Huerto Urbano Tijuanense 2016 - Page 14

heirloomtomaguy · March 17, 2016

I know exactly how you feel. This time of year is orchestrated chaos around here.

Ricky Shaw · March 17, 2016

Gerardo is the maestro.

Gerardo · March 17, 2016

As long as I'm not the LA Phil guy then all is well.

I'd rather be Looney Tunes "LEOPOLD!"

heirloomtomaguy · March 18, 2016

Yeah the LA phil guy creeped my family out at the Looney Tunes night at the Hollywood Bowl last year. The show was far from family friendly.

Gerardo · March 18, 2016

These are from #189. Day 4 this AM.

rise my children.jpg

barefootgardener · March 18, 2016

Gerardo, how many tomato plant's have you started for this season so far?

Everything looks really nice and green. You have a very nice selection of tomatoes.

Ginny

Gerardo · March 18, 2016

This will be my last batch for a while, which means about 6 wks. Over time I've become a fan of staggered plantings and lots of backups. To answer your question, I'll have enough room for about 120 plants or so, and I've easily done twice that amount already.

There's a large family party in a few months and I'm thinking people that dig tomatoes can choose between a solid dwarf like Arctic Rose-Tasm Choc-Mano-Gribovsky, a hanging basket Whippersnapper, or a Mohamed.

PureHarvest · March 19, 2016

Can't wait to see your fruit.

Looks nice homie!

Gerardo · March 20, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by PureHarvest

Can't wait to see your fruit.

Looks nice homie!

I'm anxiously awaiting fruits too, everyone is around here.

Gerardo · March 20, 2016

Rise my children, RISE 48/50, not bad.

rise childrenn2.jpg

Gerardo · March 20, 2016

I showed up today and my pooches were shaking as they greeted me, so I knew they'd done something wrong. And indeed they dug up and killed all of the corn, which means I have to create some custom CRW cages to keep them out of the rootpots.

Yesterday I created an "L" around my orange tree and after an overnight integrity test today I set up more plants on tubes. One part of the "L" sits under the tree, it's destined to become the dwarf tube: Fred's Tie Dye, Sweet Scarlet, Patio Princess, Wherokowhai, Uluru Ochre, Arctic Rose, Mano, Tasmanian Chocolate, Shamrock, Pit Viper, Summertime Gold and Green populating it right now. Jackass yellow and Blazing Beauty waiting on the on-deck circle.

The other part of the "L" has Russian Soul, Croatian Brandywine, SOTW, Zamorano, Darocense Corporalis, Rebelski, Rebel Yell, and Bwine Cowlick's.

Thus far I have close to 50 plants on tubes, and about 20 in containers. The goal is to have a little under 100 on tubes and about 40 or so in containers. More or less halfway there.

The next tube will have Pruden's Purple, Marbonne, Everett's Rusty Oxheart, Faworyt, Mazarini, Big Cheef, Taxi, Cosm Volkov, GJ-Benton, Grightmire's Pride, Copper River and Tarasenko-6.

And soon homes will be ready for Momotaro, GGWT, Bear Creek, Morado Ambite, et al.

Bulldog · March 21, 2016

Dogs will be dogs, even good dogs. I know I am always surprised when my dog does something he hasn't done in a long time, like chew up something he's ignored for months that I thought he wasn't interested in.

Sorry about your corn, though.

Maybe put hot pepper powder to deter them, too.

nancyruhl · March 21, 2016

This is such a wonderful and interesting pictorial and history of your efforts. I just wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying it, though sometimes it makes me tired for you. It appears to be a great success.,except the corn, of course. It will be interesting to watch how it goes with your indeterminates in your long growing season. For my part, I am sticking with the ever increasing selection of dwarfs and compact indeterminates with a smattering of determinates. Thanks so much for the tour and keep on trucking.

Gerardo · March 21, 2016

It's partly my fault for not exercising them enough. Weird how they ignore something and then attack at random.

More seeds and a long long season, so it's just a do-over. If the CRW cages aren't enough, I'm getting some bear repelant

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bulldog

Dogs will be dogs, even good dogs. I know I am always surprised when my dog does something he hasn't done in a long time, like chew up something he's ignored for months that I thought he wasn't interested in.

Sorry about your corn, though.

Maybe put hot pepper powder to deter them, too.

Gerardo · March 21, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by nancyruhl

This is such a wonderful and interesting pictorial and history of your efforts. I just wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying it, though sometimes it makes me tired for you. It appears to be a great success.,except the corn, of course. It will be interesting to watch how it goes with your indeterminates in your long growing season. For my part, I am sticking with the ever increasing selection of dwarfs and compact indeterminates with a smattering of determinates. Thanks so much for the tour and keep on trucking.

I'll keep it coming. And don't worry, it's the good type of tired. The sleep well kind.

I can't wait to see your dwarf alley. And very much in the same camp with compact plants. This year I just want to see how many fruits I can get from the big boys, since last year I lost quite a few to inconsistent watering. Hopefully that won't occur this season/year.

March 17, 2016	#196
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	I know exactly how you feel. This time of year is orchestrated chaos around here. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

March 18, 2016	#199
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	Yeah the LA phil guy creeped my family out at the Looney Tunes night at the Hollywood Bowl last year. The show was far from family friendly. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

March 18, 2016	#200
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,594	Rise my children, RISE! These are from #189. Day 4 this AM. rise my children.jpg

March 20, 2016	#205
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,594	Day 7-8 Rise my children, RISE 48/50, not bad. rise childrenn2.jpg

March 20, 2016	#206
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,594	I showed up today and my pooches were shaking as they greeted me, so I knew they'd done something wrong. And indeed they dug up and killed all of the corn, which means I have to create some custom CRW cages to keep them out of the rootpots. Yesterday I created an "L" around my orange tree and after an overnight integrity test today I set up more plants on tubes. One part of the "L" sits under the tree, it's destined to become the dwarf tube: Fred's Tie Dye, Sweet Scarlet, Patio Princess, Wherokowhai, Uluru Ochre, Arctic Rose, Mano, Tasmanian Chocolate, Shamrock, Pit Viper, Summertime Gold and Green populating it right now. Jackass yellow and Blazing Beauty waiting on the on-deck circle. The other part of the "L" has Russian Soul, Croatian Brandywine, SOTW, Zamorano, Darocense Corporalis, Rebelski, Rebel Yell, and Bwine Cowlick's. Thus far I have close to 50 plants on tubes, and about 20 in containers. The goal is to have a little under 100 on tubes and about 40 or so in containers. More or less halfway there. The next tube will have Pruden's Purple, Marbonne, Everett's Rusty Oxheart, Faworyt, Mazarini, Big Cheef, Taxi, Cosm Volkov, GJ-Benton, Grightmire's Pride, Copper River and Tarasenko-6. And soon homes will be ready for Momotaro, GGWT, Bear Creek, Morado Ambite, et al. Last edited by Gerardo; March 21, 2016 at 10:33 AM.

March 17, 2016	#197
Ricky Shaw Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro Posts: 1,910	Gerardo is the maestro.

March 17, 2016	#198
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,594	As long as I'm not the LA Phil guy then all is well. I'd rather be Looney Tunes "LEOPOLD!"

March 18, 2016	#201
barefootgardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan Zone 4b Posts: 1,291	Gerardo, how many tomato plant's have you started for this season so far? Everything looks really nice and green. You have a very nice selection of tomatoes. Ginny

March 18, 2016	#202
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,594	This will be my last batch for a while, which means about 6 wks. Over time I've become a fan of staggered plantings and lots of backups. To answer your question, I'll have enough room for about 120 plants or so, and I've easily done twice that amount already. There's a large family party in a few months and I'm thinking people that dig tomatoes can choose between a solid dwarf like Arctic Rose-Tasm Choc-Mano-Gribovsky, a hanging basket Whippersnapper, or a Mohamed.

March 19, 2016	#203
PureHarvest Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b Posts: 1,369	Can't wait to see your fruit. Looks nice homie!

March 21, 2016	#207
Bulldog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Georgia Posts: 126	Dogs will be dogs, even good dogs. I know I am always surprised when my dog does something he hasn't done in a long time, like chew up something he's ignored for months that I thought he wasn't interested in. Sorry about your corn, though. Maybe put hot pepper powder to deter them, too.

March 21, 2016	#208
nancyruhl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan Posts: 1,051	This is such a wonderful and interesting pictorial and history of your efforts. I just wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying it, though sometimes it makes me tired for you. It appears to be a great success.,except the corn, of course. It will be interesting to watch how it goes with your indeterminates in your long growing season. For my part, I am sticking with the ever increasing selection of dwarfs and compact indeterminates with a smattering of determinates. Thanks so much for the tour and keep on trucking.