tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23935428.post5041785103021412353..comments2024-01-15T03:32:03.328-07:00Comments on Salsa Night: It's Alive!!!Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16680099072195435304noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23935428.post-21354169416526267002008-09-22T09:00:00.000-06:002008-09-22T09:00:00.000-06:00Something that's worked for me when I've seriously...Something that's worked for me when I've seriously grown tomatoes is after you have 5 or 6 blooms, pick the rest of the blooms off that develop.apyknowzitallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08305646283708140669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23935428.post-91708319394106294622008-09-19T11:58:00.000-06:002008-09-19T11:58:00.000-06:00I bet with seattle weather you could put them in s...I bet with seattle weather you could put them in sometime in mid to late april (bought from a nursery), and you could by some heavy duty clear painter's plastic, and with some rebar or long stakes you could make a mini-greenhouse around each one. The blossoms should start coming in around may, and if you spray them, you <I>should</I> get tomatoes by the end of june/early july. I'm going to try something like this here, only I'm going to use electric heaters and try to put them in sometime in march with the goal of getting a tomato by my birthday (june 11th).Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680099072195435304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23935428.post-63886550485715911182008-09-19T01:12:00.000-06:002008-09-19T01:12:00.000-06:00Interesting - tomatos grow in july? But really th...Interesting - tomatos grow in july? But really the foliar spray sounds like a neat idea. My plants have been in the ground since at least May, but they only put forth tomatos in September. I'm not entirely sure how many blossoms just fell off, but I think the rainy/thunderstorm season lasting into August may have hurt their chances just a bit. I've also considered using a more specific tomato fertilizer or putting up the little protector walls around the plants when they first go in the ground.Julie Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13358002038684017897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23935428.post-49683924293895290622008-09-18T19:30:00.000-06:002008-09-18T19:30:00.000-06:00Here's something that I'm going to try next year t...Here's something that I'm going to try next year that might help the blossom but no fruit problem. There is some foliar spray you can buy that forces a blossom to set fruit. Every year, the first 20 or so blossoms fall off my plants, resulting in me getting my first tomato in late july rather than late June. The spray should solve that problem. <A HREF="http://www.burpee.com/product/id/104911.do" REL="nofollow">Here is an example.</A>Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680099072195435304noreply@blogger.com