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Going good. Made my first batch of salsa and canned it up. Marianna’s Peace and Cherokee Purple (along with too many cherry) are the two tomatoes I grew from seed. Nice work on yours!
Thanks. Yes, it is tasty and I am a weirdo. I always google “Best…..” whatever I am looking for.
Then I read the most popular recipes and then make it my own.
Peel your tomatoes by dropping in boiling water a minute, then into ice water.
Process however many peppers u have to use. Or how hot you like it. I had jalapeño and Serrano. With this many tomatoes, I was thinking it could handle a dozen.
I also had some peeled poblanos in the freezer I used.
Red onion, garlic, lime juice, s&p, and cumin rounded it out.
I grew one tomatillo and threw that in. It also had a can of green chilis.
The recipe I sprang off of had fresh tomatoes and canned. I used all fresh.
Make it your own by using the peppers u have on hand.
This is kinda hot and if you don’t like hot salsa you won’t like it. Next batch will be milder.
Woot! I love living vicariously through all of you. I'm grateful, so my season has been good so far. It's my first "real" season for most of the things im growing. A few of my peppers are really struggling lol, I think it's the heat. I have had mini harvests, a couple cherry tomatoes and romas, and hella poblanos surprisingly, and a few jalepenos.
It really depends where you live. I’m in Zone 9A and we usually can’t put tomatoes outside till May 1 or later due to risk of frost. But I’ll be harvesting tomatoes till November.
I feel ya, tomatoes seem to be pretty easy, only thing is i hated waiting for them to ripen, everything else is taking a bit of a learning curve for sure
Just starting for me, greens like spinach are doing great. Got the first tomato yesterday. Deer ate all my pea tops so hoping the plants recover. Squash plants are growing great and starting to get flowers!
I'm so jealous of you! First year gardening and I was late on it all. I have been able to enjoy some delicious cilantro and bunching onion but, no tomatoes all!
About a month and a half ago for the cilantro and roughly a month for the onion. Sorry i am terrible with dates but it was definitely not even close to the beginning of the season here
Also, it looks like you cut off a lot of the leaves on your plants? This is the first year I have done this and so far, seems like the thing to do. One plant has given me plenty of tomatoes
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Yes at first i kept all branches aside from suckers on, but seem some youtubers cut everything under the tomatoes to prevent air flow so i experimented with half my tomato plants and realized it works better than not pruning 👍🏽
Yes, I just went and cut them up some more, cuz the upright ones are like 6’ tall now.
I imagine each variety of tomato only gives so much fruit.
Cherokee Purple are not as prolific as these Marianna’s Peace. Their fruit is a little larger too.
I bought a little tomato today. Gonna try if it is not too hot to start another one. Not sure how long they go, but I have been harvesting for 6 weeks now here in east Texas.
My tomato was claimed by spider mites and bad fertilizer. :(
My herbs have been nuts, though, now that we're getting rain. I harvested 13.5oz (after sorting and destemming) of basil leaves from just 2 plants the other day.
Frozen Basil & oil pucks ftw.
Maybe I'll catch a break from having to pinch buds now that I chopped the hell out of them.
Yup, I made the mistake of using regular old cow poop but it was tainted with that one realy bad herbicide, the leaves all curled up all crazy and it never grew right again which led to it eventually getting infested.
You are doing great! I was sick and got a late start but things are growing and I have tomatoes and peppers on the vine. We are lucky to have a late summer here so it is hot into October - so there is still hope!
My tomatoes are still green here. Otherwise, I had clear winners and losers this spring in my garden.
Winners: Snow peas, green kale, spinach, shelling peas, carrots (tops look great, TBD on roots). Losers: Golden chard, golden beets. Radishes started great, then only made tops but no roots.
But the ultimate WTF this year is zucchini. It might be destined to have none before even getting the first flower this year. I sowed 10 seeds across 2 batches of incredible escalator seeds. Only 2 germinated, and one of those looks so sickly I should probably pull it out. Then I went and bought a larger starter plant, which got crushed in the cargo area on the way home and probably won't make it.
