What did you do in the garden today?

[BReeder!]

Here's a very informative article on tomato care. It discusses pruning, trellising, determinate vs. indeterminate, spacing, etc.

https://www.finegardening.com/article/pruning-tomatoes

 

[oldhen2345]

In TX, plant greens really early or late. They don't care for the heat. Most greens will do well in partial or even full shade, which might keep them cooler there also.

Will plant early- may start them end of February in the house. Plan to put them in pots along the patio so I can move them for more or less sun and take them back in if frost threatens

 

[pennyJo1960]

We still have rain coming down. I took a hot shower stave off that arthritis but can only go so far

 

[humblehillsfarm]

I'm just gonna jump right into the middle of the convo here to say I'VE ORDERED ALL OF MY SEEDS!

Woohooo!!!

I start the onion seeds third week of February, and have my calendar pretty full for the following months. I'm so ready to play in the dirt again!

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

I'm just gonna jump right into the middle of the convo here to say I'VE ORDERED ALL OF MY SEEDS!

Woohooo!!!

I start the onion seeds third week of February, and have my calendar pretty full for the following months. I'm so ready to play in the dirt again!

I'm jealous. I have six tabs open with shopping carts totaling about $2500 worth of seeds and I'm paralyzed with indecision on what's gotta go.

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

I mean... 75 varieties of tomato is too many, right?

RIGHT?!

I think tomato math is harder than chicken math.

 

[ackie]

okay I made it prettier

 

[humblehillsfarm]

I'm jealous. I have six tabs open with shopping carts totaling about $2500 worth of seeds and I'm paralyzed with indecision on what's gotta go.

I mean... 75 varieties of tomato is too many, right?

RIGHT?!

I think tomato math is harder than chicken math.

Where's the eye bulging emoji??? WOW!!
This year is my strictest year ever in terms of choosing varieties. I used to have rainbow carrots beets, tomatoes, you name it! If it comes in multiple colors, I'd have one of each haha. But now I am focus on diverse color in my garden as a whole because I want to start saving seeds. The only items I allowed myself variety on were tomatoes, two varieties (because I have a green house and can keep two "parent" plants in there for seed saving, and peppers. I'll never get to the point I can save pepper seeds, let's be real. I grow multiple sweet and hot varieties. I narrowed down my carrots to atomic red, beets are golden boy, corn is martian jewel (beautiful variety), and glass gem (I stagger planting for seed saving for corn).

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1grf6NkgJwgLAP3RgoBA8N8mbBSGHe7bto2nhaRHWPPo/edit There's my ever-evolving master seed list.

 

[JCaseyHammond]

I mean... 75 varieties of tomato is too many, right?

RIGHT?!

I think tomato math is harder than chicken math.

If you need an excuse to add more tomato seedlings: Somewhere I read that you can determine if a patch of soil is healthy by whether tomatoes will sprout there. Be casual and just throw extra cherry tomato seeds down. Or be more meticulous and set up a “trial seedbed.” Now if you need an excuse to cull hard,
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Nothing comes to mind. Sorry

 

[Artichoke Lover]

Where's the eye bulging emoji??? WOW!!
This year is my strictest year ever in terms of choosing varieties. I used to have rainbow carrots beets, tomatoes, you name it! If it comes in multiple colors, I'd have one of each haha. But now I am focus on diverse color in my garden as a whole because I want to start saving seeds. The only items I allowed myself variety on were tomatoes, two varieties (because I have a green house and can keep two "parent" plants in there for seed saving, and peppers. I'll never get to the point I can save pepper seeds, let's be real. I grow multiple sweet and hot varieties. I narrowed down my carrots to atomic red, beets are golden boy, corn is martian jewel (beautiful variety), and glass gem (I stagger planting for seed saving for corn).

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1grf6NkgJwgLAP3RgoBA8N8mbBSGHe7bto2nhaRHWPPo/edit There's my ever-evolving master seed list.

If you are willing to do the work you can tie a paper bag or pollinator proof mesh over the flowers before they open and then hand pollinate or just give it shake depending on what kind of plant it is. That’s what I plan on doing with mine.