have had 3-4 days of torrential rains and I decided to check on my tomatoes---maybe one will be RED---ha!! And guess what one was RED but it had a big ole slug chewing on it, WAH!! I was going to eat it even though it wasn't warmed by the sun but not after a slug had eaten half of it. The dog ate it. So out came the slug stuff and now I am on closer tomato watch. MB
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 21 2007 : 8:10:32 PM
I think I have trick tomatos...They are never going to ripen. They are just going to hang out all summer being green and make fun of me as I desperatly weed and water to try and get them to produce! LOL
Alee
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| Carol Sue |
Posted - Jul 16 2007 : 12:32:12 PM
mine are still green too but there are lots of them, ohhhh the waiting and anticipation.....
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 16 2007 : 09:01:41 AM
Oh you ladies are teasing me now! LOL! Mine are still green or greeny white! LOL
Alee
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| AliShuShu |
Posted - Jul 16 2007 : 06:52:05 AM
i picked our first cherokee purple yesterday! we have dozens of tomatoes on the vines, but yesterday, finally, one was ready and it is a beautiful specimen!!! a little bumpy, but gorgeous nonetheless... i'm planning on having it for lunch today with cucumbers and a yummy jupiter bell pepper from my garden as well!
Alison
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Jul 15 2007 : 10:09:11 PM
My little tomato I pictured is turning RED. Yay! MB
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 15 2007 : 9:14:28 PM
Hi Teddie!
Your garden sounds great! I don't know if raised beds grow better or not- but maybe the soil is "fresher" aka has more nutrients since it was brought in? I don't know. But I bet you are having so much fun with having a great garden this year!
Alee
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| theoanne |
Posted - Jul 15 2007 : 6:43:50 PM
My tomatoes are HUGE! They are as tall as me (atleast 5ft 1") I have never been able to grow anything,but this year my garden is going crazy. DH and I went out again tonight to put more stakes in since they have outgrown the others. We have lots of green tomatoes. I did find 1 ripe yellow tomatoe and brought it in. One side was fine, but the other side had an occupant. The little worm was in there eating his side of my 1st tomatoe! I have tiny peppers and you should see my cucumber plant. I'm so glad that I only put one in since there is only DH and me.
I really wish I knew what I did to make all this grow so well so I could do it again next year. Does anyone know if raised beds grow better tha a regular garden? This garden is raised. GA has been without rain until about 2 weeks ago. now it rains every day and things are really turning green. I think the okra has grown about 6 inches in the last 2 days!!!!
Good luck with you gardens ladies. And Maryann I'm sorry you last your crop,but it sounds like you could have been worse off. Hope your weather settles down soon.
TEDDIE
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 14 2007 : 6:49:13 PM
Maryann- I am so sorry that you lost your crop! Is there any way to replant? Or is it too late in the growing season?
My tomato plants are growing like weeds and I am just waiting for any of them to start turning red. At this point I would be estatic to see even the hint of a blush! :) I know that soon I will probably have more tomatos that I can manage.
I am thinking that unless my plants start getting a move on, I might have to buy some from the farmer's market soon. Rebekka and I really want to can our own tomato sauce and I am sure it will take lots of tomatos to can as much as I want. I figure I use about a quart of tomato sauce a week. So I can manage to put up at least 52-60 quarts then I shouldn't have to buy any from the store. And if I make my own and we have so much put up, then there will be no reason for Doug to buy any from the store! :) I wonder how many bushels of tomatos I will need to can 60 quarts of tomato sauce.
Alee
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 06:59:44 AM
So sorry, Maryann. That sucks. Really, truly. I was feeling sorry for myself last night because I have ONE tomato, and it won't turn color!!!! It's been the same size and the same color green for about 2 weeks now. I'm starting to micromanage!!!!
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| Runbikegrrl |
Posted - Jul 12 2007 : 4:43:32 PM
Well I predicted it! Looks like I am going to lose my whole beautiful tomato crop to water wilt. I am heart broken. I can't even believe I am this upset about this! Not just the loss of the tasty tomatoes but all the work...gone! Oh well, my moment of self pity is over some people actually had to evacuate and lost cars and other belongings during this past few days of heavy rain and flooding
"So many interests so little time!"
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| Runbikegrrl |
Posted - Jul 10 2007 : 5:09:40 PM
My mouth is watering too! I have soooo many buds and quite a few quarter to golf ball sized green tomatoes...I am worried though we have had heavy rain for 3 days and my garden is a swamp we need sun soon or I am going to have problems!
"So many interests so little time!"
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 10 2007 : 4:13:31 PM
Oh no! LOL Poor Carol Sue! I bet our tomatos will be turning red any day now (I Hope!)
Alee
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| Carol Sue |
Posted - Jul 10 2007 : 3:16:49 PM
Oh how I agree with Alee, I so want that first bite of fresh tomato, a tomato and cheese sandwich. Ohhhh with fresh alfalfa sprouts. I got seeds and need to start them. Yummooooooo. Yes I have a few green ones but they sure as heck are getting ripe near soon enough.
DD got her first one, but her fil brought her ones that had big green tomatoes on them that he had started early. She didn't even share!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 10 2007 : 2:18:12 PM
All of my tomaotoes that have formed so far are still pretty small and they are all still green! Why can't one start turning red yet? I am SO ready for my first garden tomato! Really- if just one would turn red- I would be willing to wait a bit for the rest! LOL I just need my garden fresh tomato fix! LOL
Alee
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| ali2583 |
Posted - Jul 10 2007 : 1:03:45 PM
Toasted tomato sandwiches, with a little bit of pepper and mayo. Heavenly...
I've got lots of blooms, so I'm waiting in anticipation for the tomatoes to start forming.
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