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Excellent Hoodat, sure wish our climate would let us grow them:(

That they did Hoodat, same quality, and taste, larger size... just a few in a pot, cook down in a very short time to some very thick, luxurious sauce I saw you mentioned Mortgage lifters, They did well here this year, they normally do fair, but we had a VERY hot spring/summer and I believe it...

Warm days Bills? You stated cool nights, that should be the idea ripening conditions, possibly too much nitrogen fertilizer? we use epsom salts throughout the season, a tablespoon per plant height, but We use that to boost the magnesium level, and free up nutrients Bills, how long do you expect...

Hoodat, our Cherokee purple did real well this season, we also had a real good harvest of black krim. we grow Amish paste for canning sauce/pastes, few seeds and little "goo" compared to others. I started out with purchased amish paste seed , they were great...But, somewhere along the line they...

We use 5 gallon FOOD GRADE buckets for our Kraut, we have the first batch shelved, and the next batch (37 pounds) is going to be ready in a couple days.

I have grown both through the years, but for the last 25 I have grown only heirlooms. The wife and I enjoy the old time flavors/real tomato taste. we plant 40 plants each year, assorted varieties. We harvest 75-80 pound every three days, Heirlooms produce less?? well that's enough for Us. Now...

well folks, no shortage of rain here in Minnesota, it's been raining every day or so, for the last month and a half...this rain storm started last evening about 4 p.m. and it hasn't quit since, we have gotten 4 1/2 inches so far, and it's raining heavily now...:( south and west of Us by about 25...

we sow alfalfa :)

Hi bcallaha.. Transplanting blackberry bushes is best done in fall, after fruiting has stopped. Cut back the canes to a couple inches, dig back a bit from the plant, about a foot, keep as much of the root intact as you can...set into a hole a bit bigger than the root ball, water and firm the...

I agree with the Cherokee purple cracking...We planted Black Krim this year, I believe, even though I have Cherokee blood in me...that the black Krim is a better tasting tomato...late in the season though, here where it gets COOL this time of year, the Black Krim spilt too... As for the feed...

Dang Warthog, I believe you need help with all that landscaping... Ever consider adopting a 55 year old :lol: Very beautiful place you have, I too am green with envy.

Collector, they are also called husk tomato they are akin to ground cherrie s& Chinese lantern's etc. RDRanch, I agree, they do have small an abundant seeds..and with your customer in the need to only plant once...I do wish I had planted them originally where I could have let them...

First let me say Warthog that I'd LOVE to be in Belize...never been there...always wanted to be... Now about theHottest pepper claim... well, Red Caribbean Habanero was the world's hottest until 2007, Then came the Bhut Jolokia or Ghost pepper...recently another pepper has been reported as being...

Hello all, I registered yesterday, missed this board to Intro, so here goes... The Wife and I live in southern Minnesota, about an hour south of Minneapolis... We garden organically, and specialize in Heirloom crops, and Super hot Peppers, including the Bhut Jolokia..(pictured in my avatar)...

why Thank You Beavis:)

Sparkles, We live in Southern Minnesota...I can see 6 plants from my window here...I let them stay, even if they POP UP in the perennial beds, the flower beds...not so much in the food garden...but there is no shortage of Monarchs or Milkweed here... Hoodat, the Monarchs started gathering on...

:) Welcome collector, new here myself, I will follow your lead and post an intro:D Gardening takes more patience than skills, I have a neighbor, a young man and his intended, they moved in a year ago, came to me because they spotted the 7000 sq.ft. garden...and asked me to "show them" how to...

I can tell You what NOT to do with them...:D Don't leave any mature tomatillos anywhere on, in or near your garden...We planted them in 2004, had a early frost, I hurried with clean up...This spring, I was still hoeing out volunteer tomatillo's:/