First ripe tomato of 2012!

[wsmoak]

Zone 7b here, seeds started in mid-January (when I couldn't stand the dark and cold anymore and needed to see something green!) and moved to the greenhouse when it warmed up enough:


120505_6564 by wsmoak, on Flickr

I also have a trio of Early Girl plants started at the same time, but I planted those out in the garden a while back, and they are 5' tall and filled out -- but no red tomatoes yet. I guess it's the warmer temps in the greenhouse that have pushed the Siberians along faster, because they are surely not getting more sunlight -- the greenhouse is shaded by an oak tree. (Everything here is shaded by an oak tree. Or a hickory tree.)

Anyone else?

-Wendy

 

[lesa]

I am happy to see my seedlings with their first true leaves!! Nothing as beautiful as a ripe tomato! I am going to plant a couple tomato plants in the dirt, inside my greenhouse- as an experiment. Will you keep those plants in the greenhouse, wsmoak?

 

[wsmoak]

Will you keep those plants in the greenhouse, wsmoak?

Yes. They don't get much sun so they are leggy and sprawling all over (even though I whacked off several branches early on.) I don't think I could carry them out to the garden, or tip the pots over to get them out, without major damage to the plants. I think I'll use a better behaved bush type in the greenhouse next year.

-Wendy

 

[Detlor Poultry]

You may have beat everyone in the Tomato race, Oak, but I will be the one to get the first Squash. {evil laugh}

 

[Detlor Poultry]

Oh, and congratulations.

 

[thistlebloom]

Wow Wendy! Congratulations!

I would so love to see a red tomato before September.

 

[wsmoak]

You may have beat everyone in the Tomato race, Oak, but I will be the one to get the first Squash. {evil laugh}

LOL. I lost all my squash to those horrible vine borers last year, I haven't felt like planting any.

But I think the first tomato award goes to... who is it with the hydroponic setup who had tomatoes in winter?

-Wendy

 

[plainolebill]

This squash is supposedly resistant to vine borers - I can't verify that because we don't have the vine borer here.

http://www.reneesgarden.com/seeds/packpg/veg/squash-trombetta.htm

 

[catjac1975]

Try rumbo squash. It is very productive and so delicious and versatile in cooking. It is not the same as the summer squashes but, no pest seems to touch it.http://www.jungseed.com/dp.asp?pID=03662&c=138&p=Rumbo+Hybrid+Squash

You could also try a squash in a big tub with the bottom cut out. The borer may not find it.

You may have beat everyone in the Tomato race, Oak, but I will be the one to get the first Squash. {evil laugh}

LOL. I lost all my squash to those horrible vine borers last year, I haven't felt like planting any.

But I think the first tomato award goes to... who is it with the hydroponic setup who had tomatoes in winter?

-Wendy

 

[Detlor Poultry]

You know what else is good for vine borers? I'll give you a hint: It's short, waddles, and quacks.