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jOhN - 13 Jul 2008 16:22 GMT

I was planning on keeping my spring tomatoes into the fall but my
father-in-law severely damaged them..........by drowning.

We went on vacation and the in-laws came down to house and dog sit.
Somehow the garden watering instructions got confused and instead of
watering once every other day for 90 minutes (soaker hose) the garden
received continuous water except for once every other day for 90 minutes.

Since I have several inches of mulch in the garden it was not visually
glaring that everything was underwater for 5 days. When we returned the
tomatoes were yellowing and losing leaves, the dill and parsley just
croaked, but the peppers, okra, and eggplant came through unscathed.

I'm now looking for decent sized starter plants of both yellow and red
tomato varieties. At $4/gal gas I am looking for eyewitness accounts of
said plants before hitting the highway.

jOhN

ps: can't wait for my next water bill

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Victor Martinez - 13 Jul 2008 16:55 GMT

> I'm now looking for decent sized starter plants of both yellow and red
> tomato varieties. At $4/gal gas I am looking for eyewitness accounts of
> said plants before hitting the highway.

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jOhN - 14 Jul 2008 04:27 GMT

>> I'm now looking for decent sized starter plants of both yellow and red
>> tomato varieties. At $4/gal gas I am looking for eyewitness accounts
>> of said plants before hitting the highway.
>
> 512-288-6113

I meant eyewitness accounts from gardeners not garden center salespeople.

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Victor Martinez - 14 Jul 2008 12:44 GMT

> I meant eyewitness accounts from gardeners not garden center salespeople.

You think the good folks at the Natural Gardener would lie to you?

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jOhN - 15 Jul 2008 05:55 GMT

>> I meant eyewitness accounts from gardeners not garden center salespeople.
>
> You think the good folks at the Natural Gardener would lie to you?

Never, but it is an election year.................

and they said they wouldn't have any until August, which is kinda late

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dt - 14 Jul 2008 15:36 GMT

> I was planning on keeping my spring tomatoes into the fall but my
> father-in-law severely damaged them..........by drowning.
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>
> ps: can't wait for my next water bill

John, those tomato plants might surprise you; they can come back from
some pretty bad conditions. Or you might want to try cutting and
rooting a few of the better-looking branches. Or not. ;-)

DT

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B. Server - 14 Jul 2008 21:03 GMT

>I was planning on keeping my spring tomatoes into the fall but my
>father-in-law severely damaged them..........by drowning.
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
>
>ps: can't wait for my next water bill

I purchased some bush celebrities from the Shoal Creek Nursery on
Saturday. At the time, they had regular celebrities, Juliet, and a
couple of others that I don;t recall. They had a total of about 6-8
flats, so they will not last forever.

-BS

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Fall garden