Looks good! Can't wait to see the video on how to prune/sucker tomato plants. We always wind up with a big jungle and loose too many tomatoes to rot since we cant find them!
2014-15 Trapping Season
1 bobcat
6 coons
2 yote
21 grinner
1 beaver
14 mice
2 Stinker
histopicker
Swamptalker Extrordinaire Swamp Talker of the Month - 02/2015
Looks good! Can't wait to see the video on how to prune/sucker tomato plants. We always wind up with a big jungle and loose too many tomatoes to rot since we cant find them!
Suckering or pruning is vital for ultimate production. Did you know you can take the suckers and plant them? They are clones of the mother plant and will produce just as well.
Yeah, I usually plant a few suckers early on. Then the plant starts to grow vigorously and pretty quick we have a bush that I don't know how to properly prune.
We are going with a straw bale garden only this year. Our experiments over the past few years have been very successful so the wife is going big this year.... 54 bales. Come on spring!
2014-15 Trapping Season
1 bobcat
6 coons
2 yote
21 grinner
1 beaver
14 mice
2 Stinker
trapperbud
Swamptalker Extrordinaire Swamp Talker of the Month 8/2011
Post by trapperbud on Feb 21, 2015 19:13:06 GMT -5
I see you have plastic down I've never used anything before but am considering mulching with wheat straw this year . Do you have problems with blossom end rot if so any ideas on how to stop it .
histopicker
Swamptalker Extrordinaire Swamp Talker of the Month - 02/2015
I see you have plastic down I've never used anything before but am considering mulching with wheat straw this year . Do you have problems with blossom end rot if so any ideas on how to stop it .
Blossom end rot is a common problem and yes I have my share of it. The factor that I find contributes the most to it is inconstant moisture levels in the soil; plastic mulch helps with this. Another cause is low calcium in the soil. Adding oyster shell or egg shell to the soil will help this in the long run. I also find the faster maturing variety's like Early Girl are less susceptible to blossom end rot.
I see you have plastic down I've never used anything before but am considering mulching with wheat straw this year . Do you have problems with blossom end rot if so any ideas on how to stop it .
I have had this problem so bad I haven't been growing tomatoes. I have always threw my clams shell in the garden, horse manure and compost? I'm going to test the pH this spring... Thanks for the info Histo!
... and trapperbud, thanks for waking me up from my stupor.
Last Edit: Feb 23, 2015 9:02:38 GMT -5 by rendezvous
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
I normally stake mine, using hickory saplings that i reuse every year, and use jute twine to tie them where needed, last year i did this, but i planted too close together, and found that i kept breaking branches when i was harvesting,, my plants were 3' apart, and i couldn't see the soil underneath when they matured, so I'll be moving them farther apart this year.
histopicker
Swamptalker Extrordinaire Swamp Talker of the Month - 02/2015
Post by histopicker on Mar 2, 2015 20:17:00 GMT -5
Two years ago I grew 240 plants this way. spaced 2 foot apart. I started with jute but it was eating my plants so I started using this nylon. I prune heavily so the spacing was good for my set up.
