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JUNE UPDATE: We got 2.25" of rain in June. Plants are growing slowly, Plants aren't the biggest, I have ever had, but I have plenty of tomatoes coming on. Not impressed with the growth of the 4th of July plants at all. My Sweet Baby Girls are really going to town. Blossoms and maters everywhere.Early Blight is minimum and insect damage is barely noticable on all plants. July 2: Bought yet another plant. This is #75. Kind of late, but it is an earlier tomato. I bought a Husky Cherry Red, my favorite cherry type. Hope I have time to get all them picked. July 4: Measured .75" of rain July 7: Measured .2" of rain July 14: 1 Fourth of July July 17: Garden sure is slow to grow and underdeveloped,so I bought some Expert Water Soluable fertilizer and did the garden. One of my squash plants died and even though I haven't mentioned them on this page, I thought I would now. I have planted new seeds of a zucchini called "perfect pick", which requires no bees to pollinate. The deceased squash was called "gold bar" and I only got 2 squash from it. My remaining squash plant is called "elite" and is doing fair. Both were planted in the same 3cu.ft bag. July 17: 1 Lemon Boy July 20: Measured .10" of rain July 21: Measured .2" of rain July 22: Meausred .2" of rain July 22: 1 Fourth of July 16 Sweet Baby Girl July 23: Measured 1.4" of rain July 25: 8 Sweet Baby Girl July 27: 2 Beefmaster 11 Sweet Baby Girl July 30: Measured .2" of rain July 30: 1 Beefmaster 1 Carmello 1 Super Fantastic 1 Jet Star 1 Early Girl 10 Sweet Baby Girl July 31: Measured .4" of rain JULY UPDATE: Got 3.5" of rain in July. Fell mostly after mid month. I am running behind last year with the tomatoes., but type and size are better this year. Last year, my main garden hadn't yielded yet and all I had picked were smaller types from bags. This year bags haven't started yet, except cherry types and 1 Carmello, which is fairly standard hybrid flavored. A big let down. Beefmaster is sweet this year, but small. Super Fantastic is basic flavor also.. August 2: Measured .2" of rain August 2: 6 Lemon Boy 7 Super Fantastic 6 Jet Star 1 Beefmaster 2 Fourth of July 2 Champion 2 Carmello 49 Sweet Baby Girl August 4: 9 Champion 2 Jet Star 1 Crimson Cushion 10 Lemon Boy 4 Early Girl 40 Sweet Baby Girl August 6: 2 Champion 1 Carmello 1 Fourth of July 1 Jet Star 1 Super Fantastic 1 Crimson Cushion 1 Early Girl 10 Lemon Boy 60 Sweet Baby Girl August 8: 8 Lemon Boy 1 Super Fantastic 2 Champion 2 Fourth of July 1 Crimson Cushion 45 Sweet Baby Girl August 10: 1 Champion 1 Carmello 1 Carolina Gold 8 Lemon Boy 38 Sweet Baby Girl NOTE: Cool nights, one of which was 49º, has really slowed up the ripening and blosson set. I don't expect big yields. Squash has died. August 12: 4 Lemon Boy 1 Carolina Gold 1 Jet Star 3 Super Fantastic 1 Carmello 47 Sweet Baby Girl August 13: 1 Mt. Pride (green & fried-yum) August 15: 35 Sweet Baby Girl 3 Carmello August 17: 3 Jet Star 11 German Queen 1 Big Beef 2 Fourth of July 2 Champion 1 Carmello 5 Lemon Boy 4 Big Boy 1 Porterhouse 5 Carolina Gold 44 Sweet Baby Girl August 20: 2 Champion 1 Carmello 7 Lemon Boy 3 Early Girl 2 Jet Star 1 Super Fantastic 2 Beefmaster 