Re: Wow

Hmmm...well if you get any decent seeds from them this year...can I have a
few of them?  I have not had very much luck with growing tomatoes in
Oklahoma.  When I lived in Kansas City they were AWESOME.  I had more than I
could eat.  This year I'm going to grow some in pots and see what happens.



On 3/24/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
>
> I bought it as a plant. It was the only tomato plant we had [my sister's
> allergic to them], so when I saw them at a nursery, I remembered what Kitty
> had said and bought just one for me.
>
> On Mar 24, 2009, at 7:53 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>
> Jim and Kitty - did you buy the sun cherry as a plant?  Or seeds?  And
>> where
>> did you find them?  I'd like to try them this year.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/23/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I think you recommended Suncherry last year... anyway we planted it; very
>>> nice, good flavor and very productive.
>>>
>>> On Mar 23, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Kitty wrote:
>>>
>>> The tomatoes ...are coming up in the greenhouse.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I started my seeds yesterday.  Legend and Suncherry Premium
>>>> Mine'll go in the ground.
>>>>
>>>> Kitty
>>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95
>>>> CS/SCOSI" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:00 AM
>>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Wow
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That sounds like fun. One day I'd like to have time to go through the
>>>>
>>>>> Master Gardener program. I looked into here once, it was years back,
>>>>> but
>>>>> the classes were all the way down in Los Angeles and so was the
>>>>> volunteer time. That's an hour's drive. Now even if it were close I
>>>>> don't have the time. But one day...
>>>>> I cleaned up the pond on Saturday, that went a lot faster than I
>>>>> expected, and put the rest of my plants from High Country Garden in the
>>>>> ground. Got some weeding done in the dry garden. There's sure a lot of
>>>>> grass in there, sigh...I made a couple clear spots anyway. It got so
>>>>> windy I couldn't stay out, too much dirt in my eyes.
>>>>> The tomatoes and peppers are coming up in the greenhouse. Husband got a
>>>>> wild hair and decided that he could grow better tomatoes in pots than I
>>>>> can in the ground, and use much less water too. So off he went to buy
>>>>> his own seeds. I'm encouraging this of course although I think he is
>>>>> grossly overestimating how much water one garden bed actually uses, and
>>>>> he's going to get bored pretty quick measuring how much water he pours
>>>>> into the pots. It will be interesting to see how it goes.
>>>>> Sunday started out very cold and raining and then got extremely windy.
>>>>> I
>>>>> dashed outside only once to put the horses in their stalls. Even the
>>>>> dogs didn't want to go out there.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cyndi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>>>>> Behalf Of james singer
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 12:05 PM
>>>>> To: Garden Chat
>>>>> Subject: [CHAT] Wow
>>>>>
>>>>> Sure been quiet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Did my first 4 hours on the Master Gardener desk yesterday. Slow day
>>>>> there, too--about seven phone calls and only two walk-ins. Issues de
>>>>> jour seemed to be carpenter ants--hint: they're swarming now--and
>>>>> fertilizing blueberries. Also got a couple of calls about our plant
>>>>> sale: when? [first Saturday in May]; will we have heirloom tomatoes?
>>>>> [about 40 varieties].
>>>>>
>>>>> Kinda boring, so I read through the log to see what kind of calls
>>>>> other shifts had gotten [mostly carpenter ants and blueberries] but
>>>>> about a week ago someone called in for information on grafting figs.
>>>>> Wish I'd gotten that call; it would've been fun.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Inland Jim
>>>>> Willamette Valley
>>>>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
>>>>> Elevation 148'
>>>>> 39.9" Precipitation
>>>>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
>>>>> Heat Zone 5
>>>>> Sunset Zone 6
>>>>> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
>>>>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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>>>> Inland Jim
>>> Willamette Valley
>>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
>>> Elevation 148'
>>> 39.9" Precipitation
>>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
>>> Heat Zone 5
>>> Sunset Zone 6
>>> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
>>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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>> Jesse R. Bell
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> Inland Jim
> Willamette Valley
> 44.99 N 123.04 W
> Elevation 148'
> 39.9" Precipitation
> Hardiness Zone 8/9
> Heat Zone 5
> Sunset Zone 6
> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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