I love how you stay positive after a true disaster. Anyone who gardens knows how disappointing it is when you see your hard work tore up. Thanks you for the videos.
Interesting question about when to pick tomatoes... My first two years of growing tomatoes, I had some tomatoes that never turned a true red. What I learned was that they were being sunburned or sun scalded by the bright sun and summer heat. I have learned to harvest a day or two earlier and they ripen both beautifully and quickly on the counter.
We had a tornado warning yesterday and my garden was untouched but a gardener I follow in my same state lost his entire garden to hail. I almost cried watching his video.
Sorry to here about the hail. We’re getting 100+ temps here in S. TX. I’ve got 70% shade cloth over my whole garden. 48 tomato plants, almost all indeterminate, and I’ve lost 2 from Fusarium Wilt but the others are holding strong. We’d be doing better with a break in the heat and some rain but think the shade cloth is keeping us going. Transplanting some Red Snappers as soon as the weather breaks for my fall tomatoes.
The state of Ct. Governor called a state of emergency for the farms here. Heavy downpours this spring like last spring. Heavy downpours few days ago in time for July planting crops. 3 1/2 inches in one hour. Hail and tornado watches also. 80 to 99 degree temperatures. Back yard gardens. At the vegie stand people are so upset their tomato plants all broken.
I grow the vintage wine tomato up here in OH. It’s a wonderful tomato for eating with a fried egg and toast. Ours are still several weeks away from being ripe, and we can’t wait!
My father always picked his tomatoes like you do. Some ripe or starting to ripen with the pink color. Where we live not only the bugs get on ripe tomatoes but the birds are notorious for eating holes in them!
The weather is something we cannot do anything about! Glad your damage was not worse. We actually lost windows on one side of our house years ago. It demolished my green house. There were hail stones inside my tomatoes.
I’m eating eggs tomatoes and potatoes from the homestead too. I bake the potatoes and tomatoes together in a covered pot. Mix it all together to make a mash, add some salt, then in the same pot make sort of a mashed potato bowl where I crack the eggs into. Then bake it again for about 30 minutes. Efficient and tasty 👌🏻
Darn, all that damage, but luckily not catastrophic. I was hoping to see pix of your large hail! Sounds massive in size. We had some last week, maybe chickpea size, but no damage to our plants.
Thanks for your videos. You always give your honest opinion and I really respect you for that. I think part of the battle with the heirloom tomatoes is finding the ones that are best for your location. I'm from central Pa and only grow heirlooms except for Sungold which is also indeterminate. Up here, if you keep the leaves from getting rain water from splashing up on the leaves you are ahead of the game. I use leaf mulch and pruning to help stop early and late blight. Also, when our temperature goes above 85 flowers drop. Last year we had about an 8 week drought you could see on the lack of late fruit on the plant but when it started to rain and the temperatures came down we got fruit. I ended up picking most of them before our first frost, 10/15 and stored them in my basement. We were still able to make sauce and although the weren't quite as tasty as we normally get, they were still way better than store bought. Any way, if you would like some indeterminate heirloom seeds to see how they work in your area, let me know. I have accumulated a pretty good supply and always save seeds. Blessings to you and yours.
I'm in Ct. You mentioned making sauce. If we didn't do the Florida weave for our Roma Tomatoes, all would be on the ground. We planted extra for sauce to can. Very odd that 2 ripened so fast. I put those 2 to the test. Washed, took off the green stem end. Did not peel them and put them whole in my Ninja. Seeds and all. 10 seconds. The sauce was so thick and wasn't to acidy. For canning I'll probably have to add vinegar or lemon juice to adjust the ph. for food safety. They have tester for that. Or just a test strip used for garden. So. as they get picked I freeze in freezer bag.
As a newer vegetable gardener I’m just now learning the pain that comes from damaged plants, disease, pests, and user error lol. I just massacred all my blue berries and it stings lol
I hate fooling with cow panels but I bit the bullet and put all of my indeterminates on panels this year. It is an absolute game changer for managing indeterminates. Also stopped removing suckers after the plants got around 3 feet tall. Healthiest plants and best fruit production I’ve ever had, the kellogs and Cherokee purples are LOADED.
We had 2 hail storms about an hour apart 3 weeks ago in Pennsylvania. The 2nd storm lasted 15 maybe 20 minutes of 3/4 to 1 inch sized hail. It shredded the large leafy crops but didn't actually destroy too much. I lost a couple Collard Greens plants but we still have more than enough.
Texas here, I have gotten 3 marble to golf ball size hail storms this garden season. I had holes punched through green tomatoes. Sure makes it hard to garden. Now triple digit temps.
Interestingly my determinate tomatoes are not doing well but my indeterminate tomatoes are killing it. I live in zone 8b like you. I can provide pictures but I noticed that your determinate and indeterminate are planted differently, so are mine. My determinate have more space in between than the indeterminate which I believe is opposite from yours. On a different subject, I haven’t seen the first cut worm this year, I guess the freeze got them. Cheers!
I don' know exactly where your live but knew you were in the general area of some pretty bad weather and thought you might have been hit. I always worry worry about pets and gardens when I see the hail forecast, so glad to see it was not a total loss.
wow I'm so sorry! we have been having lots of storms too! Nothing like you just went through, in fact we have bad weather, coming all week. I welcome rain for my garden but not damage rain. lots of high winds yesterday lol soon as it stops raining I run out to look at all my plants.
