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There is NOTHING more tasty than a home grown tomato right off the vine.
Heaven!
Now what'n the sam hell would anyone grow'm for when they're so damned cheap at the grocery store that you can buy them only as often as you need, and not have to worry about who you can give them away to this time at the end of the season?
All the teachers in my building know how much my daughter and I love tomatoes, so they bring me sacks full of them in August and early September. She and I could go through a sack a day, and like I said, there is NOTHING better than a home grown tomato!
Store bought doesn't even come CLOSE!
You can stick two tomatoes in front of me, and I wouldn't be able to tell you which was "home" grown, and which came from a grocery store... They taste like...well... tomatoes.
In South Florida, tomatoes like cold nights...funny how that works. I find the yellow tomatoes do better...the bugs don't seem to like them. Currently I'm harvesting beefstake, plum and grape. Drool.
Grow 'em in pots, Edi...in your sunniest spot.
You could just build a little wall to block the wind...or even a temporary fence covered in black plastic...and make the most of sun exposure. I think in pots they would do better, especially plastic for you since they heat up nicely in the sun.In South Florida, tomatoes like cold nights...funny how that works. I find the yellow tomatoes do better...the bugs don't seem to like them. Currently I'm harvesting beefstake, plum and grape. Drool.
Grow 'em in pots, Edi...in your sunniest spot.
In FLA a cool night in warmer than it is here in Mainer in the hotter days.
In Maine a very warm night might be 70 degrees.
I sleep with blankets on at night in July here, often. By mid August,(when our tomatoes are starting to ripen) it's usually starting to be cold at night.
To some extent, what I', also dealing with is my land's (and this towns) mico-climate which is dominated by an ocean to the south (about a two blocks away from my house) and a mountain to the North (about a mile away)
So I have a constant breeze which keeps my land (with a half mile Nothern open exposure) cooler than most places...even most places here in Searsport.
I could buid a hothouse, of course...if I could build ANYTHING on my land, which I cannot because of Shoreland zoning restrictions.
My land is better suited to growing gingsing than tomatoes
All the teachers in my building know how much my daughter and I love tomatoes, so they bring me sacks full of them in August and early September. She and I could go through a sack a day, and like I said, there is NOTHING better than a home grown tomato!
Store bought doesn't even come CLOSE!
You can stick two tomatoes in front of me, and I wouldn't be able to tell you which was "home" grown, and which came from a grocery store... They taste like...well... tomatoes.
This is a serious problem! Seriously!
You could just build a little wall to block the wind...or even a temporary fence covered in black plastic...and make the most of sun exposure. I think in pots they would do better, especially plastic for you since they heat up nicely in the sun.In South Florida, tomatoes like cold nights...funny how that works. I find the yellow tomatoes do better...the bugs don't seem to like them. Currently I'm harvesting beefstake, plum and grape. Drool.
Grow 'em in pots, Edi...in your sunniest spot.
In FLA a cool night in warmer than it is here in Mainer in the hotter days.
In Maine a very warm night might be 70 degrees.
I sleep with blankets on at night in July here, often. By mid August,(when our tomatoes are starting to ripen) it's usually starting to be cold at night.
To some extent, what I', also dealing with is my land's (and this towns) mico-climate which is dominated by an ocean to the south (about a two blocks away from my house) and a mountain to the North (about a mile away)
So I have a constant breeze which keeps my land (with a half mile Nothern open exposure) cooler than most places...even most places here in Searsport.
I could buid a hothouse, of course...if I could build ANYTHING on my land, which I cannot because of Shoreland zoning restrictions.
My land is better suited to growing gingsing than tomatoes
Questions:
Do I water the plants every day?
I am starting them inside the house first with this "starter kit" I bought. It came with the soil and seeds, I put a few seeds inside each soil 'pod.'
Then when they start sprouting I'm to plant them in bigger pots. Then do I put them outside?
Eat the little bunnies first.How do I keep the little bunnies from eating them?
How long until I get to eat them if it works this time?
Thanks!