OMG, my tomato plants are almost 6 feet tall

I worked a small garden this year, first one in years, and very happy to be able to do so.
It's a small 4 by 6 area, I made organic compound, used some organic fertilizer, covered with black drainable cover, cut hole for plantings, put up small fencing and water every day.
As they grow, I snip off most of the non-producing branches to redirect water and energy to the rest of the plant.
It grew so fast and the tomatos are way over the 3 foot racks, almost 6 feet tall.
I went into the woods and gathered a few straight branches, scraped off the bark, and have to construct a frame to hold the plants up, as the wind and weight keeps tilting them over.

With the basil and spearmint, I snip off the flower heads before they fully grow, so the energy goes to making leaves, not seeds...now they're so bushy and full of flavor.

I'm glad my green thumb is still with me and I hope to be able to use it with a bigger garden some day... hopefully with a commune or helping on some land somewhere.

Peace everyone
Spirit Wynd

 

Sounds great, especially this year with the scare about tomatos and salmonella. You should have all the tomatos you can use.

 

my tomatoes are gone crazy too... The sunflowers though look like i fed them crack based fertilizer and they have had nothing.. Some of them are bout 14 foot tall and still growing... Gonna be like cutting a friggin tree down come fall...

 

yea mine are over 6 feet tall too, definitely a good year for tomatoes.

 

yup yup the tomatoes are defenetly rockin right now.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtomatoes

 

Back in the mid 70's, there was an ad in the TV guide where you could buy topato plants. Its a graft or something. Grows tomatoes on top and potatoes on bottom.

Haven't seen them since.



x

 

mine are only 3 feet tall, but are lush and is full of healthy fruit.

 

mmmm..... tomatoes fresh from the vine...

one of life's greatest pleasures

 

I have some romas on the vine. Baked Italian tomatoes tonight.


x

 

can i come over for dinner?

 

You'd have to get through security first.

The King of Jordan ate nearby the other day. He's touring the NW coast on motorcycle. (Him, about 10 other cyclists, and a small army of security people in suv's)

Not everyday a head of state, a KING no less, comes through this remote part of the world. People are still talking about it.

I will share with you my recipe however.

Take 9 roma tomatoes and boil them to remove the skin.

Arrange in a 8x8 baking dish. I prefer pyrex or other glassware.

Liberally douse with extra virgin olive oil. About a 1/4 cup or so. You can split the tomatoes open at this point if you want.

Now sprinkle in italian herbs. Dried in the bottle stuff is fine. A good coating.

Garlic, in whatever form, as much as you want.

Now add a cup of bread crumbs or seasoned croutons.

Salt and pepper to taste. Cover. Bake at 350 degrees for about and hour. You can add a little water if they get too dry.

About 10 minutes before they're done, uncover, and dump a cup of shredded mozzarella cheese on top. Leave uncovered, bake until you get the cheese bubbling good.

Something like garlic bread or french bread as a side dish.

Party in your mouth.



x

 

:drool5:

i'm definitely going to make that this summer when my mom's tomatoes start popping....

 

dear god that sounds good, I wish my tomatoes were ready to eat

 

As salt in the wound, I shall declare them just as delicious on the second day.

But I'm out of bread and will have to resort to baking some buttery bisquits.

Maybe with some strawberry jam and a little thin slice of cream cheese. Well melted within. Then stuff it full of cold strawberry jam and eat immediantly

Yeah, baby.



x

 

Yeah man, been harvesting my maters for the past week now... they're so sweet like sugar's been grown inside...Yummy.

 

I have to import big tomatoes from the valley a few miles away.

Me lives in the fog zone next to the ocean and it never warms up enough here for larger fruits to mature. Sugar snap peas go crazy though.


x

 

I used this hint to help keep my 6ft+ tomato plants balanced...plant the top in the ground. It worked pretty well, arches with tomatos dripping off them.