You have mentioned two crop rotation on arch trellis. My rotation is cukes, beans, and indeterminate cherry tomatoes. When ever it is empty I keep a pole bean or pea.
Dang, really sorry about all that wind and hail damage. Something like that would just totally kill my motivation. You still got a great looking garden though, and plenty of time left in the growing season!
Down here in Savannah Georgia we had the rain as well with the hail. The hill wasn’t as bad as the wind though. It knocked my tomatillos over my onion scapes got knocked over. There was a weed on the opposite side of my fence. It’s a humongous weed that’s not even on my property and it got knocked over into my yard over the fence. So I understand the damage. The corn was knocked over. Thank God I had just put down some mulch down the bottom to heal it with. So sad.
We got some of those storms here in southeast Alabama and some of my tomatoes absolutely broke but are still alive. I hadn't done my lastt line of Florida weave and I regret putting it off. I had my first tomato sandwich today from one of the heirloom tomatoes and it was delicious. With the 100+ temps we are getting this week I'm thinking the heirlooms are going to be done for good. I've already planned my fall planting schedule and I look forward to it now that the summer crops are dwindling. The pink eye purple hull peas don't seem to mind the heat, but I notice the butter beans are dropping blooms. I tried a different butter beans this year because the Ford Hook dropped it's blooms last year in the high temperatures. I use to have a full acre garden and planted butter beans every year and I don't remember them throwing off the blossoms like this. Wish I could remember what variety I grew back then, but I've slept since then lol. I hope you get a giant butternut and have some seeds to sell Travis. My winter squash vines have gone crazy since the rains. They are about 15 ft long and not one bloom or fruit on them. The acron squash is loaded with fruit and I don't even know if I like them, this is my first time growing them.
My aunt told me she saw my uncle Randy talking to his tomato plants. She said Randy what are you doing? He said I'm telling them dirty jokes trying to make them blush. I hate those leaf footed bugs I flick them or use a bugzooka to suck them up. I have a salt gun I might try too. The caterpillars will get mine or they crack so I pick them when they start to blush.
I have the opposite happening on my tomatoes. I planted my determinate hybrid in ground and they looked great until we got all this rain in NE GA. Now the bottoms are looking terrible and several tomatoes that had changed color a bit are rotting on the vine. While my indeterminate heirlooms look great. I did plant them in straw bales as an experiment this year. It just goes to show that every year is different. Normally I get one or two tomatoes from my heirlooms before they succumb to early blight.
Sorry to hear about the hail! That’s sucks in the garden that’s for sure but hopefully no one was injured! Hail the size of ping pong balls totalled my suv last year. Hail that size is so dangerous! Stay safe and your gardens still look damn good!
All my cherry type tomatoes are about finished. Ozark was producing but became infested with pinworms (ugh!) and all the tomatoes were ripening had to go to compost. Indeterminates aren’t producing much. Got next seedlings a week or two away from transplant. Temps 100 degrees F south central Texas.
I had bad hail busted up my hoop house a year ago... I repaired the holes some 3 to 6 inches long with the flex seal tape then used a 3" paint roller and the flex seal paste spread over the tape fixed the problem and still no issues today. Try it amazing product might make a good video as well.
I'm not sure what it's called, but the company that made my greenhouse gave me some special "patch tape" that works really well. It's clear, but it holds like nothing I've ever seen.
I've seen that clear patching tape good stuff. Just keep an eye on the UV EFFECTS.I've had bad experience with patches that lift and caused the rip to shred more in the wind. That was in central Florida... take care keep growing.
For when we get stuck in these rainy spells, I think pyrethrin concentrate is a great asset. Since it burns off within a matter of hours, you can use it in between thunderstorms. Spinosad may have lasting power, but we almost never get 3-5 days of dry weather this time of year, and pyrethrin at sundown is the only option I have. That and going around with a hand vacuum and sucking up the leaf footed bugs, stink bugs and Japanese beetles.
@@LazyDogFarm I have a similar condition. We get a few Japanese beetles early in the year, then they're gone when it's hot. The leaf footed bugs are extreme in July-September. Planting Peredovik sunflowers everywhere and letting them go to seed attracts them. They will collect so many that I can suck them up with a hand vacuum.
It's crazy that you had such big hail on your 1st hail experience. I rarely get here in the Chicago area with sizes of peas to dime size. Quarter size has happened too but not for me personally.
We switched to all Determinates this year. The Arizona heat wipes out the tomato harvest by July. I tried to "baby" my Indeterminates to Fall several times but was never successful.
We are gping thru this early heat wave. I do have shade cloth over my peppers. I like you do not leave the tomatoes to completely ripen. Bugs worms and birds. Especially the starlings.
Not a hail story but about vine ripe or not. One year I looked over all my almost red tomatoes and was thinking about all the great things to make or just eat fresh. The next day each one had bites taken out by maybe a groundhog. Now I pick most to ripen indoors.
Couple suggestions for indeterminate tomato plants... one,, get ya a 150' roll of concrete remesh, 5 foot tall cut a 5' length and roll into a cage.bend the cut end into little hooks to attach to none cut end, makes a nice cage you will use for years. do not cut the bottom into stakes just put in place and give it a twist into the soil, it will hold very strong and won't fall over. You use drip for watering, but still add about 4 " of compost on top after planting this will keep it moist,15 to 30 minutes of water every morning forget that string hanging deal, might work inside a greenhouse but is too hard on plants swinging in the breeze. I trim off everything below about 12 inches . i let the suckers grow, i wouldn't go less the three stems. They will fill the cages, remove excess branches as you feel necessary,if you wanna top the plants above the cages it won't hurt them, by the time mine get disease it's into the fall and i'm sick of tomato's anyway. Lastly,, try a Rutgers tomato," Rutgers" is the Jersey tomato developed by Rutgers university in the early 1900"s, it makes a very good tasting meaty tomato, nice baseball size deep red, real nice slicer and good for sauce. I'm in south jersey and July and Aug here are hot and humid, 90 to 100 is not unusual, i know where you are it's hotter earlier and longer, but i can't imagine those plants getting walupped like yours do, i think the remesh cages and mulching with compost will help, gotta keep those roots moist and compost will help to cool them as well. Always look forward to new vid's keep up the great work, OHHHH... how's tiger doing miss seeing him helping you out while your working.
We had hail last month. Luckily it wasn't much and it was only dime size and smaller. I've only watered my garden once, and that was a mistake because we got several inches of rain two days later. I've had too much rain this year. We have yet to hit 90 degrees but tomorrow will change that. LOL We're supposed to be in the low to mid-90s for the next several days. My indeterminate maters are still plugging along and loaded with green fruit. I haven't seen any root disease yet. I'm surprised considering the amount of rain we've had.
You cut the heirlooms a lot sooner than I would. They'll ripen without a single leaf. Lots of the youtubers actually pull the leaves. Your bias for hybrid shows strong with maters lol. Try weaving your heirlooms just like you do the hybrids. Shade cloth sounds extreme but it may help for your area. You're only an hour from us and we don't seem to have the issues.
We get hail every summer up in northern AL, but normally not that bad (just had some this pass Sunday). I normally pick tomatoes early too. If they look like they are only a couple of days to peak, they get picked. My biggest concern is that the birds will get them if we have been having a dry spell or they will just fall on the ground.
The weather has been definitely strange this year we were unusually cold at nights down to 40 degrees a few days my cucumbers are a little stunted but it's finally warming to low to mid 50s at night which isn't to far off for us here in Western Washington state some of my cherry tomatoes were getting a little purple on top but gave them a foliar feed of some Neptune's harvest rose fertilizer and also watered with it they are looking much better now and loaded up pretty good but we don't start to harvest tomatoes here until late July and continue through October depending on the year it can be early or late just depends on the weather
Wow, you guys really got hit! I’m glad most things came through okay. I had a feeling about those cucumber trellises when you put them up, a bit like a giant sail once the plants get established😢. Hopefully you won’t see hail again for a very long time!
The storms need to stop for the year. LOL ...This is my first year to grow Red Snapper, STM2255 & Roadster. I'm favoring the Red Snapper out of the three at this time. What's your biggest Red Snapper you have grown. I got a 1lb3.8oz Red Snapper a couple days ago.
We had the same problem and it took out the majority of my cabbages and some potatoes so I went ahead and harvested them but overall it was not as bad as I thought it would be especially since the water was standing in much of the garden for about 3 days. There was just nowhere for it to go and the heavy clay soils were saturated. 🤷🏽♂️
We got some marble size hail here in Houston but nothing compared to yours. Not much damage to the garden. My indeterminates are 8' tall and falling over. I'm having to compete with the mice and squirrels. Ther'ye winning lol. As far as the leaf footed bugs, I find that spraying them with some soap and water suffocates them pretty quickly, so I would think that spraying them before a rain wouldn't hurt, then the rain will wash the soap off for the pollinators the next morning. I had a thought on your giant squash with hail damage. Maybe pour some melted bees was in the wounds to seal them and protect from rot and disease might let it grow a bit longer. Might be worth a try. Anyways, thanks for the vids.
Just tie a rope at the top of the cucumber trellises. Stake it to the ground about 3 ft. away from the raised bed. And... what did you thing was going to happen to those?? I do the same to my tomato cages when the the tomatoes get too tall and cages start to lean. Maybe push the legs into the ground deeper next year. - It's just Ma Nature having some fun with you.
Those leaf footed bugs, you should make a video on your spray schedule to combat those. I am a little scare on when to spray when there is fruit on the plants. Thanks in advance.
I'm in central Florida 9b and I've learned that indeterminate tomatoes don't do well. A whole lot of work for a quarter the fruit. I stopped wasting my time and money on them.
I’m really struggling with my garden this year. I have 16 Red Snappers, about 20 micro dwarf cherry tomatoes, crookneck squash, zucchini, small wonder spaghetti squash, and more. I haven’t had one single tomato. Not one. They’re just not ripening. It’s been under 80 here until the past couple of days, but none of my tomatoes are ripening. A few Red Snappers got killed by all the storms here in Georgia, but of the ones I have left, they just won’t ripen. They’ve been fertilized on a regular schedule, and it hasn’t been extremely hot until this week. It’s so frustrating. I’ve never tried Red Snappers, and I haven’t had a garden-fresh tomato in years. At least my squash and zucchini are producing, and my Small Wonder spaghetti squash have tons of green squash on them. My 2 banana pepper plants got killed by the rain, but my 2 cubanelles and 4 jalapeños are still producing. My Murasaki sweet potatoes are looking beautiful. There’s always a bright side, but tomatoes are my favorite! 😢
Hey boy my Grandma would of had a pink fit seeing you bring that knife up towards ya face when you snackin on that sweet tomatoe :) she would of smacked me a beaut you betch ya , cheers from Australia :)
I got critters galore...i habe to pick when they just start to turn...otherwise they are gonners...i let ONE turn red...and omg..they came in hordes..taking bites from all the green ones left....my bad.
Where did you order Red Snapper, Roadster and the cherry tomato seeds that are sort of like sun gold. Starts with a T 🤪. Sorry I’m old and can’t remember a d thing. One reason why I depend on you to tell me what, when, where- with plants.
Got the Red Snapper and Roadster seeds from Harris Seeds online. Got the Toronjina seeds from Johnny's Seeds online, but I believe High Mowing carries them too.
Vine ripened tomatoes taste better is an old wives tale. There is no difference between vine ripened and counter ripened and there is no reason not to pick them once they’ve begun to turn.
I've had something completely wipe out my peppers and tomatoes... I can't figure out what it is. Looks like something in the soil, but can't be too sure
Travis we started out with so much hail and rain and now extreme heat so most of my celebrities have blight! We've had big critters stealing our tomatoes! So we've had to take them early! My question is if a tomato is fairly nice size but is white not even green yet can you not pick it??
It might, but not sure given that it's pretty young and was just planted. The top growth on it is still green a week or so after shooting this video, so maybe it will make it. If not, I've got one more of that variety in the greenhouse.
I grow my indeterminates in eastern NC the same as you grow your determinate and i have been pretty successful with both using the Florida weave for years. What exactly does the string and pruning technique promote? Hope all is well!
There have been studies that show the flavor of a tomato is not affected by being picked early off the plant. It's a wives tale that is spread by misinformed people. I pick mine as soon as they start the color change.
I know it’s heartbreaking sometimes but it could have been worse. I got my first rain today in over a month. My maters are done. Cut em off yesterday and with this 100 degree heat im not planting anything to replace. It’s gunna be over 100 into next week. I wouldn’t know what to plant. Any suggestions ?
I love how you stay positive after a true disaster. Anyone who gardens knows how disappointing it is when you see your hard work tore up. Thanks you for the videos.
Interesting question about when to pick tomatoes...
My first two years of growing tomatoes, I had some tomatoes that never turned a true red. What I learned was that they were being sunburned or sun scalded by the bright sun and summer heat. I have learned to harvest a day or two earlier and they ripen both beautifully and quickly on the counter.
Hey Trav,,,,,alright alright alright!!! My 200 mater plants are lookin fine so far!!! I’ll send ya some pics
We had a tornado warning yesterday and my garden was untouched but a gardener I follow in my same state lost his entire garden to hail. I almost cried watching his video.
Sorry to here about the hail. We’re getting 100+ temps here in S. TX. I’ve got 70% shade cloth over my whole garden. 48 tomato plants, almost all indeterminate, and I’ve lost 2 from Fusarium Wilt but the others are holding strong. We’d be doing better with a break in the heat and some rain but think the shade cloth is keeping us going. Transplanting some Red Snappers as soon as the weather breaks for my fall tomatoes.
.i havent even. started my fall seeds in texas..was gonna start them 1 July!!
The state of Ct. Governor called a state of emergency for the farms here.
Heavy downpours this spring like last spring. Heavy downpours few days ago in time for July planting crops. 3 1/2 inches in one hour. Hail and tornado watches also. 80 to 99 degree temperatures. Back yard gardens. At the vegie stand people are so upset their tomato plants all broken.
Glad family is safe. You will grow a bigger one next time.
Red Snapper is definitely a favorite for mater sandwiches. Tachi for salads and canning.
Man rough looking. I’m in DFW been hitting 100-103 tomatoes still producing under shade cloth. I hope your fall crop does much better.
I grow the vintage wine tomato up here in OH. It’s a wonderful tomato for eating with a fried egg and toast. Ours are still several weeks away from being ripe, and we can’t wait!
I get them when they're blushing ..
They taste great.
Deam bro...good luck on those tom. God bless
Love you guys man, thanks always and stay blessed. 🤙🇺🇸🇷🇺✌️🖤🧂
I like your channel, thumbed and subbed, straight to the point no bs talk. I agree with your strategy.
My father always picked his tomatoes like you do. Some ripe or starting to ripen with the pink color. Where we live not only the bugs get on ripe tomatoes but the birds are notorious for eating holes in them!
The weather is something we cannot do anything about! Glad your damage was not worse. We actually lost windows on one side of our house years ago. It demolished my green house. There were hail stones inside my tomatoes.
I’m eating eggs tomatoes and potatoes from the homestead too. I bake the potatoes and tomatoes together in a covered pot. Mix it all together to make a mash, add some salt, then in the same pot make sort of a mashed potato bowl where I crack the eggs into. Then bake it again for about 30 minutes. Efficient and tasty 👌🏻
Same here, sounds like the dish we make “Shakshuka”. Tasty as heck.
Try putting even green ones in a paper bag with an apple in the fridge for about 3 days. They should ripen and be fabulous!
Darn, all that damage, but luckily not catastrophic. I was hoping to see pix of your large hail! Sounds massive in size. We had some last week, maybe chickpea size, but no damage to our plants.
I live in Salt Lake City. My tomatoes are so crazy, we have 2X4s holding the plants up out of the cages. I keep just trying not to hurt them!
Thanks for your videos. You always give your honest opinion and I really respect you for that. I think part of the battle with the heirloom tomatoes is finding the ones that are best for your location. I'm from central Pa and only grow heirlooms except for Sungold which is also indeterminate. Up here, if you keep the leaves from getting rain water from splashing up on the leaves you are ahead of the game. I use leaf mulch and pruning to help stop early and late blight. Also, when our temperature goes above 85 flowers drop. Last year we had about an 8 week drought you could see on the lack of late fruit on the plant but when it started to rain and the temperatures came down we got fruit. I ended up picking most of them before our first frost, 10/15 and stored them in my basement. We were still able to make sauce and although the weren't quite as tasty as we normally get, they were still way better than store bought. Any way, if you would like some indeterminate heirloom seeds to see how they work in your area, let me know. I have accumulated a pretty good supply and always save seeds. Blessings to you and yours.
I'm in Ct. You mentioned making sauce. If we didn't do the Florida weave for our Roma Tomatoes, all would be on the ground. We planted extra for sauce to can. Very odd that 2 ripened so fast. I put those 2 to the test. Washed, took off the green stem end. Did not peel them and put them whole in my Ninja. Seeds and all. 10 seconds. The sauce was so thick and wasn't to acidy. For canning I'll probably have to add vinegar or lemon juice to adjust the ph. for food safety. They have tester for that. Or just a test strip used for garden. So. as they get picked I freeze in freezer bag.
I’m glad there wasn’t too much hail damage, I’ve lost a complete Bonsi collection due to hail, never grew another since😢
As a newer vegetable gardener I’m just now learning the pain that comes from damaged plants, disease, pests, and user error lol. I just massacred all my blue berries and it stings lol
I hate fooling with cow panels but I bit the bullet and put all of my indeterminates on panels this year. It is an absolute game changer for managing indeterminates. Also stopped removing suckers after the plants got around 3 feet tall. Healthiest plants and best fruit production I’ve ever had, the kellogs and Cherokee purples are LOADED.
Win some lose some. Appreciate the wins and push through the loss. All we can do
We had 2 hail storms about an hour apart 3 weeks ago in Pennsylvania. The 2nd storm lasted 15 maybe 20 minutes of 3/4 to 1 inch sized hail. It shredded the large leafy crops but didn't actually destroy too much. I lost a couple Collard Greens plants but we still have more than enough.
Texas here, I have gotten 3 marble to golf ball size hail storms this garden season. I had holes punched through green tomatoes. Sure makes it hard to garden. Now triple digit temps.
Interesting video, glad I watched.
Interestingly my determinate tomatoes are not doing well but my indeterminate tomatoes are killing it. I live in zone 8b like you. I can provide pictures but I noticed that your determinate and indeterminate are planted differently, so are mine. My determinate have more space in between than the indeterminate which I believe is opposite from yours. On a different subject, I haven’t seen the first cut worm this year, I guess the freeze got them. Cheers!
I don' know exactly where your live but knew you were in the general area of some pretty bad weather and thought you might have been hit. I always worry worry about pets and gardens when I see the hail forecast, so glad to see it was not a total loss.
Dolly Parton tomato? I need to get some of those for my wife! She loves Dolly
wow I'm so sorry! we have been having lots of storms too! Nothing like you just went through, in fact we have bad weather, coming all week. I welcome rain for my garden but not damage rain. lots of high winds yesterday lol soon as it stops raining I run out to look at all my plants.
You have mentioned two crop rotation on arch trellis. My rotation is cukes, beans, and indeterminate cherry tomatoes. When ever it is empty I keep a pole bean or pea.
Hey Trav, just sitting here shelling field peas. Thanks for all yall do; have helped get me to the next level! ✌🙏
In the raised beds I use a T-post or two on each side and have never had an issue with them falling in storms.
Dang, really sorry about all that wind and hail damage. Something like that would just totally kill my motivation. You still got a great looking garden though, and plenty of time left in the growing season!
Down here in Savannah Georgia we had the rain as well with the hail. The hill wasn’t as bad as the wind though. It knocked my tomatillos over my onion scapes got knocked over. There was a weed on the opposite side of my fence. It’s a humongous weed that’s not even on my property and it got knocked over into my yard over the fence. So I understand the damage. The corn was knocked over. Thank God I had just put down some mulch down the bottom to heal it with. So sad.
