Comments on: This year’s tomatoes http://bonafidefarm.com/2013/06/16/this-years-tomatoes/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 10 Aug 2015 02:15:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bonafide Farm - Early July vegetable garden tour: Part one http://bonafidefarm.com/2013/06/16/this-years-tomatoes/comment-page-1/#comment-4934 Bonafide Farm - Early July vegetable garden tour: Part one Sat, 06 Jul 2013 16:13:21 +0000 http://bonafidefarm.com/?p=3918#comment-4934 [...] of my gardening friends, whose tomato plants are already halfway yellow, I am doing okay. I think my planting and mulching practices are paying [...] [...] of my gardening friends, whose tomato plants are already halfway yellow, I am doing okay. I think my planting and mulching practices are paying [...]

]]> By: David http://bonafidefarm.com/2013/06/16/this-years-tomatoes/comment-page-1/#comment-4763 David Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:59:52 +0000 http://bonafidefarm.com/?p=3918#comment-4763 Time to invest in a T-post driver...you get to keep your feet firmly planted on the ground and takes a lot less effort. One example: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nqmproducts.com/postdriver.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nqmproducts.com/postdriver.htm&usg=__8V4VQOebSEWhBqFwPloywCbrAac=&h=1886&w=1255&sz=663&hl=en&start=13&zoom=1&tbnid=Jgb6Y4viEWNH5M:&tbnh=150&tbnw=100&ei=HZTEUcaJLIHO0wHm3YHwBA&itbs=1&sa=X&ved=0CEAQrQMwDA Get one at your favorite farm store. Time to invest in a T-post driver…you get to keep your feet firmly planted on the ground and takes a lot less effort.

One example:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nqmproducts.com/postdriver.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nqmproducts.com/postdriver.htm&usg=__8V4VQOebSEWhBqFwPloywCbrAac=&h=1886&w=1255&sz=663&hl=en&start=13&zoom=1&tbnid=Jgb6Y4viEWNH5M:&tbnh=150&tbnw=100&ei=HZTEUcaJLIHO0wHm3YHwBA&itbs=1&sa=X&ved=0CEAQrQMwDA

Get one at your favorite farm store.

]]> By: Bonafide Farmer http://bonafidefarm.com/2013/06/16/this-years-tomatoes/comment-page-1/#comment-4674 Bonafide Farmer Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:31:23 +0000 http://bonafidefarm.com/?p=3918#comment-4674 Thanks for the link, Lisa! I am always interested in the science behind what we do in the garden. Good idea for the tomato cages. I have considered something similar but at the end of the day I grew up staking and tying tomatoes and like the process once I get the stakes in. Believe it or not, but fussing over the tomatoes every few days is one of my favorite garden tasks---so relaxing! Glad you are enjoying the blog. Thanks for reading! Bonafide Farmer Thanks for the link, Lisa! I am always interested in the science behind what we do in the garden.

Good idea for the tomato cages. I have considered something similar but at the end of the day I grew up staking and tying tomatoes and like the process once I get the stakes in. Believe it or not, but fussing over the tomatoes every few days is one of my favorite garden tasks—so relaxing!

Glad you are enjoying the blog. Thanks for reading!

Bonafide Farmer

]]> By: Lisa Case http://bonafidefarm.com/2013/06/16/this-years-tomatoes/comment-page-1/#comment-4673 Lisa Case Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:48:59 +0000 http://bonafidefarm.com/?p=3918#comment-4673 Tom, I believe this is the ISU reference you referred to. http://www.ag.iastate.edu/farms/04reports/arm/EvaluationofSoil.pdf Since last year my husband and I have been using homemade tomato cages, avoiding the need to stake our tomatoes. We bought a 150' (6' high, I think) roll of welded wire fencing with 6" x 6" holes. (Home Depot) We cut lengths to give a 2' diameter cage. The sharp ends are bent over to attach so it forms a cylinder. We wired the cage to those green t-posts that you can drive into your soil with your foot, and are easy to remove in the fall. I subscribe to a lot of blogs, but yours is one of 2 that I really look forward to. Lisa Tom,
I believe this is the ISU reference you referred to.
http://www.ag.iastate.edu/farms/04reports/arm/EvaluationofSoil.pdf
Since last year my husband and I have been using homemade tomato cages, avoiding the need to stake our tomatoes. We bought a 150′ (6′ high, I think) roll of welded wire fencing with 6″ x 6″ holes. (Home Depot) We cut lengths to give a 2′ diameter cage. The sharp ends are bent over to attach so it forms a cylinder. We wired the cage to those green t-posts that you can drive into your soil with your foot, and are easy to remove in the fall.
I subscribe to a lot of blogs, but yours is one of 2 that I really look forward to.
Lisa

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