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Title: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by BarbaraD on May 15^th, 2009 at 2:00pm

I've got TOMATOES!!!! Yep, this morning we have tomatoes on our topsy turvy vines. A BUNCH of them... Looks like in a week or so we're gonna be EATING tomatoes!!!! Wow that was fast (of course I've been talking to them real sternly every day... :) and explaining what's "expected" of them.

But I guess those topsy turvy things DO work. IT's only been a month or so since we planted them and we've already got tomatoes. I'm just so excited!!! (course at my age it doesn't take much to excite me!)

Hugs BD :-*

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by Jeannie on May 15^th, 2009 at 2:08pm

I'm so jealous!!!!!

I don't even try to have tomatoes any more. I got tired of feeding the squirrels. They would take one bite and then leave the darn things on the ground!

I have to get my home grown tomatoes from the Farmer's Market.

Enjoy!

Jeannie

ETA: What kind of tomatoes are they? Beef Eater, Big Boy? Can you buy different varieties in the Topsy Turvy plants?

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by Guiseppi on May 15^th, 2009 at 3:09pm

Christy sez without pics you ain't got sh%$!!!! But wait....there's more!!! C'mon, we wanna see!!!

Joe

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by Callico on May 15^th, 2009 at 6:14pm

Jeannie,

Go to a Barber Shop or a Beauty Salon and get a bag of hair. Sprinkle it around your plants periodically and you should have no probs.

Jerry

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by Brew on May 15^th, 2009 at 6:26pm

Jeannie wrote on May 15^th, 2009 at 2:08pm:

ETA: What kind of tomatoes are they? Beef Eater, Big Boy? Can you buy different varieties in the Topsy Turvy plants?

"Topsy Turvy" is a method for growing. It means they grow upside down, with the root ball and soil in a bucket above the vines. You hang the whole thing, keeping the fruit from touching the ground.

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by Jeannie on May 15^th, 2009 at 7:15pm

I see, So you can grow any type of tomato that way.

I buzz cut my son's hair every couple of weeks. I should have been saving it, huh?

Jeannie

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by stevegeebe on May 15^th, 2009 at 9:39pm

At harvest time, I would recommend an Upsidedown Tomato Sandwich.

Toast, mayo, pepper and thin sliced tomatos. Don't forget to smash it a little. And, when you are about to take the first bite, turn it over.

Let us know how it goes.

Steve G

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by Brew on May 15^th, 2009 at 9:44pm

stevegeebe wrote on May 15^th, 2009 at 9:39pm:

And, when you are about to take the first bite, turn it over.

Why?

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by BarbaraD on May 16^th, 2009 at 6:44am

Jeanie - we planted Beef Eaters - the big juicy ones... I can already taste them. They just grow out the bottom of the hanging pot. You can hang the pot anywhere.

And Steve LMAO - now that's funny. I think I'll put it in my next cookbook - Topsy Turvy Tomato Sandwich - :)

Hugs BD :-*

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by Brew on May 16^th, 2009 at 6:53am

Nevermind, Steve. I get it now. Nicely done.

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by Em on May 16^th, 2009 at 7:49am

Quote:

Toast, mayo, pepper and thin sliced tomatos

Steve,

This is one of my favourite sarnies ever!! I like a little salt in mine too. I think I'll be having one for lunch now. Thanks!!

Em
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Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by Brew on May 16^th, 2009 at 9:32am

Does anyone ever simply stand over the sink with a huge, vine-ripened tomato in one hand, salt shaker in the other, and sleeves rolled up so as to allow the juice to drip off the elbow?

That's my most favoritst way.

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by Guiseppi on May 16^th, 2009 at 1:51pm

Brew wrote on May 16^th, 2009 at 9:32am:

Throw in a cold beer and that'll be my "last meal" request. ;D

Joe

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by Brew on May 16^th, 2009 at 2:53pm

Guiseppi wrote on May 16^th, 2009 at 1:51pm:

Brew wrote on May 16^th, 2009 at 9:32am:

Throw in a cold beer and that'll be my "last meal" request. ;D

Joe

To each his own, but I thought they came with their own juice. ;)

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by jon019 on May 16^th, 2009 at 9:33pm

Brew wrote on May 16^th, 2009 at 9:32am:

Well, yeah, but it's a LONG walk back inside...vine ripened, sun warmed, rub the dust and bird poop off on your shirt...salt shaker in hand right in the garden....oh my....

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by LeLimey on May 17^th, 2009 at 4:03pm

Why wait til they get red? Fried Green Tomatoes were my big discovery of last year and I adore them - ooooh I could so eat some right now!

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by ClusterChuck on May 17^th, 2009 at 4:26pm

BarbaraD wrote on May 15^th, 2009 at 2:00pm:

I've got TOMATOES!!!!

HARRUMPH!!!

I don't believe it ...

This thread is TOTALLY worthless, and unprovable without pictures ...

Doubting ~~Thomas~~ Chuck

Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Post by BarbaraD on May 18^th, 2009 at 6:34am

My project for this year is to learn to UPLOAD pics... Got the camera just don't know how to do the uploads -- I'm OLD....(you old goat!!)

Hugs BD :-*