Well, I finally got most of the garden in (watermelons will wait 'til they get a bit bigger), trying a new soil mix and a few other ideas. You were interested in the varieties that I decided to plant this summer, specifically my competition tomatoes, they are as follows:
-competition tomatoes-
Soldacki - russian extract
Bloody Butcher - beefsteak
Yellow Brandywine - beefsteak
Copia - beefsteak (?)
-eating tomatoes-
Early girl
Mandarin Cross
right now they are just babies, but the bloody butcher already has a tomato on it, I will probably pinch it and any other blossoms off, as the plants are really too small to support any tomatoes as of yet. I would also like to see some more size and to start structuring the growth of the plants before allowing them to fruit.
I also have some peppers, pumkin, and sunflowers in the tomato garden area. To keep bugs down and for the sheer pleasure of it, I will also be planting some X-20 & X-19 marigolds. These are not your average marigolds, they will grow on an average of 3' tall and bloom profusely. I usually plant them like a fence around the garden entire, I have noticed ever since I started planting marigolds of any sort, that have never really had any problems with insect pests. As a side note: I have not grown any of these varieties before, should be fun to see how they do! I am enclosing a couple of garden pictures, nothing too exciting, too early for anything impressive.
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