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Tomato Garden in NJ

Posted by achang89 Central NJ Z6b (My Page) on
Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 15:43

This is my second year growing tomatoes. Here are some photos of my toms. Comments are welcome.

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First patch. Left 3 plants are Yellow Brandyvine (very few fruits) and right 4 plants are Delicious.

The pepper plants are in the front. They are covered by bird netting.

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Side view.

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Tall Yellow Brandyvine. Should be pruned.

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Delicious.

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Second tomato patch, total another 16 plants.

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Side views.

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Supersonic.

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Big Beef.

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Big Boy.

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Celebrity.

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Celebrity fruits.

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Big Beef fruits.

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Big Boy fruits.

We had a good year last year, but the 2nd patch was planted very late and they did not do well. Also, we only had 8 cages last year and we had all of them caged this year.

Just hope we'll have another good year and the bir netting can fend off the greedy rabbits.


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RE: Tomato Garden in NJ

  • Posted by qaguy Sunset 21/LosAngeles (My Page) on
    Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 16:40

Lookin' good! It doesn't look like you have mulch down
all over. I see lots of grass in your yard. Take all of the
grass clippings and spread them around your plants. It
will help retain moisture during the hot days and when
the year is done, dig it into the dirt.


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RE: Tomato Garden in NJ

The two plots are about 6'-7' wide each. I dug them last year and plan to move the tomatos to another plot, for rotation.

Actually I did put down a lot of grass clipping and the tall weeds I pulled from the Iris bed in front of the tomatoes. The ground in front of the bed was all grass before.

There are still some small weeds under the plants. I pull some of them, but not all of them since the bird netting blocks the access. It is not a big prob since they are shaded under the big tomato plants.

I plan to dig another vegie plot and fence this vegie section with tall wires. So I can grow other vegies and do not have to worry about deers, rabbits and some birds.

This is a low maintenence garden. This year I hardly water them. No fertilizer of any kind. I just tried to mix some compost to the soil in the spring.


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RE: Tomato Garden in NJ

Looking good. Wish I had that much real estate in NJ.


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