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| So far, so good. The plants are huge compared to most years. I'm in SoCal and we've had little or no "june gloom" this year. Most of them were planted out April 1 except for the The PVC cages you see are 6 feet tall to give you an idea of scale. Here's Better Boy
Brandywine
One of the Brandywine fruit.
Cherokee Purple
Kellogg's Breakfast
Kellogg's Breakfast fruit
Lemon Boy
Momotaro
Selbo's Ribbed Red Cherry - it's only 4 ft, but was planted
Sweet Million - it's a MONSTER. It must be 8 feet!
Sweet Million fruit
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And the second overall shot.
I find it interesting that the heirlooms are larger than the |
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| Fantastic. Your plant are all very heathy. I just noticed some leaf rolling. I sit due to high temps or thirst? |
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| Beautiful. No wonder most of our food comes from CA :-) |
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- Posted by shermthewerm PNW (My Page) on Tue, Jun 25, 13 at 9:38
| Wow. I just bought this nifty (huge) basket for harvesting all of the tomatoes I will surely get :). I keep picturing myself strolling down your pathway picking all your huge tomatoes on the left & right. Maybe I'll get to use my new basket in September. Beautiful tomatoes by the way. |
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| Nice plants and your operation shows some planning. Your soil must be very good. I see the raised bed is not that deep. I wish my clay soil was not so tight. |
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- Posted by HeyJude2012 10b/24 CA (My Page) on Tue, Jun 25, 13 at 10:15
| I'm having tomato envy here!!! Those are gorgeous plants! How do you anchor your PVC structures into the ground? I'm going to have to figure out a way to do at least one raised bed. I am so totally inspired. Thanks for sharing!!! |
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- Posted by mjhuntingtonbeach 10b (My Page) on Tue, Jun 25, 13 at 17:40
| Wow Tom, I am impressed. Here by the coast when the tomatoes get that big half the plants' leaves are dead from mildew. Something to be said for dry inland heat. And I see my cherry tomato also seems to love the climate and your growing techniques too. Now I know I have a reliable source for back up seeds in case I lose mine :) |
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| seysonn - not sure what's causing the leaf roll. Temps have been in the 80's and the soil is nice and moist. Maybe because that side faces the sun? fireduck - yes, a lot of planning and it turned out a lot better HeyJude2012 - the bottom upright is pounded into the Mike - the lack of marine layer this year (May grey and |
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- Posted by suncitylinda 9A SoCal Inland (My Page) on Wed, Jun 26, 13 at 1:21
| Just beautiful! The plants and the set up. I am getting a lot of leaf rolling here too, I think it is all the wind I have had lately. |
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