For those of you who have no yard to escape to, I offer a small piece of mine.

Mar 26, 2020 3:23 PM

trigirl48

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Have been trying for years to get a garden growing but I always ended up getting too lazy to continue taking care of the plants. At the start of the year I got cross trained for the garden center at work so I decided to give it another go. Every time I grew from seeds the seedlings would just randomly die so I got some pregrown plants.

This is a Cherokee Purple heirloom tomato. It's indeterminate which means "fuck knows how big it'll get". I named all the potted plants, this one's name is Tamahli. I got the name after unoriginally asking a friend of mine who knows Cherokee if there was a word for tomato. He said no but there was a slang term they took from spanglish.

Celebrity determinate hybrid tomato. I forget how tall it'll get. Its name is Brad because this was the first thing I thought of when I saw the species name https://youtu.be/B9mpDAJOPac

Big Boy hybrid named Chonk. Pretty sure most tomatoes nowadays are hybrids for resistance to things. Sticks from the front yard for support until I can get some chicken wire.

"Coolapeño", a jalapeño without heat. I got it because I am curious about the flavour. Originally named L.L. Coolapeño it's since been changed to a more fitting name, José.

Green bell pepper named Drake.

As yet unnamed sweet banana pepper.

Gold raspberries

Grapes

Hot glue the labels onto a skewer

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

All of those plants want sun, don't hide them in the shade next to your house. Tomatoes and peppers, in particular want full sunlight.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I took the pics first thing in the morning while the sun was still coming up. They're on the SE side of the house so they get plenty of sun.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Where are you @OP? It’s too early for tomatoes & peps where I am even in no. CA. I have a wee yard and make the most of it. Very calming.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

West central Florida, roughly an hour north of Tampa.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I bet tomatoes and peppers are happy there!!

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I sure hope so!

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0