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 Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: CCBIRDDOGMAN]
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05/15/13 03:58 PM
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Adv what kind of plant is that? Worked pretty good for me last year, just looks a little Redneckish, I didn't lose many to birds if I picked them just as they start to turn red. They're poking holes in my green tomatoes too & every one of my tomatoes that start to turn red. None of them so far have made it to being ripe before the tomatoe peckers got them.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 07:08 PM
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I can a lot of salsa, here's the recipe I use
30 tomatoes peeled and chopped
2 green bell peppers
2 red bell peppers
10 cups of chopped onions
10 cloves of garlic
4-5 banana peppers
1 cup of chopped jalapenos ( you can use more or less, depends on your taste)
1/4 to 1/2 cup of sugar (you can use less or none)
2 cups of vinegar
8 teaspoons of pickling salt
2 teaspoons black pepper
2 large cans of tomato paste
Simmer 1.5 hours stirring often, at the end of the cooking time add half a bunch of cilantro
Process pint jars for 35 minutes and quart jars for 45 minutes.
Makes 17 pints. Payne, I'm a little green. What do you mean by process 35 or 45 mins?
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 07:20 PM
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How much time they are in the water for canning
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 07:22 PM
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I staked & trained(again) my tomatoes today.  
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 08:26 PM
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How much time they are in the water for canning I keep mine in there about 30 minutes. I'm now on my last pint from last year. It should last until my middle crop of tomatoes are in. My bottom crop is just turning ripe. i pick them at first blush.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 08:31 PM
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I have small submersible magnetic digital timers that I put on the lids so that I won't be a second early or a second late...
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 08:34 PM
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QUESTION: If I start picking my tomatoes as soon as they start to change color (first blush?) and let them ripen on the kitchen counter, will they taste just as good as they do if they ripen on the vine?
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 08:40 PM
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QUESTION: If I start picking my tomatoes as soon as they start to change color (first blush?) and let them ripen on the kitchen counter, will they taste just as good as they do if they ripen on the vine? Mine always do and don't get that mealy taste...I also find that it tends to take the stress off the plant and more blooms set tomatoes Just my 2 cents
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 08:43 PM
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QUESTION: If I start picking my tomatoes as soon as they start to change color (first blush?) and let them ripen on the kitchen counter, will they taste just as good as they do if they ripen on the vine? Mine always do and don't get that mealy taste...I also find that it tends to take the stress off the plant and more blooms set tomatoes Just my 2 cents Thanks. I'm just looking at different ways to save them from the birds.....
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 08:48 PM
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If you can put them in a South facing window.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 08:52 PM
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If you can put them in a South facing window.  So guessing they still need sun to properly ripen? Why not East or West?
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 08:53 PM
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I dont wanna be involved in this, thank you
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 08:55 PM
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I dont wanna be involved in this, thank you Probly best buddy, we don't need anybody choking tomatoes around here. 
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 08:59 PM
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You can put them in a sunny window or you can wrap them in newspaper and put them in a box or you can put them in a paper bag with a ripe apple to get them to ripen.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 09:19 PM
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I dont wanna be involved in this, thank you Probly best buddy, we don't need anybody choking tomatoes around here. You mean like choking that trout in your sig?
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 09:23 PM
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I dont wanna be involved in this, thank you Probly best buddy, we don't need anybody choking tomatoes around here. You mean like choking that trout in your sig? 
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/15/13 09:41 PM
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QUESTION: If I start picking my tomatoes as soon as they start to change color (first blush?) and let them ripen on the kitchen counter, will they taste just as good as they do if they ripen on the vine? Mine always do and don't get that mealy taste...I also find that it tends to take the stress off the plant and more blooms set tomatoes Just my 2 cents You can't tell the difference. Also, I got a little concerned after reading about your potatoes going bad in the ground, and dug up three hills which had died on top. I got around 10 pounds of very good red potatoes. My California whites are lush. I haven't dug any of them yet.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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QUESTION: If I start picking my tomatoes as soon as they start to change color (first blush?) and let them ripen on the kitchen counter, will they taste just as good as they do if they ripen on the vine? Mine always do and don't get that mealy taste...I also find that it tends to take the stress off the plant and more blooms set tomatoes Just my 2 cents You can't tell the difference. Also, I got a little concerned after reading about your potatoes going bad in the ground, and dug up three hills which had died on top. I got around 10 pounds of very good red potatoes. My California whites are lush. I haven't dug any of them yet. All I know is they taste 10 times better than a store tomato and we like them firm and the plants tend to make bigger ones and more of them by getting some off(May all be in my mind) ...so it works for us
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/16/13 01:09 PM
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I dont wanna be involved in this, thank you Probly best buddy, we don't need anybody choking tomatoes around here. You mean like choking that trout in your sig? Negative. That is not a choke.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/16/13 04:35 PM
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Try old cd's on fishing line.
Adv what kind of plant is that? Worked pretty good for me last year, just looks a little Redneckish, I didn't lose many to birds if I picked them just as they start to turn red. They're poking holes in my green tomatoes too & every one of my tomatoes that start to turn red. None of them so far have made it to being ripe before the tomatoe peckers got them. So far i've let all mine vine ripen with only one hole early on in a very green one.These are on our deck so I guess that's the reason. After seeing all the raised beds maybe i'll do one of those early next year and put my patio tomatoes in it along with other vegetables.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/16/13 05:45 PM
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have any of y'all had any luck with wild tomatoes? I guess that's what you would call them, I had one come up in my onions, so I transplanted it to a better location & it's growing pretty good, I guess it came from a seed from last years tomatoes.
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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05/16/13 06:29 PM
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I had several volunteer plants last year and they did very well. I have seen none sprouting this year except for basil.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/16/13 08:17 PM
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I put my tomatoes in the kitchen window to ripen. You can tell by the bad lighting in this picture that it is a north facing window and out of the sun. 
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/17/13 02:14 PM
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I have a question for you guys...
My patio tomato plants are starting to produce a few tomatoes. I've read that picking them early encourages production, but do I just start picking all of them right now or am I supposed to just do one or two at a time?
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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05/17/13 03:23 PM
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I have a question for you guys...
My patio tomato plants are starting to produce a few tomatoes. I've read that picking them early encourages production, but do I just start picking all of them right now or am I supposed to just do one or two at a time? Pick all of them at first blush.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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