2008-09-15

Home Grown Tomatoes and other Plants

The Farmer's Market on Rutherford Road. ***
Highway 290 Mater-Man diagonally across from the Lil Rebel.****
Highway 123 Behind LJSSFS.
Highway 25, 1/2 mile off Washington Avenue.
Warehouse Road off Rutherford.
Allen St behind Old K-Mart off Mills Avenue.*****
Reid School Road where Roberts Road branches off.

2008-09-12 I gave the 290 Mater-Man some Siberian Tomato seeds. So we can have some of
them next spring.

2009-03-21 Planted my Siberian tomatoes in 3 paper egg cartons. 3 to 4 seeds per spot. Used Miracle grow potting soil.
Also planted my milkweeds in the back yard to attract monarch butterflies. Had three real plants and a pack of seed.

2009-03-27 First tomato plants, 56 of 125 seeds, have emerged. Now come the responsibility of keeping them alive. Milkweeds not up yet.

2009-06-17 Thee were 56 tomato seedling, at about 2" I transferred them from the egg cartons to Dixie cups, I think I injured their taproots when I did this. Next time start off in final resting place so no transplanting is involved. As of today only one remains alive. It is joined by four better boys I got at Hodepo's. The Betterboys are twice the size of the Siberian. None of the milkweed seeds emerged. only two of the three live milkweeds are alive. One twice the size of the other, I can't even grow weeds.

2009-07-06 the four tomatoes I got at Hodepo are looking OK, but thin. I would suggest starting the seeds in 5 gallon buckets next time, and real potting soil. And I do have a survivor, a Siberian tomato survived the move outdoors. It is as tall as the Hodepo-maters, but thinner and has had no blooms. The Hodepo-maters have 6 maters about 1 1/2" in diameter.



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