I'm totally impressed! Mine are still green, except for the cherry tomatoes. On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 6:14 AM, Guthrielewiston < [email protected]> wrote: > I have been eating Tomatoes from my plants here in Ohio since 4 July > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kat Fulcher" <[email protected]> > To: "vafloyd" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 11:28 AM > Subject: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy--mater growin' > > > > Since the list is so quiet, thought I'd share the latest on my exploits > as > > a > > tomato farmer in beautiful SW Virginia. > > > > Not to sound (again) like an ad for the "Topsy Turvy" planters, but my > > upside down tomato plants are growing like crazy! I have 3 planters up > > and > > each of the plants are at least 4 feet long or more now. I have about a > > dozen tomatoes growing on the "Big Boy" plant and 7 or 8 on the German > > pink > > one. The Mr. Stripey plant is just now starting to flower. > > > > My cherry tomato plant that's in the ground is covered up in fruit. > > There's > > got to be at least 100 little maters all over it! Just picked a nice red > > one and ate it on the spot! Sweet as candy! I bought that plant at Lowes > > and it has grown like nothing you've ever seen. It's about 6 feet across > > now--one plant!!! > > > > My other plants in the ground that I started from seeds are all starting > > to > > flower now, too. If I just get one tomato off those plants, I'll feel > > like > > a real sucess because I never grew anything "from scratch" like that > > before. Those were seeds I saved out of nice tomatoes we got at the > local > > farmer's market last summer. Forgot to mark the bags, though, so I don't > > know which plant is which and could end up with red, yellow or dark > purple > > maters when they come in! It'll be a surprise...LOL. > > > > Guess I could also do a good commercial for Miracle Grow "shake and > feed." > > My mother in law put out tomatoes about the same time as mine, but didn't > > use Miracle Grow garden soil or the fertilizer and her's are about half > as > > big as mine. That stuff really works! > > > > So any way, I'm now officially a Virginia farmer...ha! > > To contact Listowner: > > Rena Worthen [email protected] > > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.6/1894 - Release Date: 01/14/09 > 19:27:00 > > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen [email protected] > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >