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Re: Lost Messages and Small Tomatoes

On Thu, 19 Jun 1997 13:40:38 PST "Westaway, Shawn"
<swestaway@SMTPLINK.COH.ORG> writes:
>Sorry, John, I did not receive your reply. How are your toms?
>My tomato plants are still small because they were planted by
>seed directly in the garden about 3 weeks ago. They seem to be
>growing healthily and happily, though. I certainly was delinquent
>planting so late and I won't have the first tomatoes on the block,
>but we have such a long growing season, I am not worried.

Please keep us posted on the progress of your tomatoes. I will find this
interesting because it is just the opposite of my approach to tomato
growing. I strive for early tomatoes, which I am now picking in surplus.
But this will soon come to a halt as my plants quit setting fruit during
the hot weather. It will be interesting to see if later plants set in hot
weather and if production continues into the fall.

I have never even considered direct seeding. I always start seeds indoors
and transplant twice. This a lot of work. I have a volunteer plant that
came up at the edge of my compost pile. It had the first ripe tomato and
is doing just as good as my carefully hand raised plants. This would make
me wonder if I am working too hard. Your plants may supply the answer.
This is what I find interesting about gardening. There is no one "right
way" of doing it.

oldjohn@juno.com
John Orwick
El Monte, CA [20 miles east of Los Angeles]

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