BYC gardening thread!!

[A-K-A]

I use to pull the suckers and prune tomato plants. I don't any longer just my preference. They seem to use more water but produce better. Only notes i keep is when i planted and when i should plant. I keep track of what doesn't produce. If i can't fix it, i scratch from the next season. I see friends and others keep diagrams and maps notes. I take a few pictures.

 

[hennible]

@hennible
  Ugh I know! I was really lazy this year, didn't desucker the tomatoes, didn't write much down (took plenty of photos though so I at least got that), and on top of everything else let the field get really weed-infested and gross. Can't be doing that next year.

Yup, lol
I never prune, I often mean too... Not many notes but lots of pictures that should help next year

I use to pull the suckers and prune tomato plants. I don't any longer just my preference. They seem to use more water but produce better. Only notes i keep is when i planted and when i should plant. I keep track of what doesn't produce. If i can't fix it, i scratch from the next season. I see friends and others keep diagrams and maps notes. I take a few pictures.

I draw maps, I find then handy. First time I've ever taken notes though. Glad you say the tomatoes produce more without pruning, I've never gotten around to pruning lol

 

[hippiestink]

I only prune because we live in a wet area. Too much foliage breeds disease in these parts so I prune it all back.

 

[Bugseye]

i wonder whether the tomatoes produce better bc there's more photosynthesis to feed them... I've tried to keep up the notes bc I didn't realize how slammed I would be with pests and diseases: moths, beetles, rodents, invertibrates. I want to be more prepared next year.

 

[hippiestink]

I've always heard that pruning allows for more sun to reach everything, but that seems counterintuitive to me because leaves are what photosynthesize. I dunno, we'll find out the great pruning vs. nonpruning since I've not pruned two plants and pruned the other four.

 

[Bugseye]

Well, I hope you post the results!

 

[Arielle]

DH set the live trap for a large rodent that has taken up residence under a rock in the garden. Bigger than a chippy hole, smaller than a woodchuck hole. Maybe a juvie woodchuck??

Horses broke down fencing to get into the green garden. TOobusy dealing with fencing ad rearranging horses to look carefully at the garden. Dh ssyd sll destroyed-- too bummed to go look. Kids rescued an armful of onions--the Spanish onions. Need to chop up and feeze to save what I can.

Weeds are growing well--weeded and toosed to the buckeye hens.

Kale still growing well. Hoping last night rains washed in the Epson salts!! Weeds growing taller than the peppers and the last of the tomatos in their pots.

 

[Bugseye]

Aaagh! That stinks! And after all your work. Horses get something in mind, they go after it. I've got to get after my rodent too, but was preoccupied today. I also want to start a beekeeping association here, so some of my energy and time goes there.

 

[hennible]

I only prune because we live in a wet area. Too much foliage breeds disease in these parts so I prune it all back.

Great point. Air flow is important.

I've always heard that pruning allows for more sun to reach everything, but that seems counterintuitive to me because leaves are what photosynthesize. I dunno, we'll find out the great pruning vs. nonpruning since I've not pruned two plants and pruned the other four.

I thought it was the sun ripens the tomatoes faster or at least that's part of it... The tomatoes in shady spots here tend to take longer than the ones in full sun, but they all seen loaded. It will be neat to hear what you observe.

 

[hippiestink]

Great point. Air flow is important.
I thought it was the sun ripens the tomatoes faster or at least that's part of it... The tomatoes in shady spots here tend to take longer than the ones in full sun, but they all seen loaded. It will be neat to hear what you observe.

Wish I knew for sure. I'll be taking pictures and such so WE WILL SEE.

In the meantime, have photos of my tomatoes:



Black Sea Man (Pruned)



Indigo Rose (Un-Pruned)