Ok lets see some garden pic's

[riverrat12]

Some of my maters,had my first BLT last week from my early girl.

[dragmerc]

had my first BLT yesterday and tomato wasn't fully ripe but i couldn't wait.
it's amazing how much difference a home grown tomato makes.
i'm pretty tight but if they could duplicate this sandwich in a restaurant, i would gladly pay $10.
nothing compares to a vine ripened tomato.
i've got almost 50 plants and about 10 different varieties, celebrity, brandywine, stripey, candy stripe, cherokee purple, beefsteak, italian, and more i can't remember.
never had these italian before and they're looking good. really big vines full of tomatoes...now if they taste right, i'll have a new variety.
we had very little rain in june and i usually don't water but i may have to. they need it right now really bad.
beans and corn are pitiful. probably won't get any corn. had best potato crop ever but got them out early.
nothing compares to fresh garden produce. i don't think most people can taste the difference but i sure can.
i can't afford a smart phone so i don't do pictures.

[Moveon]

Some of my maters,had my first BLT last week from my early girl.

My father was a master gardener. He grew all types of produce. We ate good during the summer and fall. Squash, tomatoes, corn, beans, asparagus, blueberries, strawberries, peas, carrots, blackberries, beats, grapes and others. He grew big boy, early girl and celebrity and other types of tomatoes.

Nothing beats a BLT with home grown sliced tomatoes fresh off the vine.

If you want better tomatoes make sure you add phosphate to the soil. Phosphorous is a limiting nutrient (mineral). Phosphate rock is what dad added to the soil to get bigger tomatoes. Then plenty of horse maneuver added to the soil and tilled in each year.

I'd have to scan in some pictures on this new computer in order to post them. I'm on my new Microsoft SurfacePro 4 computer and it's got a smaller SSD hard drive so I don't put my photo editing program on this computer nor do I use it for storing pictures. I'm away from the house where my desktop computer resides with all my photos and my scanner is located.

[riverrat12]

A little food porn from my early girl.

[dragmerc]

If you want better tomatoes make sure you add phosphate to the soil. Phosphorous is a limiting nutrient (mineral).

i thought the middle number is most fertilizers is phosphate.
N-nitrogen
P-phosphate phosphorus
K-potash potassium

i also add epsom salts - magnesium sulphate

i have a problem with hard white spots on my tomatoes and have never figured out what causes it. i've heard it was stink bugs or squash bugs but i've sprayed but still get spots.
could it be stress from dry weather?
any ideas?
thanks

[Moveon]

i thought the middle number is most fertilizers is phosphate.
N-nitrogen
P-phosphate phosphorus
K-potash potassium

i also add epsom salts - magnesium sulphate

i have a problem with hard white spots on my tomatoes and have never figured out what causes it. i've heard it was stink bugs or squash bugs but i've sprayed but still get spots.
could it be stress from dry weather?
any ideas?
thanks

It could be due to stress.
If you water the plants too much it can be bad and if you don't water them enough that too can be bad. Put some old newspapers around the ground to keep the water from evaporating. Add some mulch around the tomatoes and water the enough to keep the soil damp. That might help. We sprayed diatmacous earth on the plants and that helps kill the bugs. I hand picked the Tomato Horned Worms off my plants. If you find a worm with white sacks on it's back leave that one there. Those sacs are wasp eggs and when they hatch out they will dig into the worm and eat it and then hatch out more wasps. I pick the other worms off the plants. You can find their droppings on the ground below the plant and if you look carefully you can see where they are eating the tomato plant and find them that way. The last time I planted tomatoes I only had about 6 to 8 plants so I could police them.

[dragmerc]

something has been eating the leaves.
i put out snail bait.

[Tyme2fish]

Due to unforeseen circumstances our garden is mostly just a weed patch.
However, I've got a ton of cucumbers.

Tomatoes are just now coming around.

I've made two gallons of Clausen style dill pickles and 12 pints of Bread N Butter pickles.

We had a decent strawberry season and I made some jam.

Pickles.jpg

Paisley and jam.jpg

[dragmerc]

now something has eaten half a big tomato, too much for a bug or worm.
must be turkeys.
any ideas how to prevent other than shotgun?

[waterdog101]

now something has eaten half a big tomato, too much for a bug or worm.
must be turkeys.
any ideas how to prevent other than shotgun?

. My guess. Would be a eastern box turtle eating spots out of the tomatoes, around here we call the little turtles, Tarpons.... they will make a mess of a pretty tomato patch

[dragmerc]

could be terrapins but ain't seen one in years.
after researching, it says terrapins live on the coast but i remember my dad calling them tarrapins.
i guess that's another problem when not staking tomatoes.
i've never had the problem before and i've never had turkeys before so that's why i blamed them.
my neighbor put up an automatic feeder and i see them go through the yard almost every day.
between coons getting the corn and maters disappearing, my 2 favorite veggies are under attack.
this means war...lol.

[mhall]

Hey Chuck I miss ya brother. Since taking this new job I don't have the tyme I use to have. I miss our river trips. I hope all is well with you and the family bro.

Take care
Mark