OT: What are you Watching/Listening/Drinking?

[Habsy]

Here’s an idea, grow less. Use the space for something else.

 

[Volcanologist]

yeah prob is they all get ripe at the same time

 

[Preston]

Here’s an idea, grow less. Use the space for something else.

They're so good though


And it doesn't matter how little I grow. They're fucking everywhere!

 

[Habsy]

Make sauce. Freeze it. Still better in a pinch than store bought sauce.

 

[CH1]

How do you **** up tomatoes? You can basically plant them and come back a month later and have 1000 tomatoes.

Tomatoes require full sun; otherwise results are spotty

 

[blkngldbabe]

Home grown cucumbers are the tastiest ever. Our garden had five different types of tomatoes, cukes, banana peppers, sweet bell peppers, spaghetti squash, egg plant, zucchini and onions.

 

[Habspatrol]

A few years back we lived in an apartment with a community garden. We spent a lot of time, we staked and pruned our tomatoes... tended to them daily. It worked out really well... we got a ton of beautiful tomatoes.

Our neighbours planted a few plants then completely forgot about them. They even left town for a month. They ended up with hundreds of gorgeous looking tomatoes.

 

[zeke]

Tomatoes require full sun; otherwise results are spotty

Yeah I get nowhere enough sun.

 

[Habsy]

Yeah I get nowhere enough sun.

Pasty ginger?

 

[lecoqsportif]

Our climate is generally shit for good tomatoes, sun or not. That why they sell all that heat absorbing material to nestle amongst the plants, etc. Leamington or bust, eh?

The most reliable source of good tomatoes is in cans, from Campagna.

 

[lecoqsportif]

How do you **** up tomatoes? You can basically plant them and come back a month later and have 1000 tomatoes.

You have a better climate.

 

[Habspatrol]

You have a better climate.

I was in Manitoba... just outside of Winnipeg.

 

[lecoqsportif]

I was in Manitoba... just outside of Winnipeg.

There’s an “outside of Winnipeg”?

Anywho, OK, point taken. But I will always be suspicious of Canadian tomatoes.

 

[CH1]

There’s an “outside of Winnipeg”?

Anywho, OK, point taken. But I will always be suspicious of Canadian tomatoes.

night and day compared to those in Italy. Sprinkle some salt before every bite, and I can eat those like a peach.

 

[hockeylover]

night and day compared to those in Italy. Sprinkle some salt before every bite, and I can eat those like a peach.

Yeah, I know this sounds totally pretentious but Italian tomatoes are like nothing else.

I'm supposed to be in Lake Como right now and heading to Sicily tomorrow.

FFS Covid.

 

[CH1]

Yeah. This was going to be my travel year. Got a ton of aeroplan points. Instead of a multi month trip, I'll end up redeeming the points for a new electric toothbrush in 2022

 

[lecoqsportif]

California is competitve.

There’s nothing pretentious about having standards. It’s just $3 can of tomatoes after all. It ain’t a Maserati.

 

[CH1]

California is competitve.

There’s nothing pretentious about having standards. It’s just $3 can of tomatoes after all. It ain’t a Maserati.

California and most of the Mediterranean delivers the goods. IF Ontario enjoys one of those hot, sunny summers (hasn't happened in a while), you can get reasonably close.

 

[CH1]

California is competitve.

There’s nothing pretentious about having standards. It’s just $3 can of tomatoes after all. It ain’t a Maserati.

I was thinking more about fresh tomatoes. I am not so picky about the canned stuff.

This is the Maserati (organic, small farm, hand picked, canned immediately, blah blah) from California. Haven't tried it yet. Can't bring myself to spend $8 for a can

 

[lecoqsportif]

The Bugatti of tomatoes.