06-24-2006, 03:32 AM
Sweet 100. Really wonderful plant. I don't believe that the thief was of the four-legged or winged variety because just those two tomatoes were cleanly cut and they were in the center of the plant, not really visible unless you are standing over it but not flying over it. There were men doing utility work on my street and one of them stashed his lunch in the barrel. When I went out to water he rushed over to retrieve it. I wondered why he didn't simply put the lunch in the truck, and then I saw that the tomatoes were gone.
The plant already has more than 100 fruit set, but most of them are tiny and I have been waiting for those first guys to ripen for three weeks. I am seriously considering loading the barrel on a hand truck and moving it to the backyard, even though it doesn't get the hot afternoon sun.
The plant already has more than 100 fruit set, but most of them are tiny and I have been waiting for those first guys to ripen for three weeks. I am seriously considering loading the barrel on a hand truck and moving it to the backyard, even though it doesn't get the hot afternoon sun.