Warlord
03-04-2009, 10:06 PM
I don't know about anybody else but, my girls & I have just started my tomatoes along with a few other veggies. I know it seems rather early I just couldn't wait. Besides I feel that we may have an early planting season up here in Michigan this year. (always the optomist am I). We started a total of 72 tomato seeds so far. I do plan on selling some and giving some away to friends.
I never really liked tomatoes that much at all up until a few years ago. On a warm spring day when I was working on a powerline right of way. I discussed gardening and seed starting with a property owner. He gave me six different tomato plants that he had started from his own seed. I brought them home and planted them. This was my first ever attemt at gardening. They did fairly well despite my missed opportunity to stake them. While I had been away for my two week guard drill my beloved wife decided to help me out by watering them with quite a bit of Miracle Grow. Boy did they grow! Last year I planted 18 tomato plants so my wife could try her hand at canning. This time I was able to steak them up and we had lots of Super Beefsteak and some San Marzanos. This year I plan on having at least 25 - 30 tomato plants in our garden. I have been reading tips online on how to grow and care for them so I am expecting to have a huge crop by the end of summer. We will have San Marzanos, Big Mama, and Roma which are all paste & sauce tomatoes. We will also have some Super Beefsteak and Rutgers which are for slicing. Nothing like the taste of a nice juicy slice of garden fresh beefsteak tomato on your bbq hamburger with a smooth ice-cold malt beverage(beer). Mmmmm. I will try posting some pictures of our Veggies and other stuff as the year progresses. Till then, c ya in the garden. Warren:cool:
I never really liked tomatoes that much at all up until a few years ago. On a warm spring day when I was working on a powerline right of way. I discussed gardening and seed starting with a property owner. He gave me six different tomato plants that he had started from his own seed. I brought them home and planted them. This was my first ever attemt at gardening. They did fairly well despite my missed opportunity to stake them. While I had been away for my two week guard drill my beloved wife decided to help me out by watering them with quite a bit of Miracle Grow. Boy did they grow! Last year I planted 18 tomato plants so my wife could try her hand at canning. This time I was able to steak them up and we had lots of Super Beefsteak and some San Marzanos. This year I plan on having at least 25 - 30 tomato plants in our garden. I have been reading tips online on how to grow and care for them so I am expecting to have a huge crop by the end of summer. We will have San Marzanos, Big Mama, and Roma which are all paste & sauce tomatoes. We will also have some Super Beefsteak and Rutgers which are for slicing. Nothing like the taste of a nice juicy slice of garden fresh beefsteak tomato on your bbq hamburger with a smooth ice-cold malt beverage(beer). Mmmmm. I will try posting some pictures of our Veggies and other stuff as the year progresses. Till then, c ya in the garden. Warren:cool: