I never thought I would be posting this.
It looks like there is a tomato shortage say California producers. California makes about 1/4 of the worlds tomato sauce and Ketchup. Here is the link to the story: Spaghetti Sauce Is Under Threat as Water Crisis Slams Tomatoes
Click on the last sentence in the OP (in blue)Was this from a news article? Or just word of mouth from a friend?
If from an article I’d like read it.
I was going to start a thread earlier but since this came up- has anyone ever froze tomatillos?
I am having to order Hatch Chiles online for the first time ever. Literally no one in MA has them. Tomatillos is another necessary ingredient to make Chile Verde, and I found some but not sure how they would do if frozen.
The Hatch Chiles will be roasted and skinned and seeded and cooled then in an air tight freezer bag.
Actually, I wonder if I could just make a bunch of the sauce and freeze it that way. Hmmmm...
I’m a Reiki Master, so I use Reiki on my plants and my tomatoes plants reach about 12 feet tall and loaded with fruit. Lol! V
Now see I take a different approach…..
If my garden shows signs of sloughing off, I threaten to sing to it for an hour or so.
So far haven’t ever had to follow through, but……
Ive always had huge success with tomatillos and make tons of salsa Verde however this year a tomatillo big similar to colorado potato beetle laid it all to waste. Normally very easy to grow.growThey’re so easy to grow! V
I Will Sing To Them The Song Of My PeopleNow see I take a different approach…..
If my garden shows signs of sloughing off, I threaten to sing to it for an hour or so.
So far haven’t ever had to follow through, but……
I guess that explains us this year. We never got a tomato from our Cherokee Purple plants, and that's never happened before. We've had many, many days in the 100s this year, and not much rainfall....everything is baking. We did have two Juliet cherry-type tomato plants, and they did well. I gave most to the chickens to help keep them going in the heat.This is a huge part of the problem...
Understanding High Temperature Effects on Fruit Set of Tomatoes
Maintaining temperature in the ideal range is very important for tomato fruit set. The optimum temperatures are 60-75°F (night) and 60-90°F (day). Studies showed that exposing plants to 3-h periods of temperatures above 104°F on two successive days may caused fruit set failure. Not only is the maximvegcropshotline.org
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Yes I take off the husks and freeze them. No branching or anything. Then just chuck them into sauce or soups because the skins are negligible.I was going to start a thread earlier but since this came up- has anyone ever froze tomatillos?
I am having to order Hatch Chiles online for the first time ever. Literally no one in MA has them. Tomatillos is another necessary ingredient to make Chile Verde, and I found some but not sure how they would do if frozen.
The Hatch Chiles will be roasted and skinned and seeded and cooled then in an air tight freezer bag.
Actually, I wonder if I could just make a bunch of the sauce and freeze it that way. Hmmmm...
Blanching that isYes I take off the husks and freeze them. No branching or anything. Then just chuck them into sauce or soups because the skins are negligible.
it has been a dollar an ear earlier oWalmart corn yesterday was up to $0.50 per ear. I was shocked.
Same here. Mine are at least 7-8 feet tall. I have found maybe five 1-inch beans so far, and that's it.My plants are not producing large tomatoes, but the vines are laden with the fruits. Other stuff not doing well at all, although the okra looks promising.
I planted scarlet runner beans with a trellis to climb. The vines are climbing, but no beans.
They’re so easy to grow! V
L.A.B., with your abilities, learning Reiki would absolutely make your plants grow insanely!Yep! Tomatillo’s. I have one plant a successful L.A.B. experiment going in from seed a couple months ago.
Squash, the dark green variety, one plant, but seems too hot here in So-Cal.
Basil doing well, but still young, and more tough than store bought, but still in taste spec.
Last year, my purple string beans were so prolific that they actually produced a full second crop for me - all volunteers - with no intervention on my part. I bragged about it in the gardening (or was it the Preps) section of this website.Same here. Mine are at least 7-8 feet tall. I have found maybe five 1-inch beans so far, and that's it.
what is Reiki?L.A.B., with your abilities, learning Reiki would absolutely make your plants grow insanely!
You might want to look into Reiki, you are a perfect candidate for being a Reiki Master, and you'll never regret learning.
It will be such a natural for you!
Found this on a tomato plant this morning. Glad I looked it up. Wasp eggs on a tomato worm larvae.
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