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04/30/11, 05:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Hill Country, Texas
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New Tomato Record Set This Year
I know its not what you people in the still frozen North want to hear, but I harvested my first 2 tomatoes yesterday and another today. The ones yesterday were Brandywine Black and the one today was Roma. My previous earliest ripe garden tomato was 13 may. This beats it by a full 15 days. I have bunches that are turning white too. My most vigorous vines are Berkeley Tye Dye, and Paul Roberson. Tye Dye is the hands down winner so far as neither it nor the Paul Roberson have ripened fruit yet. All of the vines are doing great - dark green (sheep and rabbit poop fertilized) and sturdy stems. They are mulched through black plastic.
Speaking of black Plastic, my Tractor Supply Store has 40 foot wide by 100 ft long rolls of plastic on closeout sale from $199 marked down to $50. That is enough plastic for the next 10 years gardens.
Last edited by YuccaFlatsRanch; 04/30/11 at 05:51 PM.
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04/30/11, 06:05 PM
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wow, that was really mean............ 
only kidding 
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04/30/11, 07:23 PM
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That's just not right... Our temp last night was right at freezing. No tomato in it's right mind would live, let alone ripen here!
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04/30/11, 08:16 PM
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I telling the person in charge that you are cruel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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04/30/11, 09:24 PM
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Good grief! April 30??? That has to be a national record (CA and FL don't count  ).
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04/30/11, 09:46 PM
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Shut yer mouth....
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04/30/11, 10:34 PM
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Just not fair that you get homegrown tomatoes on April 30th! I'm Jealous! My goal is to have a tomato sandwich by 4th of July. I can't even get my garden plowed up yet we've had so much rain & I'm hoping no late freezes & can have everything planted by May 30th!
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04/30/11, 11:24 PM
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Why is it that so many people from your neck of the woods come to Texas in their RV's each year - the weather. Why is it that so many decide to stay permanently after several years of driving back and forth - the weather (and the price of gas/diesel). OR could it be tomatoes from May through early December???
If there is any consolation the first tomatoes are small golf ball sized ones - not slicers - but they are homegrown..
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04/30/11, 11:31 PM
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You know Yucca . . . I used to like you. Not any more. I still have a good 12-14 inches of snow on the ground.
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05/01/11, 03:13 AM
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05/01/11, 08:37 AM
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It snowed here last night. Just out of curiosity when did you plant your tomatoes?
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05/01/11, 09:12 AM
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Ummmmmm.......
I've been harvesting tomatoes all winter..... Roma's and smaller ones do great in pots inside.....
Outside, the garden hasn't even been plowed yet- still too freaking wet! Great Job on the super early outside tomatoes!!
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05/01/11, 09:33 AM
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OH my, anit got nothing to do with the frozen north, I am over here in East Tn and my plants just bloomed the other day. I think you need to send me one or three so I can enjoy them also.
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05/01/11, 09:59 AM
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That's a low blow......
My maters and peppers haven't gotten in the ground yet....see my earlier whine about RAIN, RAIN, RAIN! PS One year ago today, we had serious flooding here in Ky and Tn. It's not pretty........ Can you say WET, WET, WET??
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05/01/11, 10:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lauri
wow, that was really mean............
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no, you were right.... that was really mean.  
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05/01/11, 12:04 PM
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Bought my tomato plants in Early March, potted them in gallon pots and got them in by March 15th. So they have been in for 6 weeks +/-. My really early tomatoes purchased and potted in January died IN THE GREENHOUSE in the really really cold snap we had in January or was it February (mind slips in old age).
That cold snap knocked all but one of my citrus trees to the ground and they are coming back from the rootstock. The one tree not fazed by the cold snap is a LIME TREE from the guy in Devine, Texas who grows the really really cold hardy avocados. As far as I know there are only 2 of these lime trees in the world - his and the one he sold to me. I have 2 of his avocado trees that made it through the cold too. The avocado's variety names are Wilma and Opal Holland. He names them after the people he got the bud wood from. We can do a whole thread on cold hardy citrus and avocados if desired.
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05/01/11, 01:17 PM
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I'm right behind you. I got my seeds planted in the little indoor pots under grow lights just yesterday.
Tomatoes coming soon! Probably late September.
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05/01/11, 01:20 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
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When I lived in Edmonds, Washington we got enough sun and warmth about once every 3 years or so to get a good crop of tomatoes. Did great in blackberries though.
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05/02/11, 12:29 PM
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No chance of tomatoes for a couple of months yet. I'm growing Roma too - never grew them before. It's nice and sunny here but a horrible NE wind is keeping the temperatures right down.
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