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Tomatoes!!!!
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!)

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Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Reply #1 - 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?

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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: Tomatoes!!!! Reply #2 - 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
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Callico CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Author of "Stranded at Romson's Lodge Posts: 4916 Aurora IL Gender:	Re: Tomatoes!!!! Reply #3 - 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
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Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Reply #4 - 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.

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Jeannie CH.com Sponsor Offline Live, Laugh, Love.... Posts: 2333 St Louis, Missouri Gender:	Re: Tomatoes!!!! Reply #5 - 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
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stevegeebe CH.com Alumnus Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1687 Mandeville, LA Gender:	Re: Tomatoes!!!! Reply #6 - 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
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Tomatoes!!!! Reply #7 - 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?
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BarbaraD CH.com Alumnus Offline Hugs to ya Posts: 8333 Douglasville, TX Gender:	Re: Tomatoes!!!! Reply #8 - 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
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Tomatoes!!!! Reply #9 - May 16^th, 2009 at 6:53am Nevermind, Steve. I get it now. Nicely done.
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Em CH.com Alumnus Offline I wanna go... Posts: 830 St Peter Port, Guernsey. Gender:	Re: Tomatoes!!!! Reply #10 - 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 x
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Tomatoes!!!! Reply #11 - 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.
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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: Tomatoes!!!! Reply #12 - May 16^th, 2009 at 1:51pm Brew wrote 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. Throw in a cold beer and that'll be my "last meal" request. Joe
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Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Reply #13 - 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:

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.

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

Joe

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

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Re: Tomatoes!!!!
Reply #14 - May 16^th, 2009 at 9:33pm

Brew wrote 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.

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....

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LeLimey Ex Member	Re: Tomatoes!!!! Reply #15 - 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!
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ClusterChuck CH.com Alumnus Offline The BEAST rises again, and again, and again, and . Posts: 5394 Greenville, North Carolina Gender:	Re: Tomatoes!!!! Reply #16 - 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
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BarbaraD CH.com Alumnus Offline Hugs to ya Posts: 8333 Douglasville, TX Gender:	Re: Tomatoes!!!! Reply #17 - 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
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