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May 8, 2017 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Lehi, Utah, USA
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Silkcom's 2017 Garden Thread
This is my first year growing anything that is a specific variety, and I'm totally hooked. My goal for this year is to find out what things I like in tomatoes, which varieties do best here in utah and which ones are the most fun to work with.
Here's my list: Black Cherry Oranzhevy Slon Big Orange V Tommy Toe Super Sweet 100 Orange Banana Mortgage Lifter San Marzano Delicious Cherokee Purple Carbon Copy The Dutchman Black Krim "Black Krim 2" (which I think is Sgt Peppers, I marked it wrong) Aunt Ruby German Green Big Rainbow Not Purple Strawberry Samocvet Nefritovy Sungold F1 Ananas Noire Brandywine Red Kavalier Late Comers - probably won't get much, but hopefully at least enough to get a decent seed count. Not Maglia Rose (from dfollett, he says they're amazing, i'll have pictures of these, they're only about a month late) Sweet Sharon Sinister Minister Reverend Michael Keyes Sgt Peppers (just in case the ones above aren't) Inside: Tiny Tim and eventually a bunch more micro dwarves |
May 8, 2017 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Lehi, Utah, USA
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Seedlings - April 9th and 13th
I've hopefully attached 2 images of seedlings from back in april. Next post will be from may 1st, and then i'll go out and take pictures of the ones hardening off right now. You can see in the bottom picture that i'm following Craig's way of planting 20+ seeds in 1 tiny area. I personally use individual 2x2 nursery pots, works great.
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May 8, 2017 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Lehi, Utah, USA
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May 1st
Here's some pictures of my seedlings on may 1st, I was getting ready to put them all outside to start hardening off (I just leave them out in a shaded table for a few days)
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May 8, 2017 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Lehi, Utah, USA
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Hardening Off - May 8th
Ok, here's my latest. I have some beans out there too, a yellow bell pepper, and some daisies, but everything else are the tomatoes .
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May 8, 2017 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: 6a
Posts: 396
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Lookin' good!
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May 11, 2017 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Lehi, Utah, USA
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Got them all in the ground. 66 total in the ground, and I'm building a bucket system that will house 8 more (have to test stuff out every year right?).
This picture is 1 of the 3 rows I have planted this way. I prune them to a single vine because they're packed in so tightly. Ignore the winter sowing jugs and the garbage that isn't cleaned up yet Last edited by silkcom; May 11, 2017 at 11:55 AM. |
May 12, 2017 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Williamsburg VA Zone 7b
Posts: 1,110
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Looks great! I'm doing lean and lower this year and love it so far. Are you using tomahooks? Just had work by Berry Hill Irrigation supply and will be switching over to tomahooks.
Sinister Minister! Love the name. My Rev. Keyes was one of the few that didn't germinate this year. Keep us updated! Jeff |
May 12, 2017 | #8 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Lehi, Utah, USA
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May 12, 2017 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Williamsburg VA Zone 7b
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Excellent idea. In fact, I'd like to try making some modified hooks for my set up. What did you use for the wire of your modified tomahook? (What gauge wire, where do I get it, etc?)
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May 12, 2017 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Lehi, Utah, USA
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I used 12 gauge wire. http://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Hillm...2339/203721762
fair warning use gardening gloves or something. It wears out your finger tips |
May 18, 2017 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Lehi, Utah, USA
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here's to hoping that the plastic worked last night. I haven't taken it off yet (was still below 40 when I left for work), but it hit about 27 down in my garden last night .
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May 20, 2017 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Spartanburg, SC
Posts: 1,262
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Nice garden!! Best of luck to you!!!
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May 21, 2017 | #13 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Lehi, Utah, USA
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thanks. The plastic worked well. I have a few dead leaves, and I think 1 dead main stem, but all the plants are still alive.
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