26 Sweet Baby Girl NOTE: Only .2" of rain in August so far and that was on the 2nd. Tomatoes are so slow and undersized, except Champon, Mountain Pride & Carmello which are grown in bags and are of good size. They are watered 2 times a week. Probably 2+ gallons water per plant. August 22: 18 Sweet Baby Girl August 23: 2 Big Boy 3 Lemon Boy 4 Early Girl 3 Beefmaster 1 Porterhouse 4 Carolina Gold 1 Pink Ponderosa 2 Jet Star 2 Super Fantastic 5 Fourth Of July 8 Champion 1 Chianti Rose 23 Sweet Baby Girl August 24: 4 Early Girl 4 Beefmaster 2 Super Fantastic 2 Jet Star 1 Pink Ponderosa 1 Lemon Boy 1 Better Boy 3 Big Boy 2 Carolina Gold 1 Beefsteak August 26: 5 Fourth of July 5 Lemon Boy 1 Mt. Pride 13 Champion 3 Carmello 1 Beefsteak 2 Pink Ponderosa 4 Early Girl 3 Big Boy 1 Carolina Gold 6 Jet Star 8 Super Fantastic 1 Better Boy 30 Sweet Baby Girl August 28: HEY! It raied!!!!!!!!! Measured 2.3" of rain August 31: 1 Fourth of July 2 Husky Cherry 9 Champion 5 Carmello 2 Chianti Rose 43 Sweet Baby Girl 7 Lemon Boy 3 Porterhouse 9 Big Boy 2 Pink Ponderosa 3 Early Girl 6 Beefmaster 3 Carolina Gold 5 Jet Star 1 Super Fantastic 1 German Queen 1 Beefsteak AUGUST UPDATE: WOW! Hot days, cool nights and really dry for 26 days. Plants were stalled for a while but started all of a sudden and now they are in a hurry. Got 2.5" of rain, mostly on August 28th. Chianti Rose is great tasting and Crimson Cushion turns out to be my largest fruiting tomato. Rush of rain cracked a lot of tops in a circular fashion. Most are smaller then normal but they are sweeter then usual. September 2: 11 Chianti Rose 9 Champion 9 Lemon Boy 10 Beefmaster 10 Early Girl 3 Carolina Gold 8 Jet Star 7 Crimson Cushion 5 Beefsteak 1 Better Boy 15 Big Boy 1 Pink Ponderosa 4 Fourth of July 2 Carmello 2 Husky Cherry 52 Sweet Baby Girl September 3: 1 Jet Star 1 Big Boy 3 Lemon Boy 2 Carmello 3 Champion 13 Sweet Baby Girl September 4: 1 Mt. Pride 2 Champion 1 Carmello 1 Chianti Rose 2 Lemon Boy 5 Beefmaster 1 Carolina Gold 2 Jet Star 3 Crimson Cushion 4 Big Boy 1 Beefsteak September 5: 5 Mt. Pride September 6: Measured .2" of rain (Hannah) September 7: 2 Lemon Boy 2 Porterhouse 4 Beefsteak 5 Big Boy 2 Better Boy 6 Carolina Gold 4 Jet Star 5 Crimson Cushion 1 Super Fantastic 1 Pink Ponderosa 1 Early Girl 2 Mt. Pride 2 Champion 6 Chianti Rose 2 Carmello 29 Sweet Baby Girl September 9: Measured .5" of rain September 10: 1 Champion 2 Chianti Rose 3 Husky Cherry 3 Lemon Boy 9 Big Boy 4 Beefmaster 3 Early Girl 4 Better Boy 4 Carolina Gold 14 Jet Star 5 Crimson Cushion 1 Super Fantastic 3 Beefsteak 2 Fourth of July 22 Sweet Baby Girl NOTE: Everything has remained undersized, due to he dry conditions, which the exception of what I thought was Crimson Fancy.I have never grown anything this consistantly huge, because I lack a lot of sunshine, but this is big, most 5"-6" in diameter, but they aren't Crimson Fancy, Crimson Fancy are round, not heavily ribbed, as I just found out this evening and not near as big. I think it may be Crimson Cushion, because it was seed sent by a fellow grower, so I'll assume he/she made a slight error. I have made the adjustment in all areas othe web page. GOOD for me in any event. They are yummy. .Champion