tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post6952276933807551391..comments2023-11-03T03:00:22.050-05:00Comments on An Obsessive/Compulsive plant collector: Choosing veggies, for newbies....janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16978979417557447666noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-72947648050211680822009-11-17T07:51:06.863-06:002009-11-17T07:51:06.863-06:00Great educative post Janie! I will try Champion ne...Great educative post Janie! I will try Champion next year, thanks to you!Tatyana@MySecretGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230255354868127650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-23514499826768803022009-11-17T02:35:40.016-06:002009-11-17T02:35:40.016-06:00For heaven's sake. I saw my name and thought &...For heaven's sake. I saw my name and thought "Oh, what the devil have I done now?" LOL<br />Thank you so much Janie for taking pity on my little vegatible novice soul. With helpful posts like this I might find my way to loving to grow vegies. Thank you for all that great information. Now when I go to the nursery with the DH I will be able to surprise him with all my tomatoe knowledge. heheh. He will think I am brilliant thanks to you my dear friend. Bwahhhaahhhaaa<br />oops. I said that out loud didn't I?LeSanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07939320676822416742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-72435895672710307632009-11-17T01:51:34.770-06:002009-11-17T01:51:34.770-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-40844898891243754402009-11-16T14:55:36.466-06:002009-11-16T14:55:36.466-06:00Very informative. I thought this past summer woul...Very informative. I thought this past summer would have our tomatoes producing like crazy, but instead we got a pretty small amount compared to years when it wasn't as warm. Next year I'll have to pay better attention to what I'm growing.Catherine@AGardenerinProgresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05001060769253273283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-40053233052890703002009-11-16T07:54:02.141-06:002009-11-16T07:54:02.141-06:00James, do you not have any cooler season where you...James, do you not have any cooler season where you live? No season variation? I thought Puerto Rico was the only place with static weather. Theirs is perfect....<br /><br />Are all your nights above 85 degrees? I think the hybridizers need to work on that, if that is the case. Everybody needs to be able to grow tomatoes!janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16978979417557447666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-45630468747716197902009-11-16T06:55:04.560-06:002009-11-16T06:55:04.560-06:00Another point to remember about tomatoes is to pi...Another point to remember about tomatoes is to pick one that does well in your particular area.<br /><br />If in doubt, contact the university extension for your location. They can recommend some varieties for you.<br /><br />And then...........you will have a weird season like many of us in the midwest had this year. Too cool, too wet and disease was rampant. It was the worst tomato year in all my gardening life and I began back in 1965.<br /><br />I am already making seed lists for next year!gldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-14791626537127246542009-11-16T06:31:29.490-06:002009-11-16T06:31:29.490-06:00Not boring at all. Great info.Not boring at all. Great info.tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-65583975099697842112009-11-16T02:38:46.329-06:002009-11-16T02:38:46.329-06:00I wished I got tomatoes with all these details at ...I wished I got tomatoes with all these details at the back. I guess its way too warm in my place to get them to fruit.<br /><br />PS: you would have drive me to tears as I now will have to accept the fact that I cannot grow these tomatoes in my place (sob..sob)James Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423981835876393119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-59288247837465452952009-11-15T23:08:36.944-06:002009-11-15T23:08:36.944-06:00Thanks for the comments, all. NellJean, you can c...Thanks for the comments, all. NellJean, you can come and eat whatever we have, but you may have to work for your supper. I have a permillion, cazillion weeds to pull right now. I could use some help. <br /><br />I looked the Foxtail Lily up. Yes, we should grow some.<br /><br />Wendy, for flawless carrots, you have to have fine, moist, sandy, nutrient rich soil, screened so that you have no rocks in it to deform the carrots as they grow. Then you might get a really pretty carrot. Myself, I think carrots are carrots, and they all taste the same. (Well, as long as they are harvested early enough, they do.)<br /><br />Sanddune, I hope you get lots of good tomatoes. Nothing like eating a tomato straight off your own plant, salt shaker in hand....janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16978979417557447666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-51325400182814463862009-11-15T22:56:24.994-06:002009-11-15T22:56:24.994-06:00Janie,
Never had much luck growing Tomato. Then I...Janie,<br /> Never had much luck growing Tomato. Then I figured out that I was doing everything backwards As to the South florida seasons. I have Celebrity growing now in a 5 gallon container and I am following the Florida Extension Service directions to grow them. Your post is encouraging hopefully this year will be the year! Thankssanddunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10091633099445758748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-72213056786745061202009-11-15T22:35:28.260-06:002009-11-15T22:35:28.260-06:00Great tips! I have definitley found that certain ...Great tips! I have definitley found that certain varieties do better than others! Certain veggies do as well! My husband was just making fun of my "hideous" carrots. I think I may give up on those and just try something else! As a newbie, just give me some disease resistance, and if they don't do well, I'm moving on.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232693432045335251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-65003813675130851502009-11-15T21:02:22.297-06:002009-11-15T21:02:22.297-06:00Hi Janie,
I love that you are such a fountain of ...Hi Janie,<br /><br />I love that you are such a fountain of information. Of all the vegetables that people grow, I think tomatoes are the most popular. Your information will be so helpful!Noelle Johnson https://www.blogger.com/profile/12198931083102476324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-70251266785150612322009-11-15T20:48:57.712-06:002009-11-15T20:48:57.712-06:00I think Foxtail Lilies are Eremerus. We should gro...I think Foxtail Lilies are Eremerus. We should grow some.<br /><br />Can I just come to your house and eat tomatoes, it seems like so much work...?Jean Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09000315400392984647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-8999618350072673442009-11-15T19:47:36.261-06:002009-11-15T19:47:36.261-06:00Are the Foxtail Lilies known by another name? I h...Are the Foxtail Lilies known by another name? I have grown Foxtail ferns...<br /><br />I would like to know about them.janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16978979417557447666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774561685078213024.post-2750912096058934132009-11-15T19:21:15.466-06:002009-11-15T19:21:15.466-06:00Janie,
Never knew the varieties even had those let...Janie,<br />Never knew the varieties even had those letters to tell about them. Thanks for the education. PS Meg is a 28 year organic farmer now turned gardener and school teacher. Ever grow Foxtail Lilies?Randy Emmitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10292186655869617897noreply@blogger.com