Author: Gary Guss
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New Hydroponic Thing!
I have a new hydroponic garden setup and I’ve ordered Vilma a Microdwarf tomato seed to grow in it. I’ll post progress as I see what the germination rate is like.. Vilma Micro Dwarf Tomato Vilma micro dwarf tomato is one of my favorite micros. Eight inch plants produce nickel-sized, deep red cherry cherries that are fruity,…
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Planted Garlic Today
Planted 60 cloves of Garlic today in my two raised beds.. finally got my little Honda Tiller going (my fault, I flooded it) now step back and wait until July to harvest it..
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Planting Day
All tomatoes and peppers are planted and on the heat mat – Today 3-29-22 … Let the games begin! Like Comment Share Active
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2022 Tomatoes & Peppers
#1 Beefmaster Hybrid – Red beefsteak type #2 Jetstar Hybrid – Red disease resistant slicer #3 Big Rainbow – Multicolored beefsteak type #4 TommyToe – Red Golf Ball sized cherry #5 Matt’s Wild Cherry – Tiny Red cherry type #6 Jimmy Nardello Pepper – Lg. Non Hot #7 Datil Pepper – Very Hot Smallish pepper…
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2022 Seeds
This year, I’ve decided to try a new variety Jet Star which is a hybrid resistant to everything blighty.. Returning favorites are Big Rainbow, Beefmaster, and Matt’s Wild Cherry. We re going with all red tomatoes, except Big Rainbow this year, as that’s what most people seem to like, I’m also planting Jimmy Nardello peppers,…
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Planted Garlic Today!
Planted 50 cloves of garlic in a 4×8 bed… now do nothing until next July when I’ll dig up 50 head of Garlic.. Threw down a little Osmocote to fertilize the soil a bit. 15 minutes! Best crop ever.
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Seasons Greetings from Achumback Farms!
Mostly Beefmaster Tomatoes! Very large Red Tomatoes with Superior Blight Resistance, I’ve been impressed by the size and hardiness of these tomatoes and I’ll grow them again! We have had literally thousands of these little cherry tomatoes they are very sweet and probably will be producing until frost. They have been great for eating as…
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Slow Going!
Waiting for plants to get larger, they kind of stagnated on me, think I either overwatered or there was trouble with the soil mix. Repotted in new potting soil and they are all on the comeback trail but probably lost a week of growth. It’s okay because ground temps are still too cool for tomatoes.…
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Coming Along!
Looks like everything has sprouted that’s gonna sprout. Planted extra Matt’s Wild Cherry in flat because I didn’t see germination, now I have about 3000 Matt’s Wild Cherry plants, I guess we will plant them on the fence and have a Wild Cherry tomato hedge. Same thing with the Jimmy Nardello peppers thought we had…
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We Got Little Maters!
These were planted Thursday Afternoon April 1st and this is Monday morning April 5th. We used heat mats for germination and clear domes to hold the moisture in. No Fluorescent lights until germination and then we turn heat off and lights go on with 18 hours of light and 6 hours of dark. Peppers are…
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