Hi all. Greetings from Tennessee. Happy gardening to all. Been so busy-missed the last few weeks of this gardening thread. Been harvesting and canning tomatoes. This is the most tomatoes we have had in years. I think it is due to the addition of donkey poo to our soil over the winter, lots of rain and choosing a hybrid variety to grow. I actually have tomatoes to can this year unlike the past 5 years of frustration. It is warming up and drying out now.
Quick question for those who grow romas. Do any of you prune your plants? The reason I ask is that my Roma’s have just turned out small. I thought they were supposed to get bigger than a cherry sized tomato.
Had to pull up the squash and cantaloupes. Had the fungus amongus. Was able to get pickles and relish put up and quite a few melons before the fungus set in.
Am going to plant a bumper crop of bush green beans next weekend. Hope they do ok. We have a bunny in our yard that is going to have to go. We are thinking of using the witness relocation program ( haveaheart trap) to deal with it. Wish us luck. Neighbors are too close to use my pistol gosh darn it.
Happy gardening everyone.
Johnny is the resident authority on Romas. Johnny could you speak to her about the Romas?
Romas should be a standard size, slightly larger than a hen's egg. If they are small, it may be due to weather or soil. I fertilize mine with about 6" of compost in the bottom of the hole when I plant them.
The problem could also be with sub-standard seeds. Who's seeds did you use?
/johnny