Topic: Tomatoes are getting ripe (Read 2479 times)

JimH · « **on:** September 07, 2002, 04:15:46 pm »

My mom, now 82, used to say that you can never get a ripe tomato in Minnesota until August 1. Maybe that's why she moved back to Nebraska a few years ago.

My tomatoes are a briar patch, a jungle. I'm afraid to go near them -- anything could be lurking inside the brambles. But now I see the little green beasties turning yellow and pink. I'm thinking I'll have a BLT by mid-September. And a beer.

shelly · « **Reply #1 on:** September 07, 2002, 04:44:01 pm »

We're a little ahead of you in Michigan; tomatoes and corn are at their peak. Had our first BLT last week with freshly picked corn on the cob - yummy! Good things are always worth the wait.

Shelly

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Charlemagne 8 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 07, 2002, 05:39:56 pm »

I got one tomato. The big green caterpillars ate the plants AND the little tomatoes. Didn't leave much for the rabbits. Oh well. Out here, we're surrounded by roadside vegetable stands.
CVIII

sekim · « **Reply #3 on:** September 07, 2002, 06:06:08 pm »

I have about five plants and manage to sneak a couple of Romas and Big Boys once or twice a week.

Several years ago had a very large garden, had close to 80 plants. Chickens would get into them. Looked like a nice one, but when you grabbed it the bottom was pecked out! No more chickens, or a garden for that matter.(Sigh) Lack of time these days...

Griff · « **Reply #4 on:** September 07, 2002, 06:41:37 pm »

"Tomatoes are getting ripe"

and so is my head over ver 9 and Images, but that is another thread.

"My mom, now 82"
Thats GREAT, I wish my mom was still around.

"My tomatoes are a briar patch, a jungle. I'm afraid to go near them "

Try Specticide

"I'll have a BLT by mid-September. And a beer"

Drink the beer now Jim, we are not getting any younger

Have a nice night
Griff

JollyJim · « **Reply #5 on:** September 08, 2002, 01:13:17 am »

Wasssuuuppppp !!! - you guys never heard of supermarkets ?

BTW - what is a BLT ?

Jim

KingSparta · « **Reply #6 on:** September 08, 2002, 04:26:49 am »

JollyJim

>> Wasssuuuppppp !!! - You guys never heard of supermarkets???
The Tomatoes in supermarkets are mass grown in hot houses, they have no taste.

If you grow your own you will see and taste the dif.

This year I must have had over 600|PLS| tomatoes from my garden, Lots of BLT's & Spaghetti. I put allot up in the freezer for Spaghetti etc…

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Mike|PLS|Noe · « **Reply #7 on:** September 08, 2002, 05:01:20 am »

We call 'em horn worms down here and have ways of dealing with them:

Garden Pics

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JimH · « **Reply #8 on:** September 08, 2002, 05:19:54 am »

JollyJim,
A BLT is one of the Four Basic Food Groups. It's a Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato sandwich.

Jim

shelly · « **Reply #9 on:** September 08, 2002, 08:22:42 am »

KingSparta

Thanks for posting your IP address. I haven't tried Media Server yet and this should be a good way for me to see what it's all about. Unfortunately, I'm unable to connect. I tried pinging the address, but it returns a "can't find address" message. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm running ZA pro, but shut it down and that didn't help. Any suggestions?

Shelly
Off to take tomatoes to my dad - 90 and going strong

KingSparta · « **Reply #10 on:** September 08, 2002, 08:26:58 am »

you may have put "24.88.229.242.:80" in try this "24.88.229.242:80" i will fix the IP Address in the post

shelly · « **Reply #11 on:** September 08, 2002, 08:33:22 am »

you may have put "24.88.229.242.:80" in try this "24.88.229.242:80" i will fix the IP Address in the post

I checked and I did enter 24.88.229.242:80. Pinging in DOS returns the message: "Ping request could not find host 24.88.229.242:80. Please check the name and try again".

Shelly

JimH · « **Reply #12 on:** September 08, 2002, 10:59:15 am »

Also not working from here. "Cannot establish connection to the server." Blocked by rr?

lee269 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 08, 2002, 11:12:12 am »

Ditto - FWIW it was working last night.

Shelly - hold on, its worth it.

KingSparta · « **Reply #14 on:** September 08, 2002, 11:59:00 am »

someone is streaming from me right now.

10CC - I'm Not In Love and 2 others

maybe it was a network problem

JimH · « **Reply #15 on:** September 08, 2002, 12:13:23 pm »

I bet it's too many listeners.

lee269 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 08, 2002, 12:16:38 pm »

Thats me - its working now

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shelly · « **Reply #17 on:** September 08, 2002, 04:02:10 pm »

Shelly - hold on, its worth it.

I'll say it's worth it - it's incredible! Everytime I think I've discovered all that MJ has to offer, there's a new surprise waiting. Thanks again, King and JRiver .

JohnT · « **Reply #18 on:** September 09, 2002, 05:37:21 am »

Back to the tomato topic, we seem to have some kind of blight every year in our garden. Although we get dozens (hundreds?) of great tomatoes, the plants look terrible by mid August. In July they're huge green leafy beasts, but later in August all the leaves blacken and shrivel up, leaving just the red tomatoes clinging onto shrunken stalks. Anyone else have this problem (and know of a fix?).

- John T.

KingSparta · « **Reply #19 on:** September 09, 2002, 11:17:39 am »

>> August all the leaves blacken and shrivel up
You may need to spray them with a Anti Fungual Spray

I think the recomended spray is like 7-14 days, it may depend on what you use.

JohnT · « **Reply #20 on:** September 10, 2002, 05:47:31 am »

Thanks for the tip King, we'll try that next year.

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