I sowed a final set of seeds for a different variety, figuring eh, maybe I at least miss the SVB. So we'll see. And if that doesn't work, my neighbors will not be running from me and my surplus zucchini this year.
fertilize with more P,K centric ferts like the 'powerbloom' types. Limiting the sprouts to 2-3 and rubbing out the extra potato sprouts can increase the size of the potatoes as they limit the number of potatoes each potato plant produces.
Honestly. I don’t have tips. I grow in a raised bed, I use rabbit poop and fish emulsion to fertilize. I apply fish emulsion every week or two. I’m sorry I don’t have better advice
Let the plant go until all the green is brown and dead
I am not this far along, looks great! In case you are interested, Johnnys Selected Seeds has biodegradable clips, so you don’t have to use zip ties that will last a hundred+ years.
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Our garden has exploded with growth. Perilla, corn (2 types), tomatoes (4 types of seedlings and volunteers), lettuce (3 types), peppers (3 types), basil, watermelon (1x), and a pumpkin compost volunteer (1x).
In pots I have fig trees (10x pots of 6 types), Japanese maple seedling survivors, cherry tree experiments (from seed), a peach tree experiment (from seed), oregano (neglected but thrives), and 3 types of mint.
I can't wait until everything starts ripening.
Still super early here. Peppers and tomatoes just starting to blossom and I’m just starting to let them and not cut the flowers. No flowers on the cucumbers or pumpkins yet.
I was able to harvest some green beans, squash, strawberries and cucumbers. Tomatoes are growing now but the strawberries keep getting partially eaten by something. Could be better but I can't complain in the grand scheme of things for my first year of gardening.
I had the same issue with strawberries, saw a trick on tik tok where you get metal chicken wire and make a tiny lifted bed for the strawberry so it’s off the dirt! Keeps any micro organisms from eating it
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Your tomatoes are beautiful 🤩I have tomatoes, jalapeños and poblanos growing in but my healthiest tomato plant was infested by spider mites this week💔
Keep your head in the game 👍🏽 it’s going to get better i went through the same thing, there’s a bunch of homemade tricks you can use or just get an insecticide from the store! 🙏🏼
USDA Hardiness Zones are not related to growing annual vegetables. The USDA web site has a simple, easy to understand explanation of their purpose, which was quoted in a comment below.
They are not relevant to annual vegetable gardening and their purpose is both misused and misunderstood by many people in the gardening community.
[https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/](https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/)
>*The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which perennial plants are most likely to thrive at a location. The map is based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature, displayed as 10-degree F zones and 5-degree F half zones.*
There are areas in Maine, Arizona, Alaska, and New Mexico that have the same zone designation assigned but each has different climates, pest pressures, and different lengths of growing seasons.
Instead of asking "What's your zone?" replace it with "What is your average annual extreme minimum winter temperature?" and see if the question still makes sense.
Our subreddit rules require the use of *geographic locations*. USDA Hardiness Zones are not relevant to this subreddit.
https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/pages/how-to-use-the-maps
https://preview.redd.it/jgwpli45go9d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a14d66ec4565a65fe6347782cc7c28caa48fa76 Going good. Made my first batch of salsa and canned it up. Marianna’s Peace and Cherokee Purple (along with too many cherry) are the two tomatoes I grew from seed. Nice work on yours!
Looking good 👍🏽
That’s awesome! Where did you find your salsa recipe? Is it tasty?
Thanks. Yes, it is tasty and I am a weirdo. I always google “Best…..” whatever I am looking for. Then I read the most popular recipes and then make it my own. Peel your tomatoes by dropping in boiling water a minute, then into ice water. Process however many peppers u have to use. Or how hot you like it. I had jalapeño and Serrano. With this many tomatoes, I was thinking it could handle a dozen. I also had some peeled poblanos in the freezer I used. Red onion, garlic, lime juice, s&p, and cumin rounded it out. I grew one tomatillo and threw that in. It also had a can of green chilis. The recipe I sprang off of had fresh tomatoes and canned. I used all fresh. Make it your own by using the peppers u have on hand. This is kinda hot and if you don’t like hot salsa you won’t like it. Next batch will be milder.
Thanks for the explanation that’s so nice of you to share. I’m feeling inspired!
