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Re: Re[2]: Lost Messages and Small Tomatoes

Thanks, Shawn for the update. I had been wondering how the late planted
tomatoes performed. Did they continue to set during our recent long hot
spell? I battled cut worms until I started using some form of barrier
around each plant. I found that if I took small juice cans with top and
bottom removed and cut in half and placed them around the seed at
planting time it keeps the worms away. Remove them when the plants get
bigger or you end up with "canned beets".

You may well be correct about direct seeding. The tomato that came up in
the compost pile had fruit all during the hot weather and continues to
set. However, my carefully tended Early Girls continued to set during the
heat this year. They have never done so in past years. Gardening is not
yet a science!

On Thu, 11 Sep 1997 17:40:05 PST "Westaway, Shawn"
<swestaway@SMTPLINK.COH.ORG> writes:

>Hello SQFTr's -
>Just an update on my summer garden, as asked for. The tomatoes never
>got staked :(, but they are doing fine anyway. Got the first ripe ones
>about the end of July, so it didn't take long. No sign of hornworms or
>other diseases, yet :). Sometimes I think that planting the seeds
>directly in the garden (though this is the lazy way) may help the
>plants to be more resistant, and perhaps better adapted to my horrible
>soil. I have lots and lots of bell and hot peppers - they love the
>heat we've been having, and so do the Japanese eggplants. Carrots not
>doing so well, but our rocky soil hates them anyway. Will try for a
>late fall crop. Have tons of basil and oregano, and still are
>harvesting
>our last Swiss chard. Have a few cukes, and lots of zucchini and
>crookneck.
>Tried at the end of July for a bumper beet crop, but the dreaded
>cutworm
>ate them all off at the soil line. Next year, we are going to do
>transplants, and we also plan to try the beneficial nematode route to
>get rid of those horrible cutworms. Anyway, John, hope this helps, if
>you decide to go the seed route I'd just try a few, since I don't know
>your soil conditions. Good luck.
>Shawn
>swestaway@smtplink.coh.org
>Claremont, CA USDA9b Sunset19
>
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