Darkzero's grow season

Just started My season today with my first three plants Cherokee Tomatoes, when I brought them they were in peat pots root bound, transfered them to slightly bigger pot with Bush Doctor Coco Loco Potting mix, worm castings, and Algamin Kelp meal. Got my Compost for these girls cooking for next month in 15 to 20 gallon containers with same but has azomite, gypsum, crab shell meal, happy frog marine cuisine.

After 3 days, I was wandering has anyone had any squirell, or coon Problems when cooking soil like they try to dig in it, we have coons and possums the size of dogs, any help appreciated.

Maybe cause of the crab shell meal. Probly smell it

I kinda figured that moved it to new location, but added some new girls to the family I present to you BrandyWine Pink, Black Krim, and Mr. Stripey in same as last soil but added coco coir brick that I watered, rinsed and broke down, seaweed kelp meal, earthworm castings, and Sunshine Potting natural and organic potting mix combined with Coco Loco Potting mix, next is gonna be Hot pepper dont know what kind yet, and plan on making a super soil in my last 2 Big pots maybe tomorrow

Lookin good, my opinion, no tomato beats the taste of the Cherokee Purple tomatoes, and when you slice into them and look at the inside, now that's a real tomato.

The Cherokees are the small ones Im looking forward to seeing what they look like in 27 days, the other ones considering they are older ima have to sort of wing it on transplant into bigger pot was wandering how many do u think I can fit into that big pot was thinking bout 2 or three but that might be over kill plenty of food for them all

darkzero said:

The Cherokees are the small ones Im looking forward to seeing what they look like in 27 days, the other ones considering they are older ima have to sort of wing it on transplant into bigger pot was wandering how many do u think I can fit into that big pot was thinking bout 2 or three but that might be over kill plenty of food for them all

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Not sure on container tomatoes, I've always grown them directly in the ground. What I do is dig a 5 gallon or so sized hole and then amend the dirt with a little of whatever I have on hand that I source or make for free... some compost from my compost pile which is mainly leaves, grass and quite a few banana peels... and sometimes some coffee grounds and egg shells. Then they overgrow my 5ft or so tall stakes and grow back down them. I need to get mine in the ground like yesterday and I want to to find some taller stakes this year. Good support is my main problem with tomatoes!

The Cherokee Purples can have more problems and often don't produce as much as other types of tomatoes it seems like, but I've grown them ever since I first tried them 5-6 years ago, my favorite tomato.

Mr. Stripey is my favorite! but only because I haven't grown the Cherokee's....yet!

I still haven't gotten any of my seed from last year to go yet....getting frantic..

Dude whats Mr stripey like and is it finicky and Dave whats Cherokee like?

darkzero said:

Dude whats Mr stripey like and is it finicky and Dave whats Cherokee like?

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The Cherokee Purple's just seem more prone to blossom end rot and blight. I've had a Cherokee Purple plant rotting after only getting a couple off of it and right next to it a mortgage lifter thriving like mad. The first time I grew them I only got a few tomatoes. Other times I've grown them and they've performed as well as anything else, don't give up.

Just Put Cherokees in Bigger Pots The BrandWine and Mr Stripeys are Monsters trying to outgrow their Pots, I'ma let them do what they do, we got rain yesterday so well watered

darkzero said:

Dude whats Mr stripey like and is it finicky and Dave whats Cherokee like?

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Stripey's are my favorite right now....I have grown Princetons, Romas, Mortgage Lifters, Beefsteak II's and cherry toms over the last 3 or 4 years.....I was definitely looking forward to my seed this year....but I thinked I fucked up the "saving" part...

They get a little leggy for me, but I don't prune my plants much, just tie them to vertical screen After they outgrow a 3 ft tom cage

Fruits are pink with dark stripes, I usually get two sizes pretty consistently...Medium size about a tennis ball, early in the crop and then these flat pancake mini heirloom looking types, later in the year....still awesome either way....

I had two plants in a 2x2 and picked between 100-150 fruits total...The plants themselves spread out more than get tall and seem to tolerate heavy soils really well....Never Mushy even picking late

Updates on the plants just gave em a little humic acid few days ago when we were getting rain storms these are results they are 2 weeks from getting into their flowering pots

Feed them Liquid seaweed and fish emulsion in distilled water yesterday doing good so far almost to pot change the Mr Stripey is going ham stretching

Today hit em with the mexican Bat guano 10-1-1 got week and half left before they get new homes can't wait kinda slowed on growth we had crazy temps last few days but they soldiering on temps went from 80's to 90's to dipping in 50's and 40's them back up today with rain out the ass

Guano did em pretty good the Cherokee tomatoe all the way to the right just took off got monstrous and the Black Crim surpassing Mr. Stripey in size got some fresh rain today too unexpected but these photos from Memorial Day. Made some Compost tea over the weekend and fed today too made a extra diluted

Just gave em a individual photoshoot so you can see progress first is Mr. Stripey biggest of all em, second is Black Krim followed by Brandy Wine Pink, then three Cherokee purples the last one is biggest if three cherokees all starting to flower

just put the girls in new pots that cooked for over a month see what they look like

Just update added Habaneros to the garden the tomatoes are all in flower wildest thing day ago wind from torrential storm woke me up in morning looked out window 3 tomato's were down green alert immediately went up went out staked em now they are doing fine. Some curled leaves after that but figured it was from rain so they are airing out let em do what they do but all in all they are flowering and they have this sugary glow like diamonds in flowers looks amazing frosty from hairs any ways here they are

Update on plants been raining days with heat and humidity like 100+ days