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After being set out later than intended, half of my tomatoes (4 of
8) got chewed off by something, probably rabbits. But they didn't
get them at ground level, so there were secondary buds left for
regrowth. They are now looking vibrant despite the heat and lack
of rain. And they are finally forming flower buds.

The other 4 are also looking killer and all have small green fruit.
If history is any guide, those will ripen fully around the weekend
later this month when we are out of town.

These normally deliver sauce sized harvests around early August.
Given the late planting in the partly-reclaimed garden, that may
be a few weeks later this year. But I'll have sandwiches and
salads until then

I'm still finishing off my 2019 pasta sauce. Fresh will be nice.
The old sauce is going slowly because I won't feed it to anyone but
myself at this point.
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Drew Lawson wrote:
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I'm still finishing off my 2019 pasta sauce. Fresh will be nice.
The old sauce is going slowly because I won't feed it to anyone but
myself at this point.

i just put up tomato chunks because they are very versatile
in many recipes.

usually the tomatoes last a year or two at the most before
they're gone. i've also downsized from more plants because
Mom is not cooking as much. nine plants is enough now and i
can usually put up 100-150 quarts of tomato chunks.

a good fence is very important here. i have an ok fence
which normally keeps the bunnies and deer away and sometimes
the bleeping groundhogs will still sometimes raid. :(


songbird
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On 7/3/26 2:52 PM, Drew Lawson wrote:

After being set out later than intended, half of my tomatoes (4 of
8) got chewed off by something, probably rabbits. But they didn't
get them at ground level, so there were secondary buds left for
regrowth. They are now looking vibrant despite the heat and lack
of rain. And they are finally forming flower buds.

The other 4 are also looking killer and all have small green fruit.
If history is any guide, those will ripen fully around the weekend
later this month when we are out of town.

These normally deliver sauce sized harvests around early August.
Given the late planting in the partly-reclaimed garden, that may
be a few weeks later this year. But I'll have sandwiches and
salads until then

I'm still finishing off my 2019 pasta sauce. Fresh will be nice.
The old sauce is going slowly because I won't feed it to anyone but
myself at this point.

Awesome!

My one Beef Steak plant have about 15 green tomatoes ranging
from the size of golf balls to a few the size of a tennis ball.
Three not have a reddish flush on them.

I transplanted them from the store in early May and had a
freeze come through a mess it up pretty bad. It did
eventually recover, but it is only catching up now.

Do you fertilize yours? If so, with what?

-T
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T <T@invalid.invalid> writes:

Do you fertilize yours? If so, with what?

-T

Not a lot. My soil is ugly, but generally delivers pretty well.
There is a bunch of previous years' mulch mixed in. That may provide something, but certainly not nitrogen at this point. It mostly
helps moisture retention.

When I put them in the ground I put some bone meal and blood meal
in the bottom of the hole. I assome that mostly helps with shock
and early growth.

In the past, I've used some organic glop -- Neptune's Garden or
such -- but haven't this year. I misplaced my watering can and
haven't shopped for another.

I may yet pick that up for the non-tomatoes that are still pretty
small.
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for others turn to nightmares.
I never would have thought this
in my wildest dreams.
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Drew Lawson wrote:
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When I put them in the ground I put some bone meal and blood meal
in the bottom of the hole. I assome that mostly helps with shock
and early growth.

if you've been doing that for all your transplants
and starts then it may be attracting some animal to
dig thm up...

raccoons sometimes do that here for starts that i
get from the greenhouse because they may use a
fertilizer that smells like fish or something else
edible to a raccoon.

In the past, I've used some organic glop -- Neptune's Garden or
such -- but haven't this year. I misplaced my watering can and
haven't shopped for another.

I may yet pick that up for the non-tomatoes that are still pretty
small.

songbird
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songbird <songbird@anthive.com> writes:

Drew Lawson wrote:
...

When I put them in the ground I put some bone meal and blood meal
in the bottom of the hole. I assome that mostly helps with shock
and early growth.

if you've been doing that for all your transplants
and starts then it may be attracting some animal to
dig thm up...

I had considered that (and don't yet rule it out), but the digging
happened regardless of feeding. The peppers got hit still in the
tray, just in peat pots fed with weak miraclegro.

raccoons sometimes do that here for starts that i
get from the greenhouse because they may use a
fertilizer that smells like fish or something else
edible to a raccoon.

Over the fall/winter I will look at making seedling cages for this.

Whatever does it doesn't pay much attention once things are
established.
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| And say it's dangerous to try
| Well they just don't know
| That love eternal will not be denied
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Drew Lawson wrote:
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Whatever does it doesn't pay much attention once things are
established.

same here. that is why i suspect it is some component of
the compost or fertilizer being used.


songbird
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songbird <songbird@anthive.com> writes:

Drew Lawson wrote:
...

Whatever does it doesn't pay much attention once things are
established.

same here. that is why i suspect it is some component of
the compost or fertilizer being used.

That makes sense. I can't imagine miraclegro (used while the
seedlings are in the basement) smelling tasty. Then again, I hear
that squirrels will chew into anything that smells like propane.

So much for my instincts.
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| And say it's dangerous to try
| Well they just don't know
| That love eternal will not be denied
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