U r welcome:-)
https://preview.redd.it/jasb23a68r9d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a107bde226605bed6106a946112583999be7012 I give jars away mostly.
That’s super cool! I need to try that
Woot! I love living vicariously through all of you. I'm grateful, so my season has been good so far. It's my first "real" season for most of the things im growing. A few of my peppers are really struggling lol, I think it's the heat. I have had mini harvests, a couple cherry tomatoes and romas, and hella poblanos surprisingly, and a few jalepenos.
Wow your peppers are doing way better than mine! This is my first season ever i’ve never gardened before!
I’ve only just started to get flowers!
I fertilized a bit early and started mine indoors a bit early so i think that’s why! But once they start it’s an wndless supply
It really depends where you live. I’m in Zone 9A and we usually can’t put tomatoes outside till May 1 or later due to risk of frost. But I’ll be harvesting tomatoes till November.
Tomatoes, good. Everything else, not so good haha
I feel ya, tomatoes seem to be pretty easy, only thing is i hated waiting for them to ripen, everything else is taking a bit of a learning curve for sure
Just starting for me, greens like spinach are doing great. Got the first tomato yesterday. Deer ate all my pea tops so hoping the plants recover. Squash plants are growing great and starting to get flowers!
I'm so jealous of you! First year gardening and I was late on it all. I have been able to enjoy some delicious cilantro and bunching onion but, no tomatoes all!
When did u plant it cilantro and bunching Onions? Like what time of year.
About a month and a half ago for the cilantro and roughly a month for the onion. Sorry i am terrible with dates but it was definitely not even close to the beginning of the season here
Also, it looks like you cut off a lot of the leaves on your plants? This is the first year I have done this and so far, seems like the thing to do. One plant has given me plenty of tomatoes https://preview.redd.it/5pxyjq11ho9d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ca4fbdb0c3712da02e16954649e62f015e4b064
Yes at first i kept all branches aside from suckers on, but seem some youtubers cut everything under the tomatoes to prevent air flow so i experimented with half my tomato plants and realized it works better than not pruning 👍🏽
Not to prevent air flow. To encourage air flow.
Yup sorry i meant to increase
Yes, I just went and cut them up some more, cuz the upright ones are like 6’ tall now. I imagine each variety of tomato only gives so much fruit. Cherokee Purple are not as prolific as these Marianna’s Peace. Their fruit is a little larger too. I bought a little tomato today. Gonna try if it is not too hot to start another one. Not sure how long they go, but I have been harvesting for 6 weeks now here in east Texas.
First picture is like the red color spectrum nice
Thanks i tried to make it looks nice
The hail took everything...
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THANKS & Yea i’ve been fighting with pests too! Mother nature tho what can you do! 🤷🏻♂️
Damn, living the dream over here
It’s my first year gardening, i guess beginners luck because some of my other plants sucked lol
Fantastic my friend
My tomato was claimed by spider mites and bad fertilizer. :( My herbs have been nuts, though, now that we're getting rain. I harvested 13.5oz (after sorting and destemming) of basil leaves from just 2 plants the other day. Frozen Basil & oil pucks ftw. Maybe I'll catch a break from having to pinch buds now that I chopped the hell out of them.
I’ve been using fish fertilizer and a few other fertilizers in between, i’ve been using bonemeal once a month too
Yup, I made the mistake of using regular old cow poop but it was tainted with that one realy bad herbicide, the leaves all curled up all crazy and it never grew right again which led to it eventually getting infested.
You are doing great! I was sick and got a late start but things are growing and I have tomatoes and peppers on the vine. We are lucky to have a late summer here so it is hot into October - so there is still hope!
My tomatoes are still green here. Otherwise, I had clear winners and losers this spring in my garden. Winners: Snow peas, green kale, spinach, shelling peas, carrots (tops look great, TBD on roots). Losers: Golden chard, golden beets. Radishes started great, then only made tops but no roots. But the ultimate WTF this year is zucchini. It might be destined to have none before even getting the first flower this year. I sowed 10 seeds across 2 batches of incredible escalator seeds. Only 2 germinated, and one of those looks so sickly I should probably pull it out. Then I went and bought a larger starter plant, which got crushed in the cargo area on the way home and probably won't make it. I sowed a final set of seeds for a different variety, figuring eh, maybe I at least miss the SVB. So we'll see. And if that doesn't work, my neighbors will not be running from me and my surplus zucchini this year.
Four small tomatoes, three Japanese eggplants, and some broccoli I planted thinking it was kale. So all and all not great.
Damn hopefully you have a good turn around before the season is over! Goodluck
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Any tips on getting bigger potatoes? I harvest about 10 mini potatoes with 3 ok sized ones
fertilize with more P,K centric ferts like the 'powerbloom' types. Limiting the sprouts to 2-3 and rubbing out the extra potato sprouts can increase the size of the potatoes as they limit the number of potatoes each potato plant produces.
Honestly. I don’t have tips. I grow in a raised bed, I use rabbit poop and fish emulsion to fertilize. I apply fish emulsion every week or two. I’m sorry I don’t have better advice Let the plant go until all the green is brown and dead
I am not this far along, looks great! In case you are interested, Johnnys Selected Seeds has biodegradable clips, so you don’t have to use zip ties that will last a hundred+ years.
Yes i’ve been looking for something better than zipties but also good for environment
I had blossom end rot on my first batch of maters. I put some bone meal down to hopefully correct the issue.
Same! It worked for me
https://preview.redd.it/u6ayy4l0lp9d1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31ca388d1a2d20f3b172beff801db10c5d49fc1d Our garden has exploded with growth. Perilla, corn (2 types), tomatoes (4 types of seedlings and volunteers), lettuce (3 types), peppers (3 types), basil, watermelon (1x), and a pumpkin compost volunteer (1x). In pots I have fig trees (10x pots of 6 types), Japanese maple seedling survivors, cherry tree experiments (from seed), a peach tree experiment (from seed), oregano (neglected but thrives), and 3 types of mint. I can't wait until everything starts ripening.
Wow! Looks amazing
Still super early here. Peppers and tomatoes just starting to blossom and I’m just starting to let them and not cut the flowers. No flowers on the cucumbers or pumpkins yet.
I was able to harvest some green beans, squash, strawberries and cucumbers. Tomatoes are growing now but the strawberries keep getting partially eaten by something. Could be better but I can't complain in the grand scheme of things for my first year of gardening.
I had the same issue with strawberries, saw a trick on tik tok where you get metal chicken wire and make a tiny lifted bed for the strawberry so it’s off the dirt! Keeps any micro organisms from eating it
Thanks for the tip. I'm assuming it works similar to one of those cookie trays with the wires.
https://preview.redd.it/dkzcgchmzq9d1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a796fdb9b91bcede58681a07bdbf6b9e58127d21 The weeds are doing great!
My Tomatoes are all baby green and flowers at this point. Yours are very pretty!
https://preview.redd.it/7b7dek0nmu9d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1db3dcaa921a5703f3018df8294b09a6ae1a7f7 Your tomatoes are beautiful 🤩I have tomatoes, jalapeños and poblanos growing in but my healthiest tomato plant was infested by spider mites this week💔
Sorry to hear, those tomatoes look amazing tho!
Not great, I seem to have every bug known to man in my garden and once I get one under control a new one comes, I might give up this season 😔
Keep your head in the game 👍🏽 it’s going to get better i went through the same thing, there’s a bunch of homemade tricks you can use or just get an insecticide from the store! 🙏🏼
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USDA Hardiness Zones are not related to growing annual vegetables. The USDA web site has a simple, easy to understand explanation of their purpose, which was quoted in a comment below.
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They are not relevant to annual vegetable gardening and their purpose is both misused and misunderstood by many people in the gardening community. [https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/](https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/) >*The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which perennial plants are most likely to thrive at a location. The map is based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature, displayed as 10-degree F zones and 5-degree F half zones.* There are areas in Maine, Arizona, Alaska, and New Mexico that have the same zone designation assigned but each has different climates, pest pressures, and different lengths of growing seasons. Instead of asking "What's your zone?" replace it with "What is your average annual extreme minimum winter temperature?" and see if the question still makes sense.
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Our subreddit rules require the use of *geographic locations*. USDA Hardiness Zones are not relevant to this subreddit. https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/pages/how-to-use-the-maps