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Post by mogarden on Jun 26, 2012 15:10:43 GMT -6
Haaappy birthday tooo meeee.......Just talked to the guy from the water/sewer dept. This is a small town with most houses on septic systems, BUT the geniuses at city hall are putting everyone on a modern, ahem, sewer system. Like it or lump it. Now, the problem for me is my container garden is too close to the path the trencher will take to make the hook-up. It will have to be moved. At least they pin-pointed the work date: "in a month or two, maybe less". LOL LOL
SO any way, I can't physically move the totes with 18 gals of dirt. I can move or have moved the 5-gal buckets with peppers. The 4 totes I guess I will take cuttings soon and put those in containers in a new spot. Then when the actual work date is announced, strip all the green tomatoes off the big plants and hope for the best with the fall crop from the suckers. This would be easy to work out if I knew what day, etc but it might be July, might be Oct. Oct 15th is about the time we usually get the first frost, wish I knew somebody to put it off til then.
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Post by mogarden on Jul 2, 2012 3:15:32 GMT -6
Well the cuttings I put in water weren't doing anything yet, so I potted them in dirt yesterday. Maybe I'll get a few to strike a root. Thinking about pulling down a branch maybe and trying to cover it and root a couple that way. So hard to do anything when it's 100+ outside. Tomorrow they are saying only 99, yea...
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Post by Rita on Jul 2, 2012 6:48:24 GMT -6
I had luck doing this a few years ago when a few limbs broke off in a storm .. took a while but they finally rooted .. but I used Muddy water so the plants still got some nutrition  it was just a to see if it would work for me .. I had more than enough plants |
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Post by mogarden on Jul 2, 2012 16:04:13 GMT -6
This is just for insurance, since I don't know when or if I'll have to move my existing container tomatoes. I've had quite a few ripe ones already from the early girl, just a couple from the Whopper. Any excuse to grow more tomatoes is good enough for me, lol.
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jul 3, 2012 3:27:05 GMT -6
Well the cuttings I put in water weren't doing anything yet, so I potted them in dirt yesterday. Maybe I'll get a few to strike a root. Thinking about pulling down a branch maybe and trying to cover it and root a couple that way. So hard to do anything when it's 100+ outside. Tomorrow they are saying only 99, yea... layin em' down will work ...about the easiest way too  yeah Mo...they say it's gonna get hot Thursday here...mid 90's here...suppose to be triple digits Thursday... |
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Post by mogarden on Jul 3, 2012 16:44:23 GMT -6
Thanks Phil, never heard about laying them down. Learn something new every day if yer payin' attention.
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Post by w8in4dave on Jul 8, 2012 7:12:18 GMT -6
They use food coloring in some store bought pickles ... why is beyond me!
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Post by mogarden on Jul 9, 2012 14:42:22 GMT -6
Do you mean green to make them greener?
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jul 10, 2012 4:21:56 GMT -6
geez..I just did some searching and heres what I found.. WHAT...don't they add...and WHY?? I can see Why ANYONE could have an allergic reaction... I took a few screenshots... But here is the link to a great site called LABEL WATCHwww.labelwatch.com/prod_results.php?pid=321507for the rest of the pickle list and all and any LABELED Product...    |
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jul 10, 2012 4:23:11 GMT -6
kinda makes me ready to jar up some pickles  |
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Post by spuds on Jul 10, 2012 8:41:05 GMT -6
Such crap in processed food,what a wasteland.Sure like the things I can do myself,like my bacon in the smoker right now.
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Post by w8in4dave on Jul 10, 2012 9:19:30 GMT -6
yellow food coloring?!? I always assumed green food coloring but yellow??  Wow!! Nice site!! Thanks for that info... I am goingto make a bunch of pickles this year  |
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Post by w8in4dave on Jul 10, 2012 9:21:35 GMT -6
Marco polo dill pickles sounds the best , besides w8in's pickles  |
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Post by mogarden on Jul 13, 2012 11:20:28 GMT -6
Today's lunch. Dee...(wait for it)...licious! The first red ripe "Delicious" variety tomato. So hot lately there will be a gap in production but they should go back to setting some blooms soon. ;D  |
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Post by w8in4dave on Jul 13, 2012 13:00:55 GMT -6
very very nice That pretty much takes up that piece of bread!! I can almost taste it! |
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jul 14, 2012 5:11:27 GMT -6
mighty tastee lookin Mo...we have had two ripe reds and two ripe yellows...just early varieties tho...no sandwich sized one yet...but they...are out there!!
