Supermarket Tomato Plants III
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Comments (14)dicot... How sweet did yours turn out? I'm a few years into playing with a pepper which part of its lineage came out of one of those "costco-like super sweet peppers". It's not the same, but in the same ballpark. I started some years ago that grew out and I've tinkered with crosses (one good, 2 bad), but the one good one has taken through 3 generations so far. This is just a hobby for me to get a sweet pepper with semi-thick (or thick) walls that isn't the size of a bell pepper. I just don't use that much bell pepper. I still want the super-sugary taste, though. Mine have developed over the years into a vigorous plant that sets a lot flowers/fruits. It's also got some pretty intense branching. How do yours look? My only complaint so far, which is one of the main things im trying to breed for in order to change, is how long it takes to get ripened peppers. I'm looking at 80-90 days from transplant to "color breaking" ripe with what I'm working with. That's fine for bell peppers, but we're talking about 2.5-3" fruits here for the most part....See MorePart III pepper plants still not flowering
Comments (20)my peppers were about a ft tall and looked awesome when i planted them. and I have great soil. everything else is huge. what i am thinking and i could be wrong is that i overlaid the entire garden (all raised beds) with well aged dairy compost. i do not till it in because i do not want to harm all the beneficial worms. maybe the peppers do not like the compost. i've done this for years and the peppers are the only thing i have problems with. about 5 yrs ago i had peppers coming out my ears!!! I put the compost on all my flower beds also but in the particular flower bed i put the other peppers it did not get quite as much cuz i ran out of compost. i had already put down 16 yrds of compost and just couldnt get any more. anyway, that is just a theory of course. i am not going to give up on them quite yet. thanks for the input! Tanya...See MoreTomatoes You'll Never Plant Again - Part III
Comments (81)I'm pretty new to growing. I live in an apartment in Brooklyn, NYC(zone 6b-7a) and container grow on my balcony. I'm actually crazy about Black Krim. It was early, and in a 5 gallon is still popping out tomatoes. I moved it indoors and 8 months later I've harvested at least 30 delicious tomatoes. I'm really partial to the taste, beat the black from tula and cherokee purple I bought at the farmers market. I successfully cloned two from the mother plant and have already harvested tomatoes off of those. But also wasted time on: San Marzano: Blossom end rot on almost all. Got about 6 decent tomatoes. Yellow pear-terrible, just inedible- produced great, worst tasting Bush Early girl- not worth it. Grocery store quality flavor Containers choice- weak performer, in a larger container than Black krim. boring Indigo rose- Such a bummer on this one. Pretty but hard to tell when ripe. Tasted best when any not purple area was peach colored. Red tasted overripe. Took forever to ripen Any micro mini tomato. All determinite to the point they died with unripe tomatoes on them. Hahms Gelbe was the best, but still not worth it. So I'd Highly recommend black krim for containers, and the other winners were the mainstay cherries Sunsuger and sungold. Husky Cherry red was alright too. Still have Black krim, My GFs german johnson and others under a grow light(600 led) .It's crazy how they fight for a single light source, but all are still putting out tomatoes. Cheers! Ben...See MoreSupermarket Tomatoes Plants II
Comments (48)Yeah . We know you are Daniel. I did my first spray On May 1st. I am going to do the second application on 14th, when the rain stops. But it will there will be chances of rain starting May . Even then, the forecast is calling for 10 to 20% chance of rain for the following week. But I,ll do it any way. Our rains are very gentle and drizzly, Nothing like back East when it rains, it pours. I have fully mulched : : BLACK PLASTIC. Sey...See Moregarf_gw
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