2020 gardens......

[glenn57]

I got really bored this afternoon so I took me a trip to fleet farm. meandered around the store to try and get acquainted with it since they moved everything around.

bought all my garden seeds. ended up getting a $5.00 gift card for spending 2o bucks on garden seeds!!!!!!!!

[Bobberineyes]

No seeds fer me this year, if anything I might jump start some  lettuce indoors then sow a row..

[glenn57]

No seeds fer me this year, if anything I might jump start some  lettuce indoors then sow a row..

never started lettuce indoors. always just threw it in the garden from seed.

not sure how they'd make the transition of a replant???????

[Rebel SS]

I bought two plants yday. Growing nicely already.

[glenn57]

I bought two plants yday. Growing nicely already.

Mary Jane plants.

[LPS]

Had BLT's yesterday.  Kind of bland.  I have heard people talk about how much better fresh tomatoes taste and mentioned it to the wife.  We couldn't hardly taste the tomatoes on the BLT's.  Can't wait till the season now too. 

[Rebel SS]

Store bought 'maters are gross. Ripened by pumping 'em with nitrogen. Can't develop any flavor that way. Gotta find someone that grows em year round in a hothouse.
I see Walfart has all their seeds and seed starting kits out already, and the indoor greenhouse was being filled with plants.....nice to see.
I'm tempted to grow my Early Girls in the 5 gal pails on the deck again......

[LPS]

I need to decide what kind of mater to even get.  I just buy what is sitting there.  Last year they got so big and had all of those wrinkles so were hard to eat. 

[glenn57]

i usually get 1 super sweet 100 plant its a great cherry tomato. for other maters i get early girl, better boy and big beef. i've had good luck with these types. there nice sized, and seem to me are a decent "meaty" tomato. i didnt can much last year so i will probably get/plant somewhere around 24 mater plants.

i need to make salsa, stewed maters and soup starter mix.

[Rebel SS]

I've grown Early Girls, Better Boys, Beefeaters, and some heirloom type. But the Early Girls are my favorite for taste, and just the right size for slicing, IMO. They're about tennis ball size.

https://bonnieplants.com/product/early-girl-tomato/

[LPS]

Thanks, great info. 

[glenn57]

Thanks, great info.

your gonna take advice from a guy that cant even get a winter onion to grow...............

i mean there like a weed once there planted!!!!!!!!

  morning reb!!!!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

Ya, that from a guy who STEWS and ruins 'maters!!!!!


Morning, Glenn! 

[LPS]

Too bad you two don't live next to each other.  Would be fun to see the garden wars.  Rebs this has been brought up before.  Mayhaps you should move next to Glenn. 

[glenn57]

Too bad you two don't live next to each other.  Would be fun to see the garden wars.  Rebs this has been brought up before.  Mayhaps you should move next to Glenn.

it be more then a garden war iffin he moved next door!!!!!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

Ahh gawd, I got enough problems without moving next to Mr Mayhem. 
I'd haveta bulldoze the entire place and put up a Trump Wall just to get by. 

[glenn57]

Ya, that from a guy who STEWS and ruins 'maters!!!!!


Morning, Glenn! 

DUDE........... you have no idea what your missing!!!!!!!! way better then buying them canned maters................

[Rebel SS]

I was forced to eat those warm, rotten things when I was a kid! I couldn't leave the table until I did, and no way would the stoopid dog eat 'em, either!  Why in the h*** would anyone buy CANNED 'maters?! 

[glenn57]

I was forced to eat those warm, rotten things when I was a kid! I couldn't leave the table until I did, and no way would the stoopid dog eat 'em, either!  Why in the h*** would anyone buy CANNED 'maters?! 

LPS, wheres Reb's list.............!!

his gotta be gettin longer then mine!!!!!!!!

[glenn57]

I was forced to eat those warm, rotten things when I was a kid! I couldn't leave the table until I did, and no way would the stoopid dog eat 'em, either!  Why in the h*** would anyone buy CANNED 'maters?! 

cause some reciepes call for them!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

Somethin' of mine IS longer!   

[Rebel SS]

I was forced to eat those warm, rotten things when I was a kid! I couldn't leave the table until I did, and no way would the stoopid dog eat 'em, either!  Why in the h*** would anyone buy CANNED 'maters?! 

cause some reciepes call for them!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ya, Stewed 'maters.     

[glenn57]

Somethin' of mine IS longer!   

your nose??????????

[Gunner55]

I've grown Early Girls, Better Boys, Beefeaters, and some heirloom type. But the Early Girls are my favorite for taste, and just the right size for slicing, IMO. They're about tennis ball size.

https://bonnieplants.com/product/early-girl-tomato/

We usually have 6-8 plants up at the lake but we don't grow any down here as we're never around. Have had pretty good luck with the ones grown up there by Dotch in Owatonna, Bushel Boy. They're usually in the grocery stores here & in Austin when the seasons right. Taste a lot more like homegrown IMO than the others that are shipped from who knows where.

[HD]

I just grow Roma's now....all meat, hardly no seeds. Probably the best for making salsa and a BLT 

[glenn57]

I just grow Roma's now....all meat, hardly no seeds. Probably the best for making salsa and a BLT 

i eat a pile of tomatoes. i find that romas arent near as flavorful as the other tomatoes. but your right HD, gawd that hurt,  they are a meaty tomato. there also great for making the fresh salsa!!!! their also smaller in size!!!!

[Rebel SS]

Those are used mostly for sauces, I think....but they do hold together well when chunked up. Just not a lot of flavor. I've used them for BLT's, and like chunkin' 'em up for tacos and burritos.

[HD]

Glenn planting his garden.....

[Rebel SS]

I thought he normally did that.....

[glenn57]

I thought he normally did that.....

don't think, your gonna hurt yourself. :rotflmao:I ain't hauling you to the hospital.