The tomato plants are amazing me this year. Last couple of weeks I have had to tie the branches up twice a week to keep them from dragging the ground. Several of the plants (first ones planted out) are 4-5 ft across.
Aside from that, there are more tomatoes than any previous year and they are seriously gaining some size! None are turning red just yet. Maybe in another week or two but I'm not in a rush. I'm more anxious to see how large they may get! In previous years I could sometimes go through the garden and count how many tomatoes were growing. At least early in the season. This year there's no chance of that. For the ones of any size I estimate at least 200-300 tomatoes hanging this minutes, with more flowers and very tiny tomatoes forming.
The plants are not growing as tall as they have before. That may be the varieties I'm growing or that they are forming more fruit.
Few cucumber vines are looking good. Waiting to see if others planted recently will come up. I need to put up a trellis for them to climb. The wooden fence doesn't have anything that cucumbers will hold onto, since they're not true climbers like green beans or grapes. Even pumpkins and watermelons climb better by nature. I have some metal fencing that would work for the purpose quite well.
Speaking of which, one watermelon vine is looking good. Couple more are still small and I planted more seeds earlier this week. I think they should have time to produce if they germinate soon.
I also planted pumpkin seeds, both giant and pie this week. Those should definitely have time to produce as long as there's no early frost this year.
That one is questionable. The weather is uncommonly cool right now. An average of 9 degrees cooler than normal for this time of year. Reports say there is a continued El Nino in the Pacific, which is increasing precipitation, resulting in cooler temperatures and a lot more rain than normal here. I'm surprised I have not yet heard the right wing idiots talking about how this indicates global warming isn't real. They never grasp the fact that the whole reason for the weather pattern is because of ocean warming. Their minds aren't big enough to understand it. The end result could be an early (and very cold) winter.
Aside from that, there are more tomatoes than any previous year and they are seriously gaining some size! None are turning red just yet. Maybe in another week or two but I'm not in a rush. I'm more anxious to see how large they may get! In previous years I could sometimes go through the garden and count how many tomatoes were growing. At least early in the season. This year there's no chance of that. For the ones of any size I estimate at least 200-300 tomatoes hanging this minutes, with more flowers and very tiny tomatoes forming.
The plants are not growing as tall as they have before. That may be the varieties I'm growing or that they are forming more fruit.
Few cucumber vines are looking good. Waiting to see if others planted recently will come up. I need to put up a trellis for them to climb. The wooden fence doesn't have anything that cucumbers will hold onto, since they're not true climbers like green beans or grapes. Even pumpkins and watermelons climb better by nature. I have some metal fencing that would work for the purpose quite well.
Speaking of which, one watermelon vine is looking good. Couple more are still small and I planted more seeds earlier this week. I think they should have time to produce if they germinate soon.
I also planted pumpkin seeds, both giant and pie this week. Those should definitely have time to produce as long as there's no early frost this year.
That one is questionable. The weather is uncommonly cool right now. An average of 9 degrees cooler than normal for this time of year. Reports say there is a continued El Nino in the Pacific, which is increasing precipitation, resulting in cooler temperatures and a lot more rain than normal here. I'm surprised I have not yet heard the right wing idiots talking about how this indicates global warming isn't real. They never grasp the fact that the whole reason for the weather pattern is because of ocean warming. Their minds aren't big enough to understand it. The end result could be an early (and very cold) winter.
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