After almost a month of heat and humidity, and little or no time for weed pulling, I finally got around to fixing up my poor tomato plants. It has been SO hot and I didn't really want to spend hours out there in the heat. But weeds always grow perfectly no matter what the conditions. Today it cooled down into the 70's, and so I spent at least 8 hours in the tomato patch pulling weeds, trimming tomatoes, staking them, cultivating, tying up loose branches, and finally fertilizing and watering. I started around 8:30 in the morning, and quit at 6:30 p.m.! Taking an hour and a half for lunch and a couple 15 minute breaks, I figure it was at least 8 hours. Here's the before and after pictures. I still have to mow the weeds on the other side of the garden, but that's for another day. There are lots of tomatoes growing on the plants, and the plants are all about 3 feet high or more. I have 35 tomato plants, and I always plant open-pollinated tomatoes (non hybrid) called Rutgers Select.
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| The Before photo - what a mess! |
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| The After photo - All neat and tidy! |
1 comment:
Wow, quite a difference!!!
Good job
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