The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[CapricornFarm]

You need to take a break once in a while, you’re body is giving you a hinthope it feels better soon!

Thanks , the heating pad helped and the muscle relaxer is working wonders.

 

[ronott1]

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here it would be fusirium wilt

 

[DigMyChicks]

To me it either looks like too much water/rain rot or not enough water and I think thinning out some of the bottom branches may help it get some more air

Plenty of water. I have the same problem every year. I don’t use any sort of fertilizer so I’m sure the ground is depleted of anything good.

 

[DigMyChicks]

here it would be fusirium wilt

I figure it has some sort of blight?

 

[ronott1]

I figure it has some sort of blight?

It is a fungus and treated with copper. Look for fusarium resistant plants for next year.

It is a big problem here in California. The symptoms are yellow leaves that start at the bottom and move up. The plant stops producing tomatoes too.

 

[sharron]

Morning all

We're starting another heat wave. It probably doesn't sound very warm to most of you, but here it's quite rare to get this hot. We've had at least 4x already this year that it's reached 30c for several days in a row. Normally we hit 30 one time in a summer.

As uncomfortable as it is, I'll take it over the -40 we had for most of last winter.

Hope everyone is staying cool & hydrated.

thats a big amen on the weather hate cold and snow

 

[ShrekDawg]

Plenty of water. I have the same problem every year. I don’t use any sort of fertilizer so I’m sure the ground is depleted of anything good.

Hmm weird. Do you plant tomatoes every year? They say you're not supposed to plant tomatoes or other nightshades in the same spot the next year.

I don't use fertilizer either but I did buy organic potting soil to mix in the hole and I also bought Espoma Garden Tone which is sort of an organic fertilizer and works well for me. Next year though I am planning on planting in the old chicken run/now compost pile and likely won't use any fertilizer. Do you have any compost or old poop you can add?

 

[sharron]

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mine are like that too, but still alot of tomato's altho mine are ripening very fast, thinking about taking some down to the auction tomorrow, hate for them to go to waste

 

[sharron]

Okay, here's a plan....get a wide cattle panel. Got it? Okay, put some rocks in your pockets and each of you take an end of the panel. Arch the panel and "walk"" it to the size you want - super tall or kinda longer but flatter. When it looks like the size arch you'll be happy with, drop rocks at the end corners then lay the panel down. Pound steel fence posts into the ground at those corners. Then arch the panel again against the INSIDE Of those panels and use either twisted wire or heavy metal clips to secure them.

Now plant maters on one side, and as they grow just train them to the panels. On the other side of the arch, plant your pole beans, cukes, or other vining plants. You can harvest from inside the arch and outside it. The plants don't collapse and the fruit of the vines doesn't lay on the ground. The next year, switch sides so you aren't always growing the tomatoes in the same spot year after year. You can even plant veggies that are short and like it cooler in the shade created by the veggies under the arch with a path between the rows, like beets and such, to extend the season. That's how we grow our grapes - and how we built our run for the chickens.

 

[sharron]

Good morning everyone. Hurt my back somehow yesterday. Slept on a heating pad last night, feels a bit better. I am going to try to rest today but i am not very good at it.