There are green tomatoes growing now in both the Camrose and Millwoods plots!
First green tomatoes at the Camrose Garden!
In the Millwoods plot the Early Time plant is certainly ahead of the other ones with 2 little tomatoes on the way. Almost all the plants have flowers now, so I’ve been making sure to go around and give each flower a bit of a shake every time I’m there to help them pollinate ad set the fruit (I’ve heard that using an electric toothbrush if more efficient and encourages more even pollination). I applied organic tomato fertiliser this week on all the tomatoes to give them a little boost. In checking out the soil to see how well it’s holding its water – It’s doing great with the peat moss and perlite! It’s dry in the top inch or so, but below that there is a nice level of moisture. The mix I have can go for more than a week without really needing to be watered!
The jack rabbit around the millwoods garden I saw again last night thieving in the gardens! Oooooh that wabbit! In response to the existence of the rabbit, over the weekend Lexie got a new stuffed bunny-friend. We were hoping she’d treat it like a prey animal…but alas, she’s treating it sort-of like a puppy, albeit a well-mouthed puppy that’s not allowed to go very far from her… so much for letting Lexie catch the jack-rabbit! Lexie even understands the toy’s name when we tell her to go get it…Lexie! Where’s bunny? Get it!
Lexie with her bunny stuffie.
Blossoms on the Starfire Improved Tomato plant
Vegetable marrow and other squash plants beginning to be trained up the trellises…note the ties of brown jute and green plant velcro.
Sunflowers getting tall.I have begun in both gardens to train the squash plants up trellises, though one patch in the millwoods garden of zucchini, watermelon and cantaloupe I will train around the sides of their pen to contain them so to speak…
I am also quite happy with the growth of the Beefsteak tomato plants in my front yard in a pot. I think fertilising them and ensuring their growing medium has a mild amount of fertiliser plus watering crystals and or perlite, as well as compost have done very nicely.
Beefsteak tomatoes in the front yard.
