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Re: Tomatoes BrotherBart #5082391 03/25/11
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 24,851 USA T Tom264 Campfire Ranger
Tom264 Campfire Ranger T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 24,851 USA	Bart, pretty slick idea... My wife wants to know how much soil do you put on top of those bales? (thickness) .

Re: Tomatoes Tom264 #5082525 03/25/11
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 22,135 Registerd 2003 Tx BrotherBart OP Campfire Ranger
OP BrotherBart Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 22,135 Registerd 2003 Tx	I guess it's about 4 inches in the middle(thickest part). I bought the cheapest square bale that the feed store had. Also... The dirt is a 50/50 mix of topsoil and compost. When the plants start producing fruit,I put a couple of handfuls of compost around the base of each plant,about once a week. You gotta keep feeding the plant with copious amounts of compost. I'm gonna have more tomatoes than I can eat... ---------------------------------------- I'm a big fan of the courtesy flush.

Re: Tomatoes isaac #5082532 03/25/11
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 22,135 Registerd 2003 Tx BrotherBart OP Campfire Ranger
OP BrotherBart Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 22,135 Registerd 2003 Tx	Originally Posted by isaac Ingenious!! Did you carve out the top of the bail any? Sorry Bob,I missed your question.... No... I left the bales tied up tight... ---------------------------------------- I'm a big fan of the courtesy flush.

Re: Tomatoes BrotherBart #5082550 03/25/11
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 62,043 Northern Virginia I isaac Campfire Kahuna
isaac Campfire Kahuna I Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 62,043 Northern Virginia	I've got to give that a try. Very cool idea,Bart. Nothing beats homegrown tomatoes. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. William Arthur Ward

Re: Tomatoes BrotherBart #5082633 03/25/11
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 24,851 USA T Tom264 Campfire Ranger
Tom264 Campfire Ranger T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 24,851 USA	Originally Posted by BrotherBart I guess it's about 4 inches in the middle(thickest part). I bought the cheapest square bale that the feed store had. Also... The dirt is a 50/50 mix of topsoil and compost. When the plants start producing fruit,I put a couple of handfuls of compost around the base of each plant,about once a week. You gotta keep feeding the plant with copious amounts of compost. I'm gonna have more tomatoes than I can eat... Thx .

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Re: Tomatoes rkamp #5082661 03/25/11
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 19,722 A wash in the west. 1 17ACKLEYBEE Campfire Ranger
17ACKLEYBEE Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 19,722 A wash in the west.	Dad used to always hold his compost pile in place with hog wire. In the spring he would turn it all over with a pitch fork real well and plant his tomatoes in it. The compost was still generating heat and seemed to really help them out. Great Tamaotes! NRA Lifetime Member

Re: Tomatoes BrotherBart #5082706 03/25/11
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 585 E Texas H Hutch Campfire Regular
Hutch Campfire Regular H Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 585 E Texas	Did you plant them as soon as you watered the bales? I did and I burned two of them up.It got so hot I couldn't hold my finger in the bale.

Re: Tomatoes Hutch #5082845 03/25/11
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OP BrotherBart Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 22,135 Registerd 2003 Tx	Originally Posted by Hutch Did you plant them as soon as you watered the bales? I did and I burned two of them up.It got so hot I couldn't hold my finger in the bale. I watered the bales for a little less than a week. I watered them at least twice a day. I let the soil and compost sit a couple of days before I planted as well. I didn't have any heat trouble. ---------------------------------------- I'm a big fan of the courtesy flush.

Re: Tomatoes BrotherBart #5093162 03/29/11
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amax155 Campfire Tracker A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,585 Ellisville, Ms	I am gonna give this a try. I have 6 bales tied together in 2s. Gonna do squash, zucchini, eggplant, peppers, and of course tomatoes. Kids are grown and moved out and I don't have time to maintain a big garden anymore. Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. - Mark Twain.

Re: Tomatoes amax155 #5093168 03/29/11
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OP BrotherBart Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 22,135 Registerd 2003 Tx	Pics man.... ---------------------------------------- I'm a big fan of the courtesy flush.

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Re: Tomatoes BrotherBart #5093187 03/29/11
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amax155 Campfire Tracker A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,585 Ellisville, Ms	Right now I just have the bales set and being watered. I will take pics this weekend when everything is planted. Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. - Mark Twain.

Re: Tomatoes amax155 #5093330 03/29/11
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,763 Western Colorado B BeanMan Campfire Tracker
BeanMan Campfire Tracker B Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,763 Western Colorado	Bart, Do you add Nitrogen? It seems like all that organic matter might tie up a bunch of N.

Re: Tomatoes BeanMan #5094375 03/29/11
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OP BrotherBart Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 22,135 Registerd 2003 Tx	Originally Posted by BeanMan Bart, Do you add Nitrogen? It seems like all that organic matter might tie up a bunch of N. Nope... Should I? ---------------------------------------- I'm a big fan of the courtesy flush.

Re: Tomatoes BrotherBart #5096066 03/29/11
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BeanMan Campfire Tracker B Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,763 Western Colorado	Bart, I guess we will find out, I'm thinking at some point you will have to supplement them. But, I've never grown them that way before. " You gotta keep feeding the plant with copious amounts of compost". That might be where your N source is coming from. My Bok Choy froze last night, first time trying it. I'm 7 weeks from being able to put tomatoes outside.

Re: Tomatoes BeanMan #5096172 03/29/11
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 22,135 Registerd 2003 Tx BrotherBart OP Campfire Ranger
OP BrotherBart Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 22,135 Registerd 2003 Tx	Composting was the way that I've been doing it for a long time and I've always been successful in years that my buddies plants burned up. ---------------------------------------- I'm a big fan of the courtesy flush.

Re: Tomatoes BrotherBart #5096249 03/29/11
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,743 Likes: 15 JeffA Campfire Outfitter
JeffA Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,743 Likes: 15	I do my tomatoes the stupid way, they are all in pots. Makes them way too easy to move inside for late freezes.

Re: Tomatoes JeffA #5096358 03/29/11
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,578 Kaufman County Tx BOBBALEE Campfire Regular
BOBBALEE Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,578 Kaufman County Tx	You gotta watch those late freezes,they way over penetrate. NRA-Benefactor TSRA-Life "It's a terrible thing when governments send their young men to kill each other." Charles Byrne,WW2 Vet. On the day Desert Storm began.

Re: Tomatoes BOBBALEE #5096376 03/29/11
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,743 Likes: 15 JeffA Campfire Outfitter
JeffA Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,743 Likes: 15	Originally Posted by BOBBALEE You gotta watch those late freezes,they way over penetrate. I hate frozen over penetrations......

Re: Tomatoes JeffA #5109374 04/02/11
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amax155 Campfire Tracker A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,585 Ellisville, Ms	The garden is planted and the pics are here. I put a 2x4 frame around the top of mine to hold the dirt in with some strips of weed fabric nailed to keep it from washing underneath. With the rain we get around here I figured better safe than sorry. My grandson kept me well supervised and pointed out where I needed to water and add more dirt Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. - Mark Twain.

Re: Tomatoes amax155 #5110046 04/02/11
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amax155 Campfire Tracker A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,585 Ellisville, Ms	Oh I forgot to mention. The small set of bales is holding the tomatoes (Early Girls and Big Boys) The larger has the Bell peppers and banana peppers, squash, egg plant and cucumbers. I normally plant a bigger garden with peas, watermelons and so on. I am having to work more and more out of town and only home weekends, so need something lower maintenance. Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. - Mark Twain.

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