Growing tomatoes

[Cat]

My big tomato plant gave me some fruit....now appears dead One of my lil grapes is feeding me nicely, but another one is dead.

And I had such hopes for my "Mr Stripey," but alas, nadda.


Soon....I will have a house and land (I hope....) and I will have a garden

[poofy_puff]

My mom plants tomatoes every year; this year, she inadvertently got cherry tomatoes. They're still delicious, but I miss last year's humongous tomatoes.

My favorite thing to do with tomatoes fresh from the garden:

1) Slice up 1-2 medium tomatoes.

2) Dice 1-2 medium-sized ripe avocados.

3) Very very thinly slice 1/4 to 1/2 small red onion.

4) Drizzle with olive oil and vinegar (plain white or red wine vinegar is what the recipe calls for; I'm partial to balsamic vinegar, so I use that). Sprinkle with kosher salt and freshly-ground black pepper.

5) Chill for a few hours.

6) Enjoy!

I'm gonna have to try that.

[ralerin]

I was going to suggest fish meal/scales as a fertilizer until I realized the thread was started back in May. Oh well.

Tsk, Irv, throwing out that sunflower! You could've kept it and had had some homemade sunflower seeds! Mmmm, delish.

And oooh to the recipe, though now I'm craving some pico de gallo.

[MsCrankypants]

The recipe is actually a traditional Cuban recipe. It's simple, it's delicious, and it's an awesome way (besides pico de gallo, and gazpacho) to use up your fresh, homegrown tomatoes. Yum. Now I made myself crave it...

[Der Cute]

Aren't roses and tomaters in the same soil family? Or am I confused?

I know roses like fishbone and are picky about the Ph of the soil...aren't tomaters the same way?

BTW I got some horsepucky the other day from a farm...I've added it to my herb box and the basil is LOVING IT. We're talking a 2' tall bushy basil plant.

Get compost poo. Grind it up, stomp/smash it to small bits. Add to soil, water thoroughly. Add sunshine and wait. Happy plants!

Cutenoob

[MsCrankypants]

I think you may be right about that - the two things that grow most profusely in our garden are roses and tomatoes. They must really, really like my soil.

I know a few years ago, Starbucks was giving away big bags of coffee grounds for compost heaps. I got a bunch for our rose beds. With that and the eggshells, they were very happy that year.