Vegetable Gardens

[Stoney]

 

[jrsavoie]

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If you can find some concrete wire mesh, you can make taller cages.

Cut wire mesh 5' 6" long, butt the straight edges to make a 5' circumference cage. Use the 6" long straights to connect the ends.

We were short and bought some from another local this year. He made his 1 or 2 squares bigger in circumference.

We didn't like those near as well. Even though they aren't that much bigger diameter, they still take more room and are just a tad harder to reach into the center for the tomatoes.

Your pictures don't look bad to me.
I'd just keep pinching the bad leaves and throwing them away. Maybe give them a little treatment.

If you can get hooked up with a concrete guy, you might be able to get cutoffs. We always just through them in the concrete and covered them up. Just so we didn't have to do anything else with them.

We use them for cucumbers also.

 

[DieselAmateur]

And just like that...it's BLT Season

 

[denata]

Sort of a bull's heart?

 

[DieselAmateur]

The pointy tomatoes are a paste/ sauce tomato called Granadero. Not much moisture in them so great for canning/ less water to cook down for preserving

The beefsteak varieties are Marbone and Ginfizz. All bred specifically for growing in a high tunnel (greenhouse). I'm lucky to have this infrastructure and so long as I can afford to keep the farm I will never grow field tomatoes again. Much easier to control for disease in the greenhouse

 

[jrsavoie]

The pointy tomatoes are a paste/ sauce tomato called Granadero. Not much moisture in them so great for canning/ less water to cook down for preserving

The beefsteak varieties are Marbone and Ginfizz. All bred specifically for growing in a high tunnel (greenhouse). I'm lucky to have this infrastructure and so long as I can afford to keep the farm I will never grow field tomatoes again. Much easier to control for disease in the greenhouse

I was very jealous as soon as I saw the green house

 

[Stoney]

@DieselAmateur the tomatoes in first pic, the ones that the sides look rigid, what kind are they? I have some like that growing, thought I only planted beefsteaks but evedently not.

 

[DieselAmateur]

@Stoney the beefsteaks are either marbone or ginfiz hard to say for sure which one when not fully ripe. The unripe tomatoes in the second pic are Granadero

 

[jrsavoie]

Have to read up more on this.

I wonder what all trees will be affected.

An arborist told me it's only a matter of time until it's more widespread

bls killing trees - Google Search

 

[smokymtn65]

@DieselAmateur saw comment about blt season. I have hooked my family and friends on PBLT s lol yes peanut butter then bacon, tomato, lettuce and then mayo on that side. Good toasted bread of course. It is funny because almost everyone turns up their nose till they try it.

 

[Stoney]

@smokymtn65 ....what is this witchcraft you speak of ...this is heresy.!!!! ..I must try it

 

[Will L.]

Love blt. Love peanut butter. Having a hard time picturing this, but once my kitchen is back together enough for cooking some bacon…

 

[3500GMC]

Did somebody say bacon? BLT? I'm in. Put me in, coach.