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Post by spuds on Jul 14, 2012 11:21:56 GMT -6
Fine mater Mo!
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Post by mogarden on Jul 18, 2012 3:43:53 GMT -6
Looking back thru this thread I see the suckers I put in dirt was on the 2nd of July. Yesterday I thought I should check them. They ALL rooted, some with respectable root balls! I transplanted them to bigger pots than the solo cups I had them in so they can grow a little more but now I have to get busy and make a place to put this "fall garden" bunch of tomato plants.
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Post by mogarden on Jul 19, 2012 6:34:42 GMT -6
Don't have a scale of the right size, but here's a few of my bigger ones so far. Storm last night broke an entire plant almost in half, knocked over a few containers. Guess I will have to beef up my stakes etc.  Uh....jest kinda ignore the toes in the bottom of the pic, musta got in a hurry to post, lol. |
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Post by mogarden on Jul 20, 2012 4:14:36 GMT -6
Somehow tomatoes don't look as big with just a tape measure. Here's one with GF's hand holding it, looks bigger to me, lol.  |
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jul 21, 2012 5:39:42 GMT -6
Somehow tomatoes don't look as big with just a tape measure. Here's one with GF's hand holding it, looks bigger to me, lol. But...How do we know she's NOT a midget Mo ?   Nice Mator Mo... sorry Bro...Ya caught me wit my early mornin' funny bone hangin out |
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Post by mogarden on Jul 22, 2012 14:27:55 GMT -6
LOL, you're a phunny guy, Phil. ;D
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jul 24, 2012 6:43:24 GMT -6
LOL, you're a phunny guy, Phil. ;D I try Mo and ifin yer wonderin'...I'm jus like dis in person ?  ? |
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Post by mogarden on Aug 4, 2012 15:19:02 GMT -6
Earlier in the year I mentioned the leaves of my fish peppers weren't right, not much white. Now I know they're mixed with somethin' else 'cause the peppers are too straight and a little shorter. No complaint taste-wise but I don't think I'll save this yr's seed. If'n I'm still able I hope some generous Pharmer will spot me a few fish pepper seeds next January or thereabouts |
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Post by mogarden on Aug 4, 2012 15:19:34 GMT -6
Duh, here's the pic...  |
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Post by Compost Pharmer on Aug 4, 2012 20:14:01 GMT -6
 Those peppers look like Red Fresnos. MO: I'll check and see if I have some Fish Pepper seeds and send them to you. I'll PM up if I find them.
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Post by mogarden on Aug 5, 2012 4:54:32 GMT -6
CP~ I agree, Fresno or something, just not pure Fish. They dry ok if chopped first. Lots of seeds and a thin skin but don't want to dry as a ristra.
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Aug 5, 2012 6:22:39 GMT -6
dunno..looks a bit small for a Fresno..
Are they HOT Mo? Fresno's should be about middle of the road hot...
Tthe thin walls is right for a fresno, but it seems there's a bunch of em' there on the plate for a pepper that is suppose to be about 1 1/2 inches wide at the top and 2 inches long...maybe not...
Fish Pepper seeds...we got ya covered Mo ifin CP doesn't...just say da word...
only thing I can say fer sure is that If you don't see variegated foliage...you aren't growing Fish peppers
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Post by Compost Pharmer on Aug 5, 2012 9:10:22 GMT -6
I picked a few Red Fresno's this morning, measured and took a pic of some. If I can remember the name of the web site where I store pics, I'll post a pic. The only measured about 2.25 inches long. Phil,, you must have better growing conditions up there, IE: rain, that yours get bigger. Found it. [click on pic to enlarge] 
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Post by mogarden on Aug 17, 2012 14:59:20 GMT -6
Since they're not what I thought, I'm picking the ripe ones and trashing the plant. I need the room, or rather sunlight, for another plant. I agree CF, that's pretty close to what I got, shape-wise. The only white on the leaves I ever got is 2 tips of 2 branches. It ain't the worst thing that's ever happened around here garden-wise. I got a few hot peppers to eat. Last night's thunderstorm blew over a 5-gal piquin pepper, lost a little dirt and one branch. Sat it up and nailed it down, lol.
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