I gather you're famous on this forum, Raybo, and I can see why! Sorry to hear about the insect problem, but your photos are impressive, your yields gorgeous. I will talk to my Burpee Burpless cukes this morning and explain to them what they should aspire to.

Thanks for sharing!

You saw what happened to my Goosecreek Ray.. Wonder why I had such susceptibility to the yellowing leaves\dying plants on that variety whereas the NARX are not nearly affected to that degree (one of them sharing the same Earthtainer with a Goosecreek that succumbed to the dying, though not to the degree that the Goosecreek-exclusive earthtainers did). I planted new tomato plants under the failing Gooscreek. The soil doesn't feel soaked or too wet, so I am inclined to believe my problem was also fungal due to an early wet May. I should spray too next year as well as try to spread out the Earthtainers so they are not so tightly packed together.
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alisande,

This is my first year growing cucumbers, and they are a hoot. Must be my imagination, but they seem to go from a tiny "pickle" to 8 inches long in a week. Surely, this can't be true, and I've got to pay more attention, but in the photo above, I was really stunned to find four of the Burpless that had developed so quickly. Guess I am used to the long cycles for tomatoes and Peppers.

Ben, I will concur that Goose Creek is more "sensitized" to disease versus a variety like Big Beef (above), so that is why I grow a range of varieties. Next Season, I am going to try to isolate the Goose Creek Tainer far back in the yard to see if separation from the other tomato plants will help it resist fungal disease a bit better.

Raybo

Raybo,

any additonal thoughts on new totally organic Tomato Tone--yield wise???

I would think Tomato Dungen would have produced more but curious how TT did.

Big Beef sure seems to do well for everybody--how does it taste?

Thanks for the photos.

Great looking photos, Raybo. I'm envious! You mention cucumbers.. the same thing often happens with s-squash/zuchini... 3 inches for a week.. you don't watch them for a weekend and suddenly they're 8.

farkee,

So far, all I could compare was leaf production on the 3 pairs of Goose Creek in the three different fertilizers. Tomaten Dunger is clearly the growth winner in this category. Same to date in sheer tomato size. Tomatoes on the Tomaten Dunger vines are significantly bigger than tomatoes in either of the two Tomato-tone 'Tainers.

Having said that, the "New" Tomato-tone is not that far behind the "Old" Tomato-tone in overall plant growth. The key test for me, will be: TASTE. Need to wait another week before I'll have ripe samples from all 6 Goose Creek plants to compare flavor, etc. Stay tuned.

Raybo