Tomato plants 2 weeks ago....
And then this morning........
Yeah, as you might expect - I was completely shocked from the damage. Oh well, at least Jude made out just fine - because it would just kill me if something were to happen to my gardening buddy.
Oh well, I'm sick of tomatoes anyway, and my gardening workload has been decreased by at least 75% due to the tomato plant's early demise.
However, there's always other things to make me forget about such disasters - like this Swan Lake charentais melon that was shown from last week's harvest picture.....Oh, it was absolutely wonderful, and this variety will be grown again next year! Lots and lots of seeds were saved from this rare melon, and there must be at least 100 on hand to share with my readers.
As you might guess, all green tomatoes were pulled from the damaged tomato plants, and will be allowed to ripen in the house. Hopefully they won't all ripen at once, because there were 30 lbs. of them!
Take care, and happy gardening
EG
Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4
20 comments:
Oh no! That is terrible! Were none of them salvageable? Very nice Swan Lake melon!
That melon looks lovely. I've noticed ANY loupes taste better home grown than store bought. WAY better.
Sorry for the early demise, but glad for the easier workload!
Sorry you had damage, at least your able to save some tomato's to ripen inside..so that's not a waste. That Melon looks good, I'm putting my bid in for some of those seeds..
Oh no your poor tomato plants! That wind can be such a bugger. At least you still got 30lbs of green tomatoes off :0!! Glad to hear that the Swan Lake charentais melon tasted great. It looks great. I think I may try melons next year for sure now!
Well sort of sorry to hear about your tomato demise. I know you were thinking of pulling them up anyway. Mother Nature made it easier for you. And that melon looks so delicious. I just hope my melons taste good. They are never as good as ones grown down south, but still better than the supermarket.
We've lost 2 huge trees to the wind this year. You talk about a mess.
Gosh! So sorry to hear about your tomato plants! If it happened to me, I'd be heart broken. Hopefully, you had enough tomatoes for the season.
From the pic, it looks like your swc were toppled, can't you put it back in place or did the tomato plants break into half?
Oh my EG! That must have been one heck of a storm! That Swan Lake melon looks absolutely wonderful!
Man, I am sorry about your loss of veggies. Mother nature can be mean sometimes.
Shawnann - due to the tangled mess that was left, it would have been extremely difficult to get any of them upright again without further damage.
Barbie - it was definitely a good one, that's for sure...
Gingerbreadshouse7 - ok, I'll gladly give you some seeds during the off season....
Mrs. Pickles - that's ok, I was actually glad to see them go. At least they don't have to be watered anymore.
Daphne - Mother Nature certainly made the decision for me, but could've certainly left a smaller mess to get cleaned up!
Japanese Redneck- oh, I know it! Big trees blown over take alot of time and labor to clean up.
RandomGardener - the tangled mess would be terrible to sort out, so will simply be left to die....
Robin - it's been a long time since I've heard wind with that kind of velocity. All I could think about was Jude....
Kris - oh well, at least there's still other things out there growing...
I'm so sorry, EG. That's just terrible. We had some storms here, but nothing like that. Chin up.
Wow, your tomato plants are so tall! What's your secret? Sorry to see them all topple like that. When you set the green ones to ripen, do they taste as good? I tried growing Chanteis melon this year, but none of the seeds germinated. Seeds were given to me, so not sure what happened.
You've got a great attitude there about the tomatoes...even if I was thinking about pulling them anyway, I'd probably be a total baby about seeing those plants toppled like that. Just the thought of it kind of makes me queasy.
Ribbit - don't be sorry, they were really working me to death keeping the reservoirs filled. I say good riddance. :)
Meems - if given the perfect environment to grow in, all indeterminate varieties will grow that tall. Surprisingly, tomatoes pulled while still green and allowed to ripen inside the house are still very good. :)
Nikki - it just caught me by surprise is all, because it takes a lot to flip them over like that....
We've had crazy windstorms too, like you said, maybe a part of me really wants the workload to die down a bit anyways :)!
We caught some of that wind, but apparently not nearly as much as you did -- twigs and small branches on the ground, but my tomatoes stayed upright.
I'm glad Jude came through the storm in good shape. My dogs don't like storms; they broke through the baby-gate at the bottom of the stairs and stormed into our bedroom when the wind and thunder were at their worst. Belle (coonhound) cowered in the closet and Moksha (husky) scooted under the bed.
I've been surprised to hear you being sick of tomatoes this year - you always have so many.
Glad Jude did well.
Is it too early to reserve seeds on those delishes looking melons?
Greg - not at all. But, I'll just post about the seeds available for sharing sometime during the off season, so be on the lookout for it. There's plenty to go around....
I am so sorry about the massive wind damage :( As a gardener, that must have been truly upsetting.
Post a Comment