Friday Tomato Update (July 25)

We had to buy some more supplies this week, which I picked up at Home Depot at 3rd Ave and E. 59th St:

1. Spray Bottle @ $2.19
2. Velcro tie straps @ $2.47
3. Window Box (24" x 8" x 6") @ $6.97

We replanted 3 of the large red cherry plants into the new window box. When we bought the large red cherrys and Sweet 100s, they came in a flat of 6, but I novice-like counted those 6 as 1 plant each. Our cherry plants needed more space! We'll do one more replanting of 3 of the Sweet 100 plants this weekend.

The tie straps are used to secure the tomato vines to their individual bamboo stakes. Next year, I might try using tomato spirals or building cages out of concrete reinforcement wiring.

The spray bottle will be used to spray an aspirin spray bi-weekly as recommended at the Love Apple Farm blog.

Small Window Box (3 large red cherry plants):

• height, left to right: 7.5", 8.5", 9"
• no flowers
• these were the runts of the 6 large red cherrys that were planted in the large window box. they seem to have taken a liking to their roomier new surroundings.
  

Large Window Box (3 large red cherry plants, 6 sweet 100 plants):

• large red cherry height: around 10"
• sweet 100s: around 10"
• flowers starting to bud on both types

Rutgers:

• 17" high
• 20 flowers
• 1 tomato!

Striped German:

• 15.5" high
• no flowers yet, but seemingly healthy now after suffering before we could pot it.

Cherokee Purple:

• 15.5" high
• 2 flowers
  

All the tomato plants are noticeably bigger and healthier than last week! My thumb is looking a little more green today.