First Tomatos
Today I picked my first tomatoes. 3 all together. They were of the small
variety. I planted about 12 different varieties and didn't check which one
had the tomatoes but most were early variety. The tomatoes were about the
size of a golf ball, maybe bigger. Plants are loaded with green fruit. If
I can keep up with the watering, it should be a good season. Although, I
did plant "4th of July", I am pretty sure it wasn't that one which fruited.
Most of the others were heirloom varieties.
I have my tomato plants growing up a trellis spaced 1 foot apart. My
neighbor says that is way too close and that the plants would never grow up
the string. Last year, she was impressed that it worked. She on the other
hand has planted her tomatoes in a 3x3 area for each plant.
-Ron M.
Zone 7a
----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Lauterbach" <melauter@earthlink.net>
To: <sqft-l@xena.pkiclue.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Sqft-l] holes in my peppers
> They may perk up and produce well later, Jim. In our area, they respond
> well to a foliar spray of 1 tsp. Epsom Salts to 1 pint of water, sprayed
in
> the cool of the morning or evening if the leaves are not deep green to
> start with. As for the holes...I've had those in the past, and the only
> critters I've found responsible has been earwigs. They'll set up
> housekeeping inside a pepper, come and go, and lay eggs, etc. I don't
know
> what you can do about it except use a repellant like Garlic Barrier or Hot
> Pepper Wax . I cut off damaged portions and use the peppers anyway, but
the
> darned earwigs may mess up part of the inside too. Margaret L
>
> > I am getting a poor crop of peppers this year. Some of
> >the plants have
> >peppers about 2 inches from side to side and some of
> >the plants have no
> >fruit at all. That I might live with thinking the pollination
> >was not
> >good enough but I also have some critter eating small
> >holes in the
> >peppers. They are bell peppers and the holes are about
> >1/8 inch in size.
> >My question is what should I do about it? Last year I
> >opened a couple of
> >punctured peppers and found nothing. My second
> >question is can I consider
> >such peppers safe to eat if I find nothing inside?
> >Jim AllAn
> >200+ miles NW of ground zero
> >Inventor of the Dandelion Harvester
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> >
> >http://community.webshots.com/user/jallan6977
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