Mr. Tomato.... (1 Viewer)

[deltadawg]

Waymer, pull those "sucker" branches off... Plant needs a little pruning and it will focus on more producing on the fruit part. Also what variety plant are you using?

 

[Waymer]

Waymer, pull those "sucker" branches off... Plant needs a little pruning and it will focus on more producing on the fruit part. Also what variety plant are you using?

I've always heard and read conflicting reports on sucker branches. Pruning them off seems to yield less tomatoes, but larger tomatoes for those that do grow...in my experience.

It's an Amelia tomato.

 

[stunpