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Musings . . .
Has anyone else ever noticed that, depending on the heat and humidity of a June night, the crickets sound like sleigh bells and the locusts like bleating lambs?
Tomato Doom report: I have all five pots up on rocks to give added area for drainage, but the Natural Gardener system of mixing sphagnum moss with good potting soil (to protect against sudden dry-out) has been foiled by heavy May rains. The tomatoes are drowning. The Snow White cherry tomato plant looks okay, the Amish Paste fading and the others middling. Foliage feeding tonight!
May be planting the Brandywines from RF sooner than I thought.
On the other hand -- found two Snowfire hibiscus, and some small (like pint pots) bright red ones. The question now is, should I transplant them to the pretty large pots I got for them (they're two or three gallon plants) or set the plants in the pots and just put extra soil to replace stuff shifting out in transport -- and some mulch on top of that?
Never did find the double blossom red I wanted. Perhaps next year.
Tomato Doom report: I have all five pots up on rocks to give added area for drainage, but the Natural Gardener system of mixing sphagnum moss with good potting soil (to protect against sudden dry-out) has been foiled by heavy May rains. The tomatoes are drowning. The Snow White cherry tomato plant looks okay, the Amish Paste fading and the others middling. Foliage feeding tonight!
May be planting the Brandywines from RF sooner than I thought.
On the other hand -- found two Snowfire hibiscus, and some small (like pint pots) bright red ones. The question now is, should I transplant them to the pretty large pots I got for them (they're two or three gallon plants) or set the plants in the pots and just put extra soil to replace stuff shifting out in transport -- and some mulch on top of that?
Never did find the double blossom red I wanted. Perhaps next year.
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Vandals!
This is just wrong. I sprayed all the bushes with fish emulsion foliage feeder. We'll see if fish leaves and flowers interest them.
If I don't get a few more blossoms soon, we won't see fruit until the fall -- I don't think any of these can set fruit at high temps.
A 90 year old woman told me last week that she heard that tomatoes just don't like Texas. Possible, but I still have hopes.
Otherwise, we're talking a deer fence. Or at least modern hybrid tomatoes. *Sigh* . . . the old ones have the most flavor!