The other day I picked a second (or third?) batch of small but delicious tomatoes from Monya's tomato patch. It is a wonder that we got any tomatoes at all since the only thing anybody did with them was apply water. There was no pruning, no tying up, and no pest removal. We didn't apply any bug repellent or fertilizer of any kind, so I guess these are organic tomatoes. I can only credit the excellent location, in full sunshine, against a southwest facing wall.
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We had a massive tomato harvest as well this year. We only planted four plants, but ten or more plants volunteered from last years or the seeds from our composted tomatoes (we compost everything that can be composted and use it in the garden). I think the wet spring and hot, sunny summer was ideal for tomatoes.
Tom Buss
You guys are just making me jealous! Trying to shame me on account of my puny little upside-down efforts.
[Pout! pout!! pout!!!]
I would think that the upside down tonatoes would be a good way to go if you have a lot of slugs which we do. I lost most of my navajo purple tomatoes to slugs and snails. I may have to try that next year.
Tom
The other nice thing about "upside-down" tomatoes is that you can bring the lot into the garage or basement when the outside temperatures get too low, and hang them intact to allow ripening on the vine.
Other than that, the size and quantity of my tomatoes pales in comparison to Monya's and Heidi's.
The nice thing about the pictured tomatoes is that they taste delicious!!
Monya gave Grumpy and the Grand Mother a sack of them last week when we dropped by and BoPop wasn't there to defend them.
Now we are waiting for a dark night to investigate that lush growth on the back fence.
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