Volunteer Bullseye

AlittleSalt · August 31, 2014

We made this round bed for my wife to grow herbs. I jokingly called it a wagon wheel, but everyone else told me it is an Indian Prayer Circle. Sure enough, I looked it up online and there were pictures looking just like it.

Anyway, I planted purple hull peas in it intending to turn them under to add some nitrogen to the soil. The peas came up and so did this volunteer tomato plant. This bed and plant is about 150 feet away from the garden where we grow tomatoes. I'm guessing a Cardinal (Red Bird) or a Finch had something to with getting that tomato seed there. It missed the exact center by a foot.

AlittleSalt · August 31, 2014

I added the squash blossoms picture because it makes an excellent desktop background

**carolyn137** · August 31, 2014

That poor lonely tomato plant.

You must keep us updated on what it turns out to be and if it is something you can ID from tomato varieties you've grown in the past few years.

The picture reminds me of a little song we used to sing as Girl Scouts all those years ago, which started with;

I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch.

Carolyn

Dutch · August 31, 2014

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Originally Posted by carolyn137

That poor lonely tomato plant.

You must keep us updated on what it turns out to be and if it is something you can ID from tomato varieties you've grown in the past few years.

The picture reminds me of a little song we used to sing as Girl Scouts all those years ago, which started with;

I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch.

Carolyn

Dutch

Labradors2 · August 31, 2014

That's a cute garden and should keep all the herbs nice and neat, unlike mine! Linda

**carolyn137** · August 31, 2014

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Originally Posted by Dutch

Dutch

I love it Dutch. I only remembered the first stanza so do I now go back and try to learn the other stanza's?

What dilemmas one faces in life.

Carolyn

Dutch · August 31, 2014

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Originally Posted by carolyn137

I love it Dutch. I only remembered the first stanza so do I now go back and try to learn the other stanza's?

What dilemmas one faces in life.

Carolyn

Thank you, Carolyn!

AlittleSalt · August 31, 2014

We just listened to the song

My best guesses would be:

1. 70% chance it is a Porter.
2. 10 % chance it is a Super sweet Cherry 100 F2.
3. 10% chance it is a Celebrity F2 or Yellow Pear.

Those were the 4 volunteer types we had in the main garden this spring. We had 9 Porters, 2 SSC 100s, and 1 each of the Celebrity and Yellow Pear. Only time will tell.

AlittleSalt · October 2, 2014

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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

We just listened to the song

My best guesses would be:

1. 70% chance it is a Porter.
2. 10 % chance it is a Super sweet Cherry 100 F2.
3. 10% chance it is a Celebrity F2 or Yellow Pear.

Those were the 4 volunteer types we had in the main garden this spring. We had 9 Porters, 2 SSC 100s, and 1 each of the Celebrity and Yellow Pear. Only time will tell.

Yes, it is a Porter tomato plant that is producing fruit. I picked the first one today (October 2, 2014) As I wrote above, it is volunteer, but (Sort of sadly) it looks way better than all the tomato plants in our actual garden that I took the time to start from seed. I babied the plants in the garden with shade from the 100F temps and built motes around them to get more water to the roots and and and...

The volunteer plant I just watered and gave it a cage for support. Porter is a hot weather plant and it takes both high and very low humidity well. I'm going to look at other heat tolerant varieties.

Worth1 · October 2, 2014

Where did i miss this.

Salt you are well on your way to having what they call a Keyhole Planter or garden.
Just take out one of the sections and you will be able to get to the center of the thing.
Here is a picture.

AlittleSalt · October 2, 2014

I like the idea of a Keyhole planter after looking it up tonight. Worth your picture didn't show up for me. Just a white x in a black box.

We were thinking about planting Alyssum in the middle.

Worth1 · October 2, 2014

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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

I like the idea of a Keyhole planter after looking it up tonight. Worth your picture didn't show up for me. Just a white x in a black box.

We were thinking about planting Alyssum in the middle.

This is disturbing to me it has to be on your end.

Worth

AlittleSalt · October 2, 2014

I'll try posting this picture of Alyssum

AlittleSalt · October 2, 2014

It worked for me.

Worth1 · October 2, 2014

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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

It worked for me.

I see a picture of a topless club in Austin.

Worth

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carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	That poor lonely tomato plant. You must keep us updated on what it turns out to be and if it is something you can ID from tomato varieties you've grown in the past few years. The picture reminds me of a little song we used to sing as Girl Scouts all those years ago, which started with; I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

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AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I added the squash blossoms picture because it makes an excellent desktop background

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Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,889	That's a cute garden and should keep all the herbs nice and neat, unlike mine! Linda

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AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	We just listened to the song My best guesses would be: 1. 70% chance it is a Porter. 2. 10 % chance it is a Super sweet Cherry 100 F2. 3. 10% chance it is a Celebrity F2 or Yellow Pear. Those were the 4 volunteer types we had in the main garden this spring. We had 9 Porters, 2 SSC 100s, and 1 each of the Celebrity and Yellow Pear. Only time will tell.

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Where did i miss this. Salt you are well on your way to having what they call a Keyhole Planter or garden. Just take out one of the sections and you will be able to get to the center of the thing. Here is a picture.