We got some of those storms here in southeast Alabama and some of my tomatoes absolutely broke but are still alive. I hadn't done my lastt line of Florida weave and I regret putting it off. I had my first tomato sandwich today from one of the heirloom tomatoes and it was delicious. With the 100+ temps we are getting this week I'm thinking the heirlooms are going to be done for good. I've already planned my fall planting schedule and I look forward to it now that the summer crops are dwindling. The pink eye purple hull peas don't seem to mind the heat, but I notice the butter beans are dropping blooms. I tried a different butter beans this year because the Ford Hook dropped it's blooms last year in the high temperatures. I use to have a full acre garden and planted butter beans every year and I don't remember them throwing off the blossoms like this. Wish I could remember what variety I grew back then, but I've slept since then lol.
I hope you get a giant butternut and have some seeds to sell Travis. My winter squash vines have gone crazy since the rains. They are about 15 ft long and not one bloom or fruit on them. The acron squash is loaded with fruit and I don't even know if I like them, this is my first time growing them.
My aunt told me she saw my uncle Randy talking to his tomato plants. She said Randy what are you doing? He said I'm telling them dirty jokes trying to make them blush. I hate those leaf footed bugs I flick them or use a bugzooka to suck them up. I have a salt gun I might try too.
The caterpillars will get mine or they crack so I pick them when they start to blush.
I have the opposite happening on my tomatoes. I planted my determinate hybrid in ground and they looked great until we got all this rain in NE GA. Now the bottoms are looking terrible and several tomatoes that had changed color a bit are rotting on the vine. While my indeterminate heirlooms look great. I did plant them in straw bales as an experiment this year. It just goes to show that every year is different. Normally I get one or two tomatoes from my heirlooms before they succumb to early blight.
Sorry to hear about the hail! That’s sucks in the garden that’s for sure but hopefully no one was injured! Hail the size of ping pong balls totalled my suv last year. Hail that size is so dangerous! Stay safe and your gardens still look damn good!
As far as indeterminate tomatoes goes: it's really hard to beat Big Beef hybrid--nice size, prolific, disease resistant and a great flavor!
All my cherry type tomatoes are about finished. Ozark was producing but became infested with pinworms (ugh!) and all the tomatoes were ripening had to go to compost. Indeterminates aren’t producing much. Got next seedlings a week or two away from transplant. Temps 100 degrees F south central Texas.
I had bad hail busted up my hoop house a year ago... I repaired the holes some 3 to 6 inches long with the flex seal tape then used a 3" paint roller and the flex seal paste spread over the tape fixed the problem and still no issues today. Try it amazing product might make a good video as well.
I'm not sure what it's called, but the company that made my greenhouse gave me some special "patch tape" that works really well. It's clear, but it holds like nothing I've ever seen.
I've seen that clear patching tape good stuff. Just keep an eye on the UV EFFECTS.I've had bad experience with patches that lift and caused the rip to shred more in the wind. That was in central
Florida... take care keep growing.
For when we get stuck in these rainy spells, I think pyrethrin concentrate is a great asset. Since it burns off within a matter of hours, you can use it in between thunderstorms. Spinosad may have lasting power, but we almost never get 3-5 days of dry weather this time of year, and pyrethrin at sundown is the only option I have. That and going around with a hand vacuum and sucking up the leaf footed bugs, stink bugs and Japanese beetles.
We're fortunate not to have many Japanese beetles down here, but we have enough leaf-footed bugs to make up the difference.
@@LazyDogFarm I have a similar condition. We get a few Japanese beetles early in the year, then they're gone when it's hot. The leaf footed bugs are extreme in July-September. Planting Peredovik sunflowers everywhere and letting them go to seed attracts them. They will collect so many that I can suck them up with a hand vacuum.
It's crazy that you had such big hail on your 1st hail experience. I rarely get here in the Chicago area with sizes of peas to dime size. Quarter size has happened too but not for me personally.
I hope your cars and house are ok. Feel free to send some of that rain up north we have not seen any for over a month.
Wife's car has some dings, but that's what insurance is for. lol
I have to pick my before they complete ripe due to squirrels and other pest issues.
Sorry to hear that you got hail. It’s so disgusting to see something that you work so hard for get destroyed in a matter of a couple minutes.
We switched to all Determinates this year. The Arizona heat wipes out the tomato harvest by July. I tried to "baby" my Indeterminates to Fall several times but was never successful.
We are gping thru this early heat wave. I do have shade cloth over my peppers.
I like you do not leave the tomatoes to completely ripen. Bugs worms and birds. Especially the starlings.
Not a hail story but about vine ripe or not.
One year I looked over all my almost red tomatoes and was thinking about all the great things to make or just eat fresh. The next day each one had bites taken out by maybe a groundhog. Now I pick most to ripen indoors.
7:47.... The tomato on the bottom left looks pissed off your filming him 😂😂😂
I always put a stake beside my Mater cages and tie them off.
Awww too bad about that butternut !
Couple suggestions for indeterminate tomato plants... one,, get ya a 150' roll of concrete remesh, 5 foot tall cut a 5' length and roll into a cage.bend the cut end into little hooks to attach to none cut end, makes a nice cage you will use for years. do not cut the bottom into stakes just put in place and give it a twist into the soil, it will hold very strong and won't fall over. You use drip for watering, but still add about 4 " of compost on top after planting this will keep it moist,15 to 30 minutes of water every morning forget that string hanging deal, might work inside a greenhouse but is too hard on plants swinging in the breeze.
