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First Ripe Tomatoes of the Season June 19 (pics)

rnewste
13 years ago

Due to the poor Spring we've had in N. California this Season, my plants are about 3 weeks behind last year. But they are starting to mature and blush now. First for me is Bloody Butcher:

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Druzba and Purple Haze F4 in the 'Tainer on the left, and JD Special C-Tex and Japanese Black Trifele on the right:

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JBT is an interesting pear shape:

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Big Beef continues to look like a jungle by itself (note to Self: Start more Big Beef seeds next year!!).

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The 3 'Tainers of Goose Creek in the fertilizer trials also are lush:

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With tomatoes in the Tomaten Dunger really "Hittin-it":

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Corn has pretty much reached full height, with the ears filling out now:

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You can see 3 ears on this one stalk (I am going to pull off the third ear as I'm sure it won't fully develop:

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Peppers are growing too dense, and next Season I am going to put only 4 plants per 'Tainer:

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Several are now developing:

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Not all is totally well on the "Farm", as I continue to do battle with pests:

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Weekly spraying of Sevin seems to be maintaining a stand-off with them, but I may kick it up a notch changing to a diluted spray of Permethrin.

I've had to give all the plants a "hair-cut" when they reached 70 inches, as well as trim the sides to be able to walk through:

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Raybo

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