sure is extremely prone to Blossom End Rot. It's the only one this year. September 12: Measured .7" of rain September 12: 3 Jet Star 2 Pink Ponderosa 1 Lemon Boy 1 Crimson Cushion 1 Super Fantastic 3 Big Boy 1 Beefmaster 2 Better Boy 2 Chianti Rose 1 Fourth of July 2 Husky Cerry 5 Sweet Baby Girl September 13: Measured .5" of rain September 14: 8 Lemon Boy 2 Porterhouse 2 Beefsteak 2 Pink Ponderosa 4 Early Girl 1 Carolina Gold 3 Jet Star 3 Crimson Cushion 2 Super Fantastic 2 German Queen 2 Big Boy 3 Better Boy 2 Carmello 1 Champion 1 Fourth of July 14 Sweet Baby Girl September 17: 5 LemonBoy 4 Big Boy 3 Early Girl 1 Pink Ponderosa 1 Beefmaster 2 Carolina Gold 2 Jet Star 1 Crimson Cushion 1 German Queen 5 Better Boy 2 Fourth of July 2 Champion 12 Sweet Baby Girl 1 Husky Cherry Sept 20: 1 Mountain Pride 1 Fourth of July 1 Beefsteak 1 Early Girl 4 German Queen 3 Beefmaster 1 Crimson Cushion 4 Big Boy 1 Pink Ponderosa 8 Lemon Boy 2 Jet Star 11 Sweet Baby Girl September 22: 12 Lemon Boy 10 Big Boy 4 Beefmaster 3 Jet Star 2 German Queen 3 Better Boy 20 Sweet Baby Girl September 23: 1 Husky Cherry 1 Jet Star September 24: 2 Lemon Boy 1 Pink Ponderosa 2 Jet Star 1 Beefsteak September 27: Measured .3" of rain September 27: 8 Lemon Boy 2 Early Girl 2 Pink Ponderosa 1 Carolina Gold 4 Jet Star 2 German Queen 2 Beefsteak 5 Big Boy 2 Beefmaster September 28: Measured .35" of rain September 28: 6 Husky Cherry 6 Sweet Baby Girl 2 Champion SEPTEMBER UPDATE: Had 2.55" of rain in September. Everything cooled down quick and things got slow for a while and then made a mad push to ripen this past week. October 1: 11 Lemon Boy 1 Porterhouse 1 Early Girl 1 Husky Cherry 1 Beefmaster 3 Jet Star 2 German Queen 3 Big Boy 1 Beefsteak 14 Mountain Pride 10 Champion 22 Sweet Baby Girl October 2: 6 Beefsteak 6 Crimson Cushion 10 Big Boy 5 Early Girl 5 German Queen 2 Better Boy 5 Lemon Boy 5 Beefmaster 9 Jet Star October 2: Tilled garden under and planted winter rye. Still have tomatoes in yard. October 4: 2 Mountain Pride 2 Champion 3 Chianti Rose 2 Carmello October 5: 2 Lemon Boy 2 Fourth of July October 6: 24 Fourth of July 4 Husky Cherry 8 Sweet Baby Girl 5 Champion 4 Carmello 4 Chianti Rose 3 Mountain Pride 24 Lemon Boy (green) [NOTE] Frosted. Garden is over. Lost hundreds of Husky Cherry, which was planted late. TOTALS57 Fourth of July (Average per plant 57) 22 Husky Cherry (Average per plant 22) 30 Mountain Pride (Average per plant 30) 133 Lemon Boy (Average per plant 14.77) 96 Big Boy (Average per plant 9.6) 10 Porterhouse (Average per plant 10) 35 Carolina Gold (Average per plant 8.75) 92 Jet Star (Average per plant 11.5) 35 Crimson Cushion? (Average per plant 8.75) 17 Pink Ponderosa(Average per plant 8.5) 24 Better Boy (Average per plant 6) 29 Beefsteak (Average per plant 7.25) 54 Beeefmaster (Average per plant 7.71) 54 Early Girl (Average per plant 13.5( 30 German Queen (Average per plant 7.5) 32 Super Fantastic (Average per plant 8) 34 Carmello (Average per plant 34) 32 Chianti Rose (Average per plant 32) 89 Champion (Average per plant 44.5) 760 Sweet Baby Girl (Average per plant 380) 1650 Total with Cherries 848 Total without cherries |
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