I trim off everything below about 12 inches . i let the suckers grow, i wouldn't go less the three stems. They will fill the cages, remove excess branches as you feel necessary,if you wanna top the plants above the cages it won't hurt them, by the time mine get disease it's into the fall and i'm sick of tomato's anyway. Lastly,, try a Rutgers tomato," Rutgers" is the Jersey tomato developed by Rutgers university in the early 1900"s, it makes a very good tasting meaty tomato, nice baseball size deep red, real nice slicer and good for sauce.
I'm in south jersey and July and Aug here are hot and humid, 90 to 100 is not unusual, i know where you are it's hotter earlier and longer, but i can't imagine those plants getting walupped like yours do, i think the remesh cages and mulching with compost will help, gotta keep those roots moist and compost will help to cool them as well.
Always look forward to new vid's keep up the great work, OHHHH... how's tiger doing miss seeing him helping you out while your working.
Copia did poorly for me here in the Toronto area as well, it must be super picky about location.
We had hail last month. Luckily it wasn't much and it was only dime size and smaller. I've only watered my garden once, and that was a mistake because we got several inches of rain two days later. I've had too much rain this year.
We have yet to hit 90 degrees but tomorrow will change that. LOL We're supposed to be in the low to mid-90s for the next several days.
My indeterminate maters are still plugging along and loaded with green fruit. I haven't seen any root disease yet. I'm surprised considering the amount of rain we've had.
For those leaf footed bugs, you can just spray them with soapy water and it will kill them. Ive killed a lot of them this way this year!! :)
You could just drive a couple of long pieces of rebar down beside those nice black trellises deep in the ground and zip tie to the trellis.
You cut the heirlooms a lot sooner than I would. They'll ripen without a single leaf. Lots of the youtubers actually pull the leaves.
Your bias for hybrid shows strong with maters lol.
Try weaving your heirlooms just like you do the hybrids. Shade cloth sounds extreme but it may help for your area. You're only an hour from us and we don't seem to have the issues.
We get hail every summer up in northern AL, but normally not that bad (just had some this pass Sunday). I normally pick tomatoes early too. If they look like they are only a couple of days to peak, they get picked. My biggest concern is that the birds will get them if we have been having a dry spell or they will just fall on the ground.
The weather has been definitely strange this year we were unusually cold at nights down to 40 degrees a few days my cucumbers are a little stunted but it's finally warming to low to mid 50s at night which isn't to far off for us here in Western Washington state some of my cherry tomatoes were getting a little purple on top but gave them a foliar feed of some Neptune's harvest rose fertilizer and also watered with it they are looking much better now and loaded up pretty good but we don't start to harvest tomatoes here until late July and continue through October depending on the year it can be early or late just depends on the weather
Wow, you guys really got hit! I’m glad most things came through okay. I had a feeling about those cucumber trellises when you put them up, a bit like a giant sail once the plants get established😢. Hopefully you won’t see hail again for a very long time!
When I lose a plant, I'll cut a piece off and put it in water. I love your attitude. Weather sucks sometimes. Damn democrats.
The storms need to stop for the year. LOL ...This is my first year to grow Red Snapper, STM2255 & Roadster. I'm favoring the Red Snapper out of the three at this time. What's your biggest Red Snapper you have grown. I got a 1lb3.8oz Red Snapper a couple days ago.
I haven't weighed any of my Red Snappers, but we're getting good size on them.
We had the same problem and it took out the majority of my cabbages and some potatoes so I went ahead and harvested them but overall it was not as bad as I thought it would be especially since the water was standing in much of the garden for about 3 days. There was just nowhere for it to go and the heavy clay soils were saturated. 🤷🏽♂️
Of the determinant tomatoes you grow, which has the best taste. So you have an idea of my preference I love the taste of Sun Gold.
I like Red Snapper the best.
We got some marble size hail here in Houston but nothing compared to yours. Not much damage to the garden. My indeterminates are 8' tall and falling over. I'm having to compete with the mice and squirrels. Ther'ye winning lol. As far as the leaf footed bugs, I find that spraying them with some soap and water suffocates them pretty quickly, so I would think that spraying them before a rain wouldn't hurt, then the rain will wash the soap off for the pollinators the next morning. I had a thought on your giant squash with hail damage. Maybe pour some melted bees was in the wounds to seal them and protect from rot and disease might let it grow a bit longer. Might be worth a try. Anyways, thanks for the vids.
Just tie a rope at the top of the cucumber trellises. Stake it to the ground about 3 ft. away from the raised bed. And... what did you thing was going to happen to those?? I do the same to my tomato cages when the the tomatoes get too tall and cages start to lean.
Maybe push the legs into the ground deeper next year.
- It's just Ma Nature having some fun with you.
I picked most of mine just as they started to change color. Otherwise the varmints would beat me to the draw.
Those leaf footed bugs, you should make a video on your spray schedule to combat those. I am a little scare on when to spray when there is fruit on the plants. Thanks in advance.
Me too so i end up not doing anything...
We use a product called Azera which works pretty well. I'll usually wait a day or two to harvest after spraying it.
I'm in central Florida 9b and I've learned that indeterminate tomatoes don't do well. A whole lot of work for a quarter the fruit. I stopped wasting my time and money on them.
