Ugly tomato garden.

Worth1 · March 9, 2008

I'm not as tidy as the rest of you guys and my rows aren't very straight.

I just tossed in some plants this weekend in my spare time, after I tilled in a yard of compost.

Then in each tomato hole I put in a bit more compost.
After scattering out the plants I just put up some cheap tomato cages I had laying around.

I know I didn't do as well as some of you guys but I guess it will have to do.
Sorry for the ugly looking things.

I hope I get a tomato.

I really don't know what I'm doing anyway.

Worth

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elkwc36 · March 10, 2008

Worth,
Looks very nice. You should be rolling in the tomatoes by the time I plant around May 10th. Jay

TomatoDon · March 10, 2008

Worth, are those Texas Tomato cages?

Looks good.

Don

Worth1 · March 10, 2008

Thanks Jay. I think May also.

Yes Don, they are Texas tomato cages.

I hope they don't freeze, I'm planting more tomatoes tomorrow at the other place.

I have also sold some for $3.00 a plant and more people want plants.

I sent my brother home with 18 plants (no charge).

Worth

Grub · March 10, 2008

Well, I do hope you aren't so random about your hygiene.
And while I'm at it, clean up your bedroom. It's a mess.

But seriously, Worth, nature abhors a vacuum almost as much as a straight line. Go with it. My stakes are often at 75 degrees.

DonnaK-NC · March 10, 2008

Looks awesome to me! I can't wait to plant mine!!

matereater · March 10, 2008

Looks pretty darn good to me !! Worth, how close do you plant your toms??

BVGardener · March 10, 2008

Okay Worth, it's time to confess. You have a laser level too don't you.

Looks great.

Jay

robin303 · March 10, 2008

Looking good. Hope you don't get in trouble planting on those gas lines.

Worth1 · March 10, 2008

OK I don't have a lazer level and its not a gas line.

I put a stake at both ends and ran a 100 foot tape from one to the other.

Then every 3 feet I put in a flag.
I move the stakes over 4 feet and repeated the process.

Thusly my rows are 4 feet across and the plants are 3 feet apart.

I left the flags in so I could catch them out of the corner of my eye so I wouldn't step on the plants while putting up the cages.

It seems like I always step on a plant but the flags worked, not one plant was stepped on.8)

Every year I put out plants it comes a down pour.
I planted 32 tomato plants and 5 long stem Rose bushes.
Guess what?
Its pouring down rain right now.

Worth

duajones · March 10, 2008

Looking good there Worth. Someday, I will have Texas tomato cages.

robin303 · March 10, 2008

Same here. Raining here big time also. I was messing with you about your flags. Have them on every job site I'm on.

Worth1 · March 10, 2008

I wish it was a gas line we don't have gas here and I am at the edge of the city limits.

I'm going to have to put in a propane tank so I can have a 48 inch Wolf Stove.

I pay city tax but I don't have access to natural gas, what a bummer.

I want a wolf stove SOOOOO BAD

Worth

bryanccfshr · March 10, 2008

Looking good. We are getting nice rain today.

gwnorth · March 10, 2008

Looks real good! - Wasn't it snowing on you down there recently?

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Ugly tomato garden. I'm not as tidy as the rest of you guys and my rows aren't very straight. I just tossed in some plants this weekend in my spare time, after I tilled in a yard of compost. Then in each tomato hole I put in a bit more compost. After scattering out the plants I just put up some cheap tomato cages I had laying around. I know I didn't do as well as some of you guys but I guess it will have to do. Sorry for the ugly looking things. I hope I get a tomato. I really don't know what I'm doing anyway. Worth Attachment 4024 Last edited by Worth1; November 17, 2012 at 05:44 PM.

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TomatoDon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MS Posts: 1,523	Worth, are those Texas Tomato cages? Looks good. Don __________________ Zone 7B, N. MS

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matereater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: S.E. Michigan (Livonia) Posts: 1,264	Looks pretty darn good to me !! Worth, how close do you plant your toms?? __________________ Steve Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult

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bryanccfshr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Farmington, Nm Posts: 450	Looking good. We are getting nice rain today. __________________ I moved!

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gwnorth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edmonton Alberta Posts: 85	Looks real good! - Wasn't it snowing on you down there recently? __________________ Larry in the G W North

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elkwc36 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: SW Kansas Posts: 339	Worth, Looks very nice. You should be rolling in the tomatoes by the time I plant around May 10th. Jay

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Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Well, I do hope you aren't so random about your hygiene. And while I'm at it, clean up your bedroom. It's a mess. But seriously, Worth, nature abhors a vacuum almost as much as a straight line. Go with it. My stakes are often at 75 degrees.

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DonnaK-NC Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Salisbury, NC Zone 7 Posts: 24	Looks awesome to me! I can't wait to plant mine!!

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BVGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 542	Okay Worth, it's time to confess. You have a laser level too don't you. Looks great. Jay

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robin303 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Austin, TX Zone 8b Posts: 531	Looking good. Hope you don't get in trouble planting on those gas lines.

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duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	Looking good there Worth. Someday, I will have Texas tomato cages.