First tomato of the season
Well it is official I have my first official red tomato of the season this morning while watering. It was from a hanging basket my dad gave to me for Father’s day called "Tom’s Tumbler" which should cascade over providing lots of cherry tomatoes.
I also noticed some of my "Early Girls" were also starting to produce so fresh garden salsa should be coming soon.
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- Preventing tomato blossom end rot
- Garden Salsa recipe
- Planting your second (fall) cold season crop
- Vegetable gardening may not be "financially" profitable during your first season
- Tomato seedlings in the PC Grow Box
Tags: led, salsa garden, tomato plants
July 13th, 2008 at 4:25 PM
I am also growing little Tumbling Tom this year and it is just covered with tomatoes that should be turning red any day now. Can’t wait!
July 14th, 2008 at 4:01 PM
I have one of those topsy turvey planters but didn’t use it thise year as I planted a whole slew of upside down tomatoes last year in buckets and it wasn’t great. Fortunately I reused the buckets to plant peas and beans in this year!
July 18th, 2008 at 11:54 PM
So great to be picking our own tomatoes again! such a long, long Winter of horrible supermarket tomatoes!
July 26th, 2008 at 7:23 AM
I also have a tumbling tom. It’s producing really well, but the leaves are really withering and I’m concerned there won’t be much leaves for it to survive soon. Should I repot it or will that kill it?
July 26th, 2008 at 8:18 AM
renata, guess my first thought is if they are really producing well “if it’s not broken..” Your wilting could be from lack of nitrogen or over/under watering. I have an entire post on watering, but as for fertilizing when the plant begins to flower you should apply some balanced fertilizer preferable something specifically for tomatoes assuming you have a pretty consistent water schedule a little fertilizer may help perk them up a little. As for repotting think tumbling toms are recommended to be planted 12-18 inches apart so as long as it is currently in about a 12 inch pot you should be good.