I'm leaning towards ditching the indeterminates as well.
flex seal past for your roof on your green house,
I find that tomatoes allowed to turn completely red on the vine dont give me heartburn as much and the flavor is way better to me
I’m really struggling with my garden this year. I have 16 Red Snappers, about 20 micro dwarf cherry tomatoes, crookneck squash, zucchini, small wonder spaghetti squash, and more. I haven’t had one single tomato. Not one. They’re just not ripening. It’s been under 80 here until the past couple of days, but none of my tomatoes are ripening. A few Red Snappers got killed by all the storms here in Georgia, but of the ones I have left, they just won’t ripen. They’ve been fertilized on a regular schedule, and it hasn’t been extremely hot until this week. It’s so frustrating. I’ve never tried Red Snappers, and I haven’t had a garden-fresh tomato in years.
At least my squash and zucchini are producing, and my Small Wonder spaghetti squash have tons of green squash on them. My 2 banana pepper plants got killed by the rain, but my 2 cubanelles and 4 jalapeños are still producing. My Murasaki sweet potatoes are looking beautiful. There’s always a bright side, but tomatoes are my favorite! 😢
Hey boy my Grandma would of had a pink fit seeing you bring that knife up towards ya face when you snackin on that sweet tomatoe :) she would of smacked me a beaut you betch ya , cheers from Australia :)
I got critters galore...i habe to pick when they just start to turn...otherwise they are gonners...i let ONE turn red...and omg..they came in hordes..taking bites from all the green ones left....my bad.
We got tornadoes and hail 2 days ago and it destroyed our garden we lost almost everything here in central Indiana
Sorry to hear that.
Where did you order Red Snapper, Roadster and the cherry tomato seeds that are sort of like sun gold. Starts with a T 🤪. Sorry I’m old and can’t remember a d thing. One reason why I depend on you to tell me what, when, where- with plants.
Got the Red Snapper and Roadster seeds from Harris Seeds online. Got the Toronjina seeds from Johnny's Seeds online, but I believe High Mowing carries them too.
Vine ripened tomatoes taste better is an old wives tale.
There is no difference between vine ripened and counter ripened and there is no reason not to pick them once they’ve begun to turn.
Hey Trav😊
I've had something completely wipe out my peppers and tomatoes... I can't figure out what it is. Looks like something in the soil, but can't be too sure
Travis we started out with so much hail and rain and now extreme heat so most of my celebrities have blight! We've had big critters stealing our tomatoes! So we've had to take them early! My question is if a tomato is fairly nice size but is white not even green yet can you not pick it??
I've accidentally knocked green ones off the vine while picking others and they'll ripen inside. Not sure about the 'white' ones though.
Thanks Travis it may because it's so hot here it's not developing right
What ya spraying for the leaf footed bug..
Azera
We are having really bad weather now hail,70 mph winds and more rain I don’t think my garden is going to survive:(
Won't your broken fig send up growth from the roots? My figs die back to the ground every winter and send up shoots late spring.
It might, but not sure given that it's pretty young and was just planted. The top growth on it is still green a week or so after shooting this video, so maybe it will make it. If not, I've got one more of that variety in the greenhouse.
What are you spraying for the leaf footed bugs?
Azera
I can't grow tomatoes without using mulch the risk is to high for me not to mulch
I grow my indeterminates in eastern NC the same as you grow your determinate and i have been pretty successful with both using the Florida weave for years. What exactly does the string and pruning technique promote? Hope all is well!
The goal was to promote more airflow between those plants which aren't as disease resistant. Can't say it worked though. lol
There have been studies that show the flavor of a tomato is not affected by being picked early off the plant. It's a wives tale that is spread by misinformed people. I pick mine as soon as they start the color change.
Ill eat all the picked green tomatoes with some jalapeños you got.
What do you spray for the leaf footed bug. I have been killing them in a bowl of water and dish soap.
We use an organic product called Azera
I know it’s heartbreaking sometimes but it could have been worse. I got my first rain today in over a month. My maters are done. Cut em off yesterday and with this 100 degree heat im not planting anything to replace. It’s gunna be over 100 into next week. I wouldn’t know what to plant. Any suggestions ?
You can always plant a cover crop to keep the weeds from taking over. Sorghum Sudangrass works great during the hot months.
Would it have been possible to have transplanted your indeterminates at a similar time as your potatoes were popping up?
Did you plant fla 91?,mine seem to be better than others...
I have planted that one, but it's been quite a few years.
Question about those Giant Butternut squash.. mine are currently variegated green and about 2lbs. What color should they be once they are ripe?
First time growing them, but the pictures I've seen show them as looking a pale green. I don't think they turn tan like a traditional butternut.
Huh I didnt know u domt typically have hail
what do you spray on your tomatoes?
We use an organic product called Azera
@@LazyDogFarm all I spray is Neem oil, I will look into that. Thank you for getting back to me.
Hey Travis quick question…. If I wanted one of each type of fig (honey, berry, sugar)tree for a new homestead in central ms which would you recomend?
Honey - LSU Gold
Berry - Conadria
Sugar - LSU Tiger
Do you buy plants or do you raise them all from seeds?
We grow all our own transplants.