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My tomatoes went wild while I was on vacation, here's a before/after of several hours of pruning and weaving (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm located in inland southern California, zone 9b. Normally I'd be harvesting ripe tomatoes by now, but I'm certainly not complaining about this cooler weather. This is the second year I've grown tomatoes over this arch, really love how it looks when fully covered.

[Image description: Split image of an arched trellis, the first with wild tomato vines blocking access, the second with the vines trimmed and woven up into the arch, and the center of the arch accessible.]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I really like the garden and the arc 😍

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's so cool! Is that in your front yard?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep! Some previous owner of my house put in an absolutely massive pool that takes up 95% of the backyard, so I smothered my front lawn with mulch and built my garden there!

The bermuda grass is tenacious though, really have to stay on top of yanking it where it tries to reestablish. You'll see patches of it if you look in the background of the lower photo, but it's a war of attrition I think I'm slowly winning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Your garden looks beautiful! I would be stoked if i was your neighbour

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Man I wish my tomatoes would go crazy... right now I'm starting to worry I may not get many this year. Last year I grew cherry tomatoes and they took over half the garden bed and produced so many tomatoes that we couldn't possibly use them all. Not sure why the Rutgers I planted aren't wanting to do the same...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Love the trellis.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nice work! They look very thirsty though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

OP is in SoCal, so perhaps water restrictions and/or just a deeply dry climate making it hard to keep plants from getting a lil thirsty.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep, it's pretty darn dry where I'm at. The drip irrigation I use doesn't fall under our current water restrictions, but I still try to not use excessive amounts. I also mulch everywhere and add increasing layers as the weather heats up.

This is my soil from when I was weeding yesterday, plenty moist and look at all those worms!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Could also be the stress from moving and pruning. They'll probably look better after a day or two with their regular watering routine