[pauldorell]

These Big Boys are over five feet tall and very bushy. It looks like we'll be eating lots of tomatoes starting soon.

[FrugalYankee]

Paul all I see is

I'm surprised you got any, as dry as we've had it. Tomatoes are expensive this year! Great that you were able to grow your own.

[quickdraw]

I'll agree, thankfully we are having a nice dry summer as opposed to some of the cloudy and dank ones of recent years. Still, I'm dealing with some early blight, I suppose thanks to the spores of rainy summers past.

Also, through fault of my own, I'm dealing with some end rot where the base of the tomato turned black. After some research, I discovered I have been watering rather unevenly. It's been so hot that the plants have been wilting because I wasn't staying on top of the watering. It's been feast or famine with the water
since I was dousing the plants when they were wilted. I guess that screws up the calcium consumption.
You're supposed to give a steady and consistent supply of water.

Tomato growing - I have a love/hate relationship. But they are so good.

[pauldorell]

Can you see this? Both show up on my computer.

I planted in an old garden that hadn't been used for several years and added compost, so the soil was very potent. Also I didn't over or under water.

[quickdraw]

Originally Posted by pauldorell

Can you see this? Both show up on my computer.

I planted in an old garden that hadn't been used for several years and added compost, so the soil was very potent. Also I didn't over or under water.

yes

where are the tomatoes though?

[pauldorell]

Originally Posted by quickdraw

yes

where are the tomatoes though?

They're not ripe yet so they don't stand out. You can see some of them if you click on the picture and enlarge it to the max. There are 8 plants there with 20+ tomatoes on each. The larger ones are near the bases and hidden by leaves.

[68vette]

Hey paul, we have been gardening since we moved here about twenty years ago. This is the best year ever for us in VT. We have the same big plants. t had to re-stake because the plants out-grew what we put in.

[tkln]

Those look like some great plants! I can see a lot of tomatoes!!!! Hope you don't get sick of them by the time they stop producing!

[looking4home]

Yes, my daughter has been getting a high yield on most of her vegies this summer. At first, she thought it would be another bad year because the late spring was so cold and rainy.

[pauldorell]

I used to grow tomatoes all the time when I lived in the Midwest, and I think this year I'm doing a little better here (global warming?) They love sun and heat. As I said, I also have ideal soil conditions because nothing was planted there for several years. If you plant in the same place every year you deplete the soil no matter how much fertilizer you use, and you give tomato-specific diseases a chance to develop in the soil. So far I've had just one hornworm and very little yellowing of the leaves.

Actually I wish it were cooler - this weather has been unpleasant the last couple of days.