Dawn's garden, 2021
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Re: Dawn's garden, 2021
A few of my tomatoes have recovered from the weather and dog issues, but they're far behind. That'll be ok, as long as I get some eventually. Doing good right now: Stump of the World, Brandywine, KBX, Red Lithium, Midnight Sun, Rainbow Jazz Heart, and a few others, I can't recall.
I wanted to share this picture because it is an experiment. I took a bunch of my extra plants and planted them everywhere. I decided to see what would happen if I topped them in an attempt to make tomato bushes, I had no intention of staking or caging these tomatoes. This corner is where my old compost pile was, so it makes sense that plants would like it. I've also found that in the blistering heat that we have here, tomatoes don't actually love full sun. They grow faster in the spring, but by fall, my shaded plants are in much better shape. Anyway, look at my pretty tomato bushes . They look small but are about 3 feet tall. Each "bush" is 2 or 3 plants. I'm starting to wonder about planting them close and topping them, they'd hold each other up and crowd out the weeds, keeping the ground shaded and retaining water. Picking might be difficult. Bonus picture of new growth on my previously dead Flavor King Pluot tree
I wanted to share this picture because it is an experiment. I took a bunch of my extra plants and planted them everywhere. I decided to see what would happen if I topped them in an attempt to make tomato bushes, I had no intention of staking or caging these tomatoes. This corner is where my old compost pile was, so it makes sense that plants would like it. I've also found that in the blistering heat that we have here, tomatoes don't actually love full sun. They grow faster in the spring, but by fall, my shaded plants are in much better shape. Anyway, look at my pretty tomato bushes . They look small but are about 3 feet tall. Each "bush" is 2 or 3 plants. I'm starting to wonder about planting them close and topping them, they'd hold each other up and crowd out the weeds, keeping the ground shaded and retaining water. Picking might be difficult. Bonus picture of new growth on my previously dead Flavor King Pluot tree
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Dawn
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Central Washington State (it's a desert here)
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Re: Dawn's garden, 2021
Go, pluot! Never say die.
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Re: Dawn's garden, 2021
New raised beds will go in for next year.
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Central Washington State (it's a desert here)
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Re: Dawn's garden, 2021
Big one is Midnight Sun, small one is Galina's, stripey one is red Lithium, other one is Stump of the World.
(Little long red one is Thai chili)
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Central Washington State (it's a desert here)
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I bought a cheap sprinkler hose on amazon that didn't work where I needed it, so I ended up putting it in with my trees and blackberries and that tomato corner, but I flipped it over so the water was going into the dirt. This has worked amazingly well, everything on that line is thriving. I used a sprinkler for the rest, but it wasn't getting my boysenberries very well. I've been looking for soaker or sprinkler hoses locally, the one I have is 50 feet and not extendable. I figured 100 get would get everything perfectly. Then I realized I could probably just poke holes in a regular hose. The more I thought about it, the better the idea became, because I can target where the holes are. So I got 2 50 foot hoses on my way home from work today, and went about placing them to hit every plant, and it worked perfectly. I put an end cap and hooked it up. That's all far as I'll go today, because it's 105 degrees today and I think I already over did it, I don't handle heat well. I think I'll try and do the rest tonight.
While weaving the hose under and around the tomatoes in the corner, I found several nice looking pretty decent sized fruit. There are a lot on a plant with no tag. I think they're Rainbow Jazz Heart. There are also some stumps that are much larger than the first. Looks like I'll have a tomato season, just a little later.
While weaving the hose under and around the tomatoes in the corner, I found several nice looking pretty decent sized fruit. There are a lot on a plant with no tag. I think they're Rainbow Jazz Heart. There are also some stumps that are much larger than the first. Looks like I'll have a tomato season, just a little later.
Dawn
Zone 6b/7a
Central Washington State (it's a desert here)
Zone 6b/7a
Central Washington State (it's a desert here)
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Re: Dawn's garden, 2021
Decided to cut into that Midnight Sun. I probably could have given it another day or 2, but it was delicious!
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Re: Dawn's garden, 2021
The shape of that midnight sun is awesome, looks like a mango
Wet and windy side of a Hawaiian island, just living the dream
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Re: Dawn's garden, 2021
My grass is dead on purpose. My sister had the idea to turn our crappy grass and weed front lawn into a wild flower meadow. Not true wildflowers, just gonna till it up in fall and again in spring and throw down all the flower seeds I've acquired over the years. And make some stone paths. Should be pretty. So instead of trying to kill the grass, we stopped watering and let the relentless heat do the work.
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Dawn
Zone 6b/7a
Central Washington State (it's a desert here)
Zone 6b/7a
Central Washington State (it's a desert here)