@minbound When I was a kid I remember my Dad adding bone meal and lime to the soil in our garden. I guess this is why. Most of the Roma tomatoes were half the size they should have been. They were excellent in taste, but small.
Great video as always! It was a long series but well worth it. Your garden was growing pretty well for 90° heat. Up here in ny my moms tomatos grew a little better than yours but we had a wicked heat wave as well. Thanks for sharing!
@mrgreenjeans328 LOL, it is but I need to put up a screen to cut the sun down in mid summer. The sun is just too hot in mid summer. I'm keeping the squirrel around for much needed protein down the road! lol... May have to get a cat to keep the squirrels away! Re-planting soon I think, gotta check the "when" for the fall garden.
Instead of grasshoppers, its likely that the critters that got your 'maters were tomato hornworms. No real way to prevent them, just gotta pick off the caterpillars once they hatch. But I'm glad you got what you wanted/needed out of the plants, despite the bugs. Keep on keepin' on!
@AnnBearForFreedom Not sure, never saw any worms but after they were pretty much done I stopped paying attention so the worms may have been the culprit at that point. We have some giant grasshoppers down here that will cut the leaves off of plants like that. Either way if I'd had a BB gun handy and saw them I'd still have leaves! lol...
@usfreedom22 LOL, yeah, it's been awhile! New girlfriend keeps me a little more occupied... Kayaking and fishing, etc... Yeah, tomatoes are FRIED. Gotta see when we can plant for the fall and what to plant. Time to expand this plan. Also want to put in some fruit trees but not sure when to plant them either.
add shade and continue sea shells here in Florida there a another starting now for the fall i would just trim them back to about half the size and go again take the three or four suckers and start them in new pots
You might consider using floating row covers in the hottest part of the summer to fliter the sun.
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@neoprepper sounds like what I must have been missing in my tomatoes too.
minbound 6 months ago
@minbound When I was a kid I remember my Dad adding bone meal and lime to the soil in our garden. I guess this is why. Most of the Roma tomatoes were half the size they should have been. They were excellent in taste, but small.
NeoPrepper 6 months ago
Great video as always! It was a long series but well worth it. Your garden was growing pretty well for 90° heat. Up here in ny my moms tomatos grew a little better than yours but we had a wicked heat wave as well. Thanks for sharing!
uchiacln95 6 months ago
Thought growing season in Fla. was year round......dont give up....re-plant and get that damned ground rat...lol
mrgreenjeans328 6 months ago
@mrgreenjeans328 LOL, it is but I need to put up a screen to cut the sun down in mid summer. The sun is just too hot in mid summer. I'm keeping the squirrel around for much needed protein down the road! lol... May have to get a cat to keep the squirrels away! Re-planting soon I think, gotta check the "when" for the fall garden.
NeoPrepper 6 months ago
Glad it worked out well for you and" bonus" you learned a couple of new things about gardening I think.Its always an experiment.
I wish we could have Fall gardens here but we get 180 days to grow and thats it. No second chances.
jimhuntermj21 6 months ago
Instead of grasshoppers, its likely that the critters that got your 'maters were tomato hornworms. No real way to prevent them, just gotta pick off the caterpillars once they hatch. But I'm glad you got what you wanted/needed out of the plants, despite the bugs. Keep on keepin' on!
AnnBearForFreedom 6 months ago
@AnnBearForFreedom Not sure, never saw any worms but after they were pretty much done I stopped paying attention so the worms may have been the culprit at that point. We have some giant grasshoppers down here that will cut the leaves off of plants like that. Either way if I'd had a BB gun handy and saw them I'd still have leaves! lol...
NeoPrepper 6 months ago
Man, sell those plant to Tim Burton! Creepy. lol
meatloafzombie 6 months ago
Welcome back! Looks like my tomatos, LOL
usfreedom22 6 months ago
@usfreedom22 LOL, yeah, it's been awhile! New girlfriend keeps me a little more occupied... Kayaking and fishing, etc... Yeah, tomatoes are FRIED. Gotta see when we can plant for the fall and what to plant. Time to expand this plan. Also want to put in some fruit trees but not sure when to plant them either.
NeoPrepper 6 months ago
looks just like mine in south Texas. Way to hot.
joatmaster0 6 months ago
Thanks for sharing that, now I know what is going on with my plants going to see if I can pick some up.
1oldarmyguy 6 months ago
add shade and continue sea shells here in Florida there a another starting now for the fall i would just trim them back to about half the size and go again take the three or four suckers and start them in new pots
RCvolunteer1978 6 months ago
Mine looks the same in AZ
sonnysand 6 months ago