(08-09-2023, 01:21 PM)quintessentone Wrote: Meet the male tomato. ha ha He was nestled comfortably in a basket (orgy?) of farm field tomatoes from my local supermarket. Is that a toma-toe or are you just happy to see me?
I've got tomato envy - mine that are ripening are tiny little things, about 2 or 2 1/2 inches across. None are flaunting their tomatohood like yours is. I will note, however, that yours cannot be kosher - it's not circumcised!
I'm starting to plan for next year's patch, and part of that is developing a calendar. I'm using this site to create the calendars. The calendars already have the sunrise and sunset times, and I'm adding options for latitude and longitude, moon phases (some folks around here still plant by the moon), Solar noon, equinoxes and solstices, and length of day. I added that last, length of day, in because some stuff blooms by photoperiod. For example, cannabis starts flowering when days get down to 12 hours long, meaning night is also 12 hours long. I've not yet figured out what causes the tobacco to bloom. Mine bloomed around the beginning of July, whether outdoors or indoors. The outdoor tobacco of course had to rely on whatever light the sun provided, but the indoor tobacco was running on 18 hour days consistently, but still started blooming at about the same time as the outdoor tobacco.
Beans had lovely plants, but a pretty light yield. Not even enough for a single pot of beans out of the lot of 'em. Peppers are still peppering, and haven't started ripening yet. Corn was a dismal failure. it's stopped growing at about 40 inches or so tall, and the longest ear on any of them is about 5 inches long, shucks and all. I can't even be sure it even IS corn looking at the ears!
I've got all my herbs in the ground except the mints. I'm not sure I'm even going to put them in the ground, because whatever mint s they are, they aren't the peppermint that the seed package claimed. The thyme, sage, and rosemary ought to live through the winter and for the next several years, but the catnip and the basil will have to be planted all over again next year, since they are both annuals. The catnip is blooming and setting seed, which I have collected some of for next year, but the basil hasn't even started blooming yet. The perennials - the sage, rosemary, and thyme - may not even bloom at all this year as it's their first year.
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