Tomato Growing Tip: Water your tomatoes regularly before the leaves appear wilted.
- Watering tomatoes is the most important element in growing tomatoes
- Tomatoes are 90 to 95 percent water and need about 1-inch of water per week. More for sandy soil.
- Maintain even soil moisture.
- Don’t let the soil completely dry out.
- Soak the soil when watering down to 6 inches.
- Water the base, not the leaves.
- Never over-water, which can happen if your site has poor drainage.
- The best control for cracking is a constant and regular water supply.
Cucumbers need at least eight hours of sun every day and rich soil. They are frost-sensitive and prefer warm, humid weather to produce a good crop. Cucumbers are 90 percent water, so adequate watering throughout the growing season is vital to get a juicy crop.
There are four types of cucumbers: slicing, pickling, space-savers and the ever-popular burpless cucumber. These are pickling cucumbers. We like them cause they’re smaller, faster growing, delicious raw and make great pickles.
Look out! It’s Santa Crow. I woke up to find this in the rear field. My neighbors put him there to scare away the deer. He’s over 5′ tall and I think he’s doing his job. Jake saw him this morning and was barking like crazy. Aesthetically, it’s a bit of an eye sore but we’ll keep him till we can make something better. Ho! Ho! Ho!
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Tomatoes. Dan, just my two cents worth about tomatoes. My favorite are Roma tomatoes for sandwiches. With the new big ones (genetically engineered), they make it really nice with two slices. Beefsteak tomatoes are nice but they crack. Ox hearts are also great but they crack too. LT’s dad has grown celebrity in the last few years. VERY GOOD. He also grows better boy, early girl, roma, celebrity, jet star and a few others. The romas are the meatiest too. Great for canning and making sauce. So, there is my few cents. The garden is looking GREAT! Keep up the good work!