Objective Met!

[tedln]

I met a critical objective today that I began thinking about when I was planting my tomato seeds last December. In preparation, I purchased some Wrights brand, thick sliced, hickory smoked bacon, sliced a ripe avocado (not traditional, but delicious), made sure I had some good crisp lettuce; and sliced a huge Carbon tomato into slices about 1/4" thick. Each slice was so large it covered a slice of bread. I thought about sandwiching the bacon between two tomato slices, but didn't. Maybe I will next time. I could continue describing the experience, but won't. I think you get the picture.

Ted

[zabby17]

OK, I just have to ask: what kind of bread?
And, are you a mayo guy or not?

Z, still planting out seedlings here in the True North Strong and Free... sigh...

[Deborah]

No mayo ! Ranch dressing ! Heaven !

[Dewayne mater]

Love avocado on it too! My only other two adds are EVOO instead of mayo and a bit of good grainy mustard. Had one yesterday and had one of those, its worth all the effort for this sandwich moments. What did you think of Carbon? Haven't grown that one and it is obviously large. How about production?

Dewayne Mater

[tedln]

Zabby,

Multi grain toast with mayo. I don't like sliced white bread but do love home made white breads or French or Italian or almost any artisan bread like rye bread for sandwiches.

Dewayne,

I think my Carbon tomatoes were larger than normal. It's probably due to the growing season we have had. Carbon is a great "Black" tomato. It's almost as early in my garden as Black Krim and may be earlier in some folks gardens. I really like the flavor of Carbon. I also appreciate the compact nature of the plant. It's growing side by side with my Black Krim and looks like a dwarf in comparison. I think next year, I will group all my Blacks in one bed in order to make comparisons easier.

Ted

[Tania]

Very exciting event! I am jealous

I love Carbon.

[sleepy]

they do make some good bacon..

[tedln]

Sleepy,

I don't know if you ever eat in a Denny's restaurant. My wife and I enjoy going there occasionally and ordering breakfast with coffee and kicking back while reading the morning newspaper. I never order bacon with my breakfast because they slice it so thin you can read the newspaper through it. They must get two hundred slices out of a pound of bacon. When I eat a BLT or breakfast, I want my bacon sliced thick. The Wrights brand, thick sliced; bacon looks like a pork strip steak while cooking in the pan and makes a BLT worthy of it's name.

Ted

[tedln]

Dewayne,

I forgot to answer your question about production with the Carbon tomato. It has been a very good producer for me. Black Krim beats it in total number of tomatoes, but I suspect a pound for pound comparison would be similar.

You said you recently had a BLT. I like my tomatoes so juicy on a BLT that the tomato juice runs down my hands into the plate while eating it. Are you like me in believing it is almost breaking an unwritten rule to eat a BLT on anything other than a paper plate?

Ted

[sleepy]

i never eat bacon in a resturant. love the thick bacon..wrights is nice and lean too.

[Dewayne mater]

Ted - Ha! I know what you mean. The one I just had was half and half of eva purple ball and black and brown boar. I ate it "like a heathen" as my mother would say, standing over the kitchen sink so that the drippings went either on me or in the sink.

You sure have me curious by the comment about making the soils too fertile last winter, I think in another recent post. How did you do that?

Dewayne

[tedln]

Dewayne,

A full exploitation would require a different thread. When I rework my beds, my goal is to feed the earthworms; not my plants. The earthworms in turn feed my plants. Lots of organics like alfalfa pellets and compost accomplish my goal. I also add in "Ironite" for a full compliment of minerals. Tomatoes and cucumbers have a tendency to grow rapidly without producing fruit if they are over fed.

Ted