The Endzone Garden Thread

[BigO95]

Killing time, and just came across this. 17’ tall tomato plant.

Oh lawd. lol

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Wow!! I wonder how much tomatoes you would get off of a plant like that?

 

[VolNExile]

Wow!! I wonder how much tomatoes you would get off of a plant like that?

Well, for me, none above six feet or so!

 

[Behr]

Wow!! I wonder how much tomatoes you would get off of a plant like that?

Was wondering if the maters will be as good.

 

[VolNExile]

I looked up the fertilizer this guy sells, and the NPK is 2:1:1. It has lots of other micros in there, which is great, but that’s way too high a nitrogen ratio. No wonder the thing is so dang big.

 

[VolNExile]

Was wondering if the maters will be as good.

I plant for taste, not quantity (except for the canning and cooking tomatoes.) Almost all are heirlooms.

 

[Behr]

No doubt it's cool, but I'd bet the tomatoes aren't as good as a regular plant. Lot of foliage to draw nutrients.

 

[BigO95]

 

[BigO95]

Was wondering if the maters will be as good.

That's a good question..

 

[VolNExile]

It seems like growing those freak pumpkins, just to win a blue ribbon or get in a record book. I want to eat this stuff, not put it on a throne.

 

[Behr]

I don't eat pumpkin, grow them as big as a house for all I care. Give me a tomato plant 3" tall with one perfect tomato.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Killing time, and just came across this. 17’ tall tomato plant.

Oh lawd. lol

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That is awesome!

 

[VolNExile]

That is awesome!

Ridiculously awesome, anyway!

 

[Hoosier_Vol]

Killing time, and just came across this. 17’ tall tomato plant.

Oh lawd. lol

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That would feed half a state, or my family for the weekend!

 

[Tin Man]

In the past two years, none of my tomatoes have been canned. I've eaten or shared them all, ripe and fresh off the vine.

 

[BigO95]

In the past two years, none of my tomatoes have been canned. I've eaten or shared them all, ripe and fresh off the vine.

That's awesome! Of course canned is pretty nice to have in the winter and early spring.

 

[VolNExile]

That's awesome! Of course canned is pretty nice to have in the winter and early spring.

Or when you have 14 individual tomato plants!

 

[Tin Man]

That's awesome! Of course canned is pretty nice to have in the winter and early spring.

I've made and frozen "tomato base" before, but, these past two years, I've just managed to eat/share my entire crop (and that's without Joe stealing a single mater ).

 

[Souce]

 

[VolNExile]

I've made and frozen "tomato base" before, but, these past two years, I've just managed to eat/share my entire crop (and that's without Joe stealing a single mater ).

Since I only had a hot-water canner at the time, I made a lot of salsa. One called for roasting the tomatoes, and holy cow, that was good!

Now we’ve added a pressure canner and a freezer in the basement, so I’m planning on putting up a lot more tomatoes this year, in one form or another. And I’ll start pulling out under-performing maters at Labor Day to make room for fall vegetables, so we should have plenty of green tomatoes for chow-chow.

 

[82_VOL_83]

Current events. Can’t turn my brain off. It’ll pass.

Every night here like that. Ambien is my friend.

 

[Tin Man]

Mm, fire-roasted tomatoes

 

[Behr]

Since I only had a hot-water canner at the time, I made a lot of salsa. One called for roasting the tomatoes, and holy cow, that was good!

Now we’ve added a pressure canner and a freezer in the basement, so I’m planning on putting up a lot more tomatoes this year, in one form or another. And I’ll start pulling out under-performing maters at Labor Day to make room for fall vegetables, so we should have plenty of green tomatoes for chow-chow.

You got a recipe for chow chow?

 

[VolNExile]

You got a recipe for chow chow?

Here you go:

Chow Chow Relish : Taste of Southern

This was the first thing either of us had ever put up in a Mason jar, and it was a great and reassuring guide to preserving (also a good recipe.) Hubs does all the pickling stuff, so he’s the chow-chow guy. He’ll probably go for some hotter ones next year, but everyone who has tried it has come back for more. Also hasn’t died, so that’s good.

 

[Behr]

Twas a joke.

Nevermind.

 

[VolNExile]

Every night here like that. Ambien is my friend.

I’ve learned to stop reading news by 9:30 pm. Works wonders.

Now of course I just lie in bed and try to figure out where all these plants are going to go. But at least it’s productive brooding.