Monday, June 28, 2010

Too many tomatoes?

Is there such a thing? After careful consideration, much debate between my mother and I, and a simple google search, what I though was a HUGE German Chamomile plant, has turned out to be several mystery tomato plants.

In the early spring when I was busy germinating my seeds indoors on a sunny window sill, I must have gotten my seeds crossed.

But here's the big question... What kind of tomatoes will they be??

I was sprouting Black Krim....
 Green Zebra...


and some kind of cherry tomato.... Oh, I do believe the wait will drive me crazy!

And! On top of that, because I thought all my tomato sprouts failed (as it turns out, it was the Chamomile that did!) I went ahead and bought a tomato plant at Armstrongs! An Old German!

The final kicker for me to look at my mom and say "Uhm, these have GOT to be tomatoes!" was that the plants started to flower today. I can spot those tiny yellow tomato flowers from a mile away.

Since I suddenly found myself with four new tomato plants on my hands, I had to totally rearrange the garden. It all makes sense now. Every time I dug up the "chamomile" I noticed that the roots had grown really fast and really deep! *head smack* I'm a dope.

So, I took down an old red wood trellis from back behind the house, cleaned it up, took it apart, then put it back together again to the size I needed, and put it in the ground. Then, I had to dig up the entire garden B, replant my watermelon and bell pepper, and stick the tomatoes along the back of the bed. As it lays, I still have two of the plants still in pots in need of homes. Perhaps a gift? Or I could let my mom take one home, but would they survive the dreadful Texas heat?

Also, it's only been in the bucket two days, and the potato is already willingly sending out several long purple shoots. I had to give it another few inches of mulch today. I am excited!

The zucchini looks better today, still sick, but better

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