Giant Tomatoes
We are starting to get some big tomatoes come in, most of them run on the eight to ten ounce range, every once in a while we get some that grow just a little bigger!
Last week while picking for the market I ran across this one, ran about a pound and a quarter, probably one of our biggest tomatoes ever. It was well formed and looked great!
Needless to say I was quite impressed with my skill at growing such a monster. Then just a few days later, again picking for a market I noticed another good sized tomato. I picked it off and put it in the box not thinking much about it until I saw it next to the other tomatoes, it dwarfed them. I ran it back to the front to check it's weight!
Low and behold it weighed at at a whopping two pounds! Both of these were of the Rose variety, they are large beefsteak varieties so they usually put out some good sized tomatoes. So what's the reason for such big tomatoes?
Well for one thing, we feed these plants a nutrient solution that has been formulated to supply the needs of the plant, we had our water tested and then had the nutrient formula worked to meet the needs of the tomatoes based on that. This allows the tomatoes to reach their genetic potential without having to spend time and energy sending out roots to look for food.
I don't expect these giants to go on all season, usually it's the first fruit of the crop that grows this large, So I guess we will have to wait until next year to see monsters like this again!
Mexican Sour Gherkins
In my quest to try something new in the green house, I seeded some Mexican Sour Gherkins, another vining cucurbit, though nowhere near as wild as 
So in all their small glory I present to you the baby watermelon! Well that's what they look like to me.
Sorry for the slow posting lately, as you can see it has gotten really busy in the greenhouse, things are moving at quite a clip. Got some market stuff to post but no time to sit down long enough to post it!
I'll see ya when I can so until then, Keep Growing
jed78