In The Garden..container or acres..whatever..

[Mary Kay]

 

[Fudgey]

I have never seen ballon flowers before. I still haven't..the picture is too small for me! LOL I will go look it up!

I think I am having problems with my laptop at home.....that picture last night was perfect on there....

Thanks for posting the close up

 

[CES]

they're beautiful flowers.

 

[Lisa66]

.....yes, those are the ones! I had forgotten about these things. Blown glass, look nice.

Also, wasn't there an earlier thread on "as seen on TV" stuff?

 

[Mary Kay]

Yeppers! We need to dig that one p again..some great products in there..and a few stinkers to avoid.

 

[Fudgey]

Help!!! I had flowers on my tomato plant but no tomato's yet. I added more potting soil and have been fertilizing according to the package. Anything I can do??

 

[Mary Kay]

No bug activity? Full sun and plenty of drainage? Water is key for tomatos..they drink like there is no tomorrow but they need drainage too or they get root rot.
Tomatos need to be shaken to fertilize if there is no wind.
They are weird about temps too.
Here's a couple of sites that could help.

Controlling Blossom Drop of Tomatoes

Where have the garden flowers gone?

 

[Fudgey]

Thanks MK, after reading that it could be the extreme dry heat we have had. I know we have plenty of wind here....LOL

 

[classwife]

So...will they flower and grow tomatoes again ???

 

[Mary Kay]

Tomatos will flower again and again. I have flowers on mine and they have given me lots of tomatos.

Fusgey can you move your tomatos (as in a container). Or maybe tent them with a sheet..to help block the noon sun.

 

[Fudgey]

I got a topsy. I will have DH move it tomorrow or put a tent over it.

 

[Mary Kay]

Poor hubby! LOL

 

[Fudgey]

He's the one that put it up so I can't get it down....

 

[Mary Kay]

Well today I did a first! I made my own spaghetti sauce from scratch. When I say scratch..I mean it! I grew the tomatos, slow boiled them, removed the skins and strained and crushed the juice from them. I added my green peppers and herbs to it. All I bought was the onions and garlic. It is in the freezer waiting for us to want some spaghetti. I will add some canned sauce to thicken it up (I used too much water) and add hambuger and Italian sausage.
I am proud of me! LOL the tomatos were getting out of hand and we couldn't keep up.

 

[CES]

YAY! for you MK. From seeds to sauce. I bet it'll be some of the best ever.

 

[classwife]

Wow ! Way to go ! You have been quite busy !!!!

 

[Mary Kay]

Boy my eyes were blurry last night! Talk about typos! maybe I need to grow carrots!

 

[Ann_Marie]

It's so rewarding though - from seed to sauce, bet it was the best sauce you've ever eaten.

 

[Seabrook]

Sounds like a lot of work Mary Kay. I still use my dehydrator a lot, and one day I had such a huge sink full of tomatoes, and it took forever to scrub them all with my little veggie brush, so I put my skin exfoliation gloves on and scrubbed them that wasy. It worked so well and quickly that I went to the dollar store and bought a whole bunch of those gloves. Now I slip them on over my disposable vinyl gloves to ajax my shower and sinks - so slick and quick.

 

[classwife]

...they are great for cleaning carrots too !