The answer is yes, when it comes to gardening, it does "mater". Of course in this case, "mater" is the short slang for Tomato. An example would be a Tomato Sandwich would be called a mater samich. Didn't know this blog would be entertaining AND educational, did you?
The tomato plantation is doing nicely. The two Goliah tomatos are growing well and producing several tomatoes. None are ripe yet, but it will not be much longer. The remaining three Better Boys are producing, but it looks like another one has gotten the black wilt. The Goliath's seem to be better resistant to disease to this point.
The fence in the background is six feet tall to give you some reference to the size of the plants so far.
While May set a record for ZERO rainfall, June is at least producing the occasional afternoon thunderstorm. However, the drip irrigation is in use every evening for 1 to 2 hours.
Two green peppers have already been picked and consumed with two more developing. They have a very good and clean green pepper taste. They are great cut up on a cool summer salad.
Hope your garden is green & growing!
3 comments:
I cannot tell from your photo but if you use wood chips under each plant it will help control the wilt a little. The water splashing up and putting soil on the mater plant causes the wilt I have been told. The first person that learns to control this plight will indeed do mater lovers a good deed.
I actually mulched with a thick layer of pine straw and water with drip irrigation. I weaved soaker hoses under the layer of pine straw. I learned that this was a soil born disease and took every measure that the soil would never touch the leaves. I never got any wilt last year though, but I have this year...and mulched the same.
You are right about the person that solves this will be a "Mater Hero".
Hey If your going to use "near the Trellis" and " pine island inth eback yad" we will need a nice iverview map of the backyard. Nice plants mine are only 3 feet tall but in our milder weather they have not been inthe ground as long as yours. Happy gardening
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