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Title: Tomatoes!!!! Post by BarbaraD on May 15th, 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 15th, 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 15th, 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 15th, 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 15th, 2009 at 6:26pm Jeannie wrote on May 15th, 2009 at 2:08pm:
"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 15th, 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 15th, 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 15th, 2009 at 9:44pm stevegeebe wrote on May 15th, 2009 at 9:39pm:
Why? |
Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!! Post by BarbaraD on May 16th, 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 16th, 2009 at 6:53am
Nevermind, Steve. I get it now. Nicely done.
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Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!! Post by Em on May 16th, 2009 at 7:49am Quote:
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 x |
Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!! Post by Brew on May 16th, 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 16th, 2009 at 1:51pm Brew wrote on May 16th, 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 16th, 2009 at 2:53pm Guiseppi wrote on May 16th, 2009 at 1:51pm:
To each his own, but I thought they came with their own juice. ;) |
Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!! Post by jon019 on May 16th, 2009 at 9:33pm Brew wrote on May 16th, 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 17th, 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!
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Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!! Post by ClusterChuck on May 17th, 2009 at 4:26pm BarbaraD wrote on May 15th, 2009 at 2:00pm:
HARRUMPH!!! I don't believe it ... This thread is TOTALLY worthless, and unprovable without pictures ... Doubting |
Title: Re: Tomatoes!!!! Post by BarbaraD on May 18th, 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 :-* |
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