Comments on: Tomatoes and spheres http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/ Food for the Progressive Soul Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:49:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: biscuit http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/comment-page-1/#comment-5596 biscuit Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:10:21 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/#comment-5596 Japanese beetles are evil! :evil: Japanese beetles are evil! :evil:

]]> By: biscuit http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/comment-page-1/#comment-5595 biscuit Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:09:50 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/#comment-5595 I love hornworms. The ones we get up here turn into the most beautiful moths - hawk moths, I think. Because I grow nicotiana, too, I get - I think they're called Tobacco Sphinx moths, which are spectacular. So I'm with you. If I'm having a good harvest, I don't mind losing some to the hornworms because the moths are so pretty. If I'm having a bad harvest, so much the better for the hornworms. I love hornworms. The ones we get up here turn into the most beautiful moths – hawk moths, I think.

Because I grow nicotiana, too, I get – I think they’re called Tobacco Sphinx moths, which are spectacular.

So I’m with you. If I’m having a good harvest, I don’t mind losing some to the hornworms because the moths are so pretty. If I’m having a bad harvest, so much the better for the hornworms.

]]> By: Translator http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/comment-page-1/#comment-5573 Translator Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:02:50 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/#comment-5573 I just got a late start on my garden, but it is thriving now. The summer squash all died (looks like a virus or something) except for the two that came up volunteer. They are doing great. Tomatoes are now coming to bear, lots of purple hulls, and limas in a day or two. Watermelons are almost ready, and cantaloupes not far behind. And, reading my plants, okra next week, if I can beat back the Japanese beetles. A sprinkling of rotenone usually does the trick. Warmest regards, Doc. I just got a late start on my garden, but it is thriving now. The summer squash all died (looks like a virus or something) except for the two that came up volunteer. They are doing great. Tomatoes are now coming to bear, lots of purple hulls, and limas in a day or two. Watermelons are almost ready, and cantaloupes not far behind. And, reading my plants, okra next week, if I can beat back the Japanese beetles. A sprinkling of rotenone usually does the trick. Warmest regards, Doc.

]]> By: Scotia48 http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/comment-page-1/#comment-5569 Scotia48 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:28:00 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/#comment-5569 I have an Oregon Spring with about 7 tomatoes on it and two Goliath's with 3 tomatoes now and more forming every day (it's been a late spring). They are doing great. I can hardly wait to see what the toms taste like. I have an Oregon Spring with about 7 tomatoes on it and two Goliath’s with 3 tomatoes now and more forming every day (it’s been a late spring). They are doing great. I can hardly wait to see what the toms taste like.

]]> By: drchelo http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/comment-page-1/#comment-5567 drchelo Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:54:08 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/#comment-5567 It has been too hot here for my slicing tomato plants to set fruit. The cherry tomatoes - little gold orbs of sweet/acid/goodness - are thriving. I'm about to let the hornworms eat the slicing tomato plants. I am wasting water on the plants...if they were not planted in the same hanging bag, I wouldn't water them at all! But, I'm an optimist - come September? I'll be munching succulent red, ripe tomatoes, right off the vine! It has been too hot here for my slicing tomato plants to set fruit. The cherry tomatoes – little gold orbs of sweet/acid/goodness – are thriving.
I’m about to let the hornworms eat the slicing tomato plants. I am wasting water on the plants…if they were not planted in the same hanging bag, I wouldn’t water them at all!
But, I’m an optimist – come September? I’ll be munching succulent red, ripe tomatoes, right off the vine!

]]> By: Translator http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/comment-page-1/#comment-5563 Translator Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:14:27 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/#comment-5563 Not to mention that it is easier to keep them when they do not burst for being too full of water. Tomatoes are very sensitive to that. I am fortunate since I have only watered twice here, and that was to get the transplants to root without drying out completely. Warmest regards, Doc. Not to mention that it is easier to keep them when they do not burst for being too full of water. Tomatoes are very sensitive to that. I am fortunate since I have only watered twice here, and that was to get the transplants to root without drying out completely. Warmest regards, Doc.

]]> By: biscuit http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/comment-page-1/#comment-5562 biscuit Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:11:34 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/07/29/tomatoes-and-spheres/#comment-5562 But we love esoteric! Geometry on the other hand ... :lol: And for a secret probably everyone knows: never water your tomatoes before picking them. If you pick them later in the day without watering them, the sugars will concentrate and they'll be lovely and sweet. But we love esoteric!

Geometry on the other hand … :lol:

And for a secret probably everyone knows: never water your tomatoes before picking them. If you pick them later in the day without watering them, the sugars will concentrate and they’ll be lovely and sweet.

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