General Discussion & Chat: Rm 292 Sweet Interruptions Hotel, 4 by eweed

eweed wrote:
Karen nothing like a golden young or old. I speed the ripening of my tomatoes by cutting off the top of the plants just above the last decent sized green tomatoe. Here the weather is so cool I will cut the tops of my plants any day now. A flower will not have time to become a tomato. The other thing I do is sever half of the root off. It is said this tells the plant it is dying so it produces extra energy to ripen the fruit that is still green. I do it and it seems to work. I pull a few plants up by their roots and hang them upside down in my warm green house to ripen on the dying vine.

Jaye I have several cherry tomatoes yellow, red. orange. gold and black. Also grape tomatoes red and the heirloom yellow pear. I grow the cherries in 30 gallon cow lick tubs sitting on cheap four wheel dollys so I can move them around in my cold gh. We sell a few but most go to our friends and family. I would love to take part in the feeding frenzy at the croissant dish but that would not work well for me. I have had stomach by pass surgery and it works I have lost 100 pounds in a year and a half but the goal is 50 more. 160 may not be a realistic goal but that's where I want to get to. My a1c has gone from 10.5 to 6.3 and I rarely need insulin anymore. Ya hoo

Joycet I grow inside because I don't have the sun nor temperature to grow outside. I also get late blight outside because the plants stay wet from the ocean fog. I live 15 miles from the salt water so there you have it. I can get cherries to ripen but they mature faster inside. We live on two acres that are chainlink fenced. Ugly but it was effective in keeping our three kids off the busy road out front. It is also great for my goldens it keeps them off the road to. I usually have all the gates padlocked to keep intruders from letting my dogs out. yes 42 years at this address so these two acres have been a work in progress.

Marion think Stihl, Husqvarna, Homelite all chainsaws lol.

l to r 1 corn. 2 Sugar Snap peas. 3 peppers. 4 young cherries in cow lick tubs. 5 onions and potatoes