This week at the garden: Tomatoes

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Two beds of tomatoes went into the garden this week. The countdown to harvest has begun!

“Days to maturity” are usually listed on seed packets and in seed catalogs. When you start the count – from seed or from transplant – varies by crop. For tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants, you begin counting “days to maturity” from the date you transplant – when you put the plant in the garden. The four tomato varieties we planted this week will mature in 66-78 days. This means we should start seeing our first ripe tomato around August 18.

In the photo below, the two tomato beds are on the right side. We plant tomatoes into black plastic mulch to help with weeds. In the next two weeks, we will add wooden stakes to the tomato beds and began trellising. The two hooped beds on the left are peppers we planted last week.

Yarrow, a perennial flower started blooming last week (see pictures below). This is part of our “farmscaping bed” – a bed we have planted to attract, feed, and support beneficial insects.

More flowers were added to this bed today: calendula, nasturtiums, and zinnia’s as well as culinary cilantro and basil that we are growing here for their flowers. Insects we hope to see visiting the flowers this summer include: honey bees, hover flys, lacewings, lady bugs, and parasitic wasps,

Happy gardening! Stephanie Meyers, MKG Farm Manager

 
 
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(434) 981-0035

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