,A crazy thing happened this last week. I blinked maybe twice and all of a sudden, it's August and summer is beginning to wane. How could this happen? Well, first you get a cold and wet May. Then you get an insanely busy June, followed by the wettest July on record for our area. For those of us trying to grow vegetables this year, mother nature has thrown an awful lot at us as obstacles. How are your tomatoes doing?
1st possible answer (and most likely): What tomatoes? The deer (aka walking vacuum cleaner) ate them back in May and I'm still peeved I won't be able to taste that amazing tomato I was planning on eating back when I planted it.
2nd most likely answer: Idk, I haven't checked on them in a while. I think they died that one week where we didn't get any rain back in June.
3rd most likely answer: Horrible! I barricaded them from the deer and watered them and loved them and sang to them and now they are a wilted brown and yellow mess. (I understand! The diseases are STRONG this year! Don't let them sit. If they are dead, get them out! If they are alive, take off all the infected leaves.)
4th most likely answer: My tomatoes are super amazing and then they finally started to ripen and then they all exploded! (Yep, us too)
5th and most unlikely answer: Amazing, everything is perfect and I have tomatoes on top of tomatoes all perfect and beautiful in their diverse glory! (riiiight... if any of you out there are in this category, you are working some master class tomato skills - or are the luckiest person alive)
I will be honest. This has been a rough year for vegetables. Fungal diseases like early and late blight, bacterial diseases like verticillium wilt and insects are very strong this year. I was able to keep my plants going until the rains hit and then they all popped like balloons from rains. If you have gotten them this far, just keep checking them. As soon as they are blushing, pull them from the vine to ripen inside. It's at this stage they are most susceptible to the rain rupturing them.
Want to taste all those varieties? We will have a tasting in September when school starts. Watch the announcements.
I've been able to keep our tomatoes going and will be sharing them on instagram. Join us on there and show us what you've got! #qotomatoes2018 @qo_horticulture
1st possible answer (and most likely): What tomatoes? The deer (aka walking vacuum cleaner) ate them back in May and I'm still peeved I won't be able to taste that amazing tomato I was planning on eating back when I planted it.
2nd most likely answer: Idk, I haven't checked on them in a while. I think they died that one week where we didn't get any rain back in June.
3rd most likely answer: Horrible! I barricaded them from the deer and watered them and loved them and sang to them and now they are a wilted brown and yellow mess. (I understand! The diseases are STRONG this year! Don't let them sit. If they are dead, get them out! If they are alive, take off all the infected leaves.)
4th most likely answer: My tomatoes are super amazing and then they finally started to ripen and then they all exploded! (Yep, us too)
5th and most unlikely answer: Amazing, everything is perfect and I have tomatoes on top of tomatoes all perfect and beautiful in their diverse glory! (riiiight... if any of you out there are in this category, you are working some master class tomato skills - or are the luckiest person alive)
I will be honest. This has been a rough year for vegetables. Fungal diseases like early and late blight, bacterial diseases like verticillium wilt and insects are very strong this year. I was able to keep my plants going until the rains hit and then they all popped like balloons from rains. If you have gotten them this far, just keep checking them. As soon as they are blushing, pull them from the vine to ripen inside. It's at this stage they are most susceptible to the rain rupturing them.
Want to taste all those varieties? We will have a tasting in September when school starts. Watch the announcements.
I've been able to keep our tomatoes going and will be sharing them on instagram. Join us on there and show us what you've got! #qotomatoes2018 @qo_horticulture