Tomatoes Finally

snappybob · May 10, 2007

The plants are getting bigger now and I am finally getting some tomatoes. I think the shade is just getting to be too much in my back yard. I may have to find some way to move my operations to the country where I can have as much sun as I want. It's only about 25 miles away but trying to be there enough to maintain a garden would be tough and expensive in gas. I wish I had some kind of a solar meter that would record how many hours of sunlight a plant was acually getting. Here's some pics I took yesterday.

The shade in the foreground is from my neighbors tree to the west. This was about 5:30 PM.

Here is a couple of my Brandywines.

Getting tomatoes on just about everything except Arkansas Traveler and Merced. I expect them to come online any day now. I sure wish I could retire and move from the city and do this full time. Or I wish that I could atleast get my nieghbors to remove there trees that are doing nothing but shading MY yard. Oh well, wish in one hand.......

Worth1 · May 10, 2007

Looks Great keep up the good work.

Worth

kwselke · May 12, 2007

Snappybob,

Is that a ground level hot wire fence that I see in the picture? Don't the critters just jump over it?

snappybob · May 14, 2007

The hot wire is about 8 - 10 inches off the ground. It keeps my dogs out. Once they get bit they don't want to get too close. If they get really excited by something on the other side of the chain link fence they will sometimes forget and jump over it but they really don't like being close to it. I have other beds that are enclosed with the wire but not even hooked up. They won't get close to those eighter. I have tried everything to keep them out of the gardens but that was by far them easiest, simplest and most effective. I should have done that first.

May 10, 2007	#1
snappybob SETTFest™ Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 214	Tomatoes Finally The plants are getting bigger now and I am finally getting some tomatoes. I think the shade is just getting to be too much in my back yard. I may have to find some way to move my operations to the country where I can have as much sun as I want. It's only about 25 miles away but trying to be there enough to maintain a garden would be tough and expensive in gas. I wish I had some kind of a solar meter that would record how many hours of sunlight a plant was acually getting. Here's some pics I took yesterday. The shade in the foreground is from my neighbors tree to the west. This was about 5:30 PM. Here is a couple of my Brandywines. Getting tomatoes on just about everything except Arkansas Traveler and Merced. I expect them to come online any day now. I sure wish I could retire and move from the city and do this full time. Or I wish that I could atleast get my nieghbors to remove there trees that are doing nothing but shading MY yard. Oh well, wish in one hand.......

May 10, 2007	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Looks Great keep up the good work. Worth

May 12, 2007	#3
kwselke Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 172	Snappybob, Is that a ground level hot wire fence that I see in the picture? Don't the critters just jump over it?

May 14, 2007	#4
snappybob SETTFest™ Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 214	The hot wire is about 8 - 10 inches off the ground. It keeps my dogs out. Once they get bit they don't want to get too close. If they get really excited by something on the other side of the chain link fence they will sometimes forget and jump over it but they really don't like being close to it. I have other beds that are enclosed with the wire but not even hooked up. They won't get close to those eighter. I have tried everything to keep them out of the gardens but that was by far them easiest, simplest and most effective. I should have done that first.