It looks like my container Tomato experiment has succumb to old age and the elements. This was the first time that I was able to harvest main season Tomatoes here after many attempts. I gave up trying to grow them in the ground {nematodes} and stuck them in some old 5 gallon buckets. They have for me preformed well and provided many a BLT sandwiches during December.
The container Tomatoes were an experiment and here are some observations.
1- Growing in the containers gave several advantages. The plants can be moved around to the best spot for sunlight. The containers get the plant up off the ground and away from some of the hungry bugs.
1- Growing in the containers gave several advantages. The plants can be moved around to the best spot for sunlight. The containers get the plant up off the ground and away from some of the hungry bugs.
I still need to fine tune the watering as growing in the containers cause the soil to dry out rapidly.
This Tomato bush is being cut up and going in the compost bin so nothing is wasted.
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This means it is time to reload the 5 gallon bucket for another round.
I mixed in a couple of shovels of Compost from the bin and worked it into the soil. Then stuck in some Park's Sweet Success Cucumber seeds for the next crop. I have read it is best not to plant the same vegetable but to rotate something different in between. We will see how this one turns out.
Anyway here is some more of the recent cold effects on the garden.
I noticed that some of this Lantana bush's Leaves have turned a dark purple color. Maybe this is normal but it is suspect after the recent freeze.
I did
get a variegated passion vine out of the freeze. Not to many of these around. Kind of cool looking.
get a variegated passion vine out of the freeze. Not to many of these around. Kind of cool looking. I read that when water freezes it expands. Since plants cells are made up of a lot of water in prolonged freezing temperatures they expand and rupture . Some plants are more susceptible than others.
And the last casualty of the freeze is my wife's planter. We were taking some of the plants inside when it was knocked over and broke.
Not to worry', she was the one who knocked it over and broke it. I thereby avoided gettin' the evil eye .
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