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Garden Gate: Cherry tomatoes - good harvest this year! |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5313 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5313 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2024 : 12:44:39 PM
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No Horn worms this year!!coming in fast! I've picked tons the last 2 weeks. I eat them like M&M's! I have only 1 plant! Tired of the horn worms the last 5 years.so I planted just one with my sardines in the hole when I planted it just like the Indians showed the pilgrims witn their corn crops. I pruned this one too. Saw a video about pruning tomato plants. Made sense especially at ground level so the air can flow better. Connie #3392 |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7082 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7082 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2024 : 12:56:46 PM
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Connie, great job on your cherry tomatoes. Will have to tell my sister about adding sardines at the time of planting. How many sardines to one tomato plant?
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014 FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5313 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5313 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2024 : 1:57:53 PM
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Thanks Sara, put a whole can in each hole and you can use canned kippers too. Right by the sardines at the Grocery store. It does make a difference ! I noticed how lush and green and so many tomatoes ! I saw it on garden blog that if it worked for the Indians in the new world it will work still today!! Connie |
Edited by - Killarney on Sep 29 2024 1:58:15 PM |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7082 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7082 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2024 : 2:23:16 PM
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Thanks Connie, I have added one cherry tomato plant in a pot with sardines to my next year's wish list.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014 FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5313 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5313 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2024 : 2:25:07 PM
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Yay Sara!I've grown them in pots for the past few years, they do fine. This one is in a pot! Connie |
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
2368 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2024 : 3:32:15 PM
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Tasty looking tomatoes. When my husband was successful at fishing I put the heads and guts in the garden. Learned it from my father who was a great fisherman and gardener.
Judith
7932 FGOTM 6/21 6/24 I'm old and I wear purple |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7082 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7082 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2024 : 4:55:51 PM
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Judith before you moved to town you must have had a wonderful garden.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014 FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5313 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5313 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2024 : 5:47:43 PM
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Judith,as you know it helps!! Connie |
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
7183 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
7183 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2024 : 4:04:03 PM
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Connie, your tomatoes look amazing! And I will have to try the sardines next year. Thank you for sharing your tip.
Krista |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5313 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5313 Posts |
Posted - Oct 01 2024 : 4:22:15 PM
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Krista! Thank you! They do make a difference!! Connie |
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6651 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6651 Posts |
Posted - Oct 05 2024 : 2:16:03 PM
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Ohh those cherry tomatoes look delicious! They are my favorite kind of tomatoes! Glad you had a great growing year so you get to enjoy them.
Winnie #3109 Red Tractor Girl Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015 FGOTM- October 2018 |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5313 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5313 Posts |
Posted - Oct 05 2024 : 6:34:01 PM
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Thanks Winnie! They are still loadef down each day! Connie |
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Nancy Joplin
True Blue Farmgirl
285 Posts
Nancy
Ontario
California
USA
285 Posts |
Posted - Oct 18 2024 : 6:33:32 PM
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Sardines, huh? I will have to try that when I plant my tomatoes. Mine did pretty well this year, but I am always looking to increase the yield. . .sounds like sardines are the next thing to try. Pruning them worked great this year for me. Here's to an even better year!
Nancy 8352 |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5313 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5313 Posts |
Posted - Oct 18 2024 : 6:49:36 PM
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Nancy, I pruned mine too this year. I've used the sardines for the last few years and it does help! I picked 50 the last 2 days! No Horn worms! Maybe they don't like fish!!LoL! Connie |
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Garden Gate: Cherry tomatoes - good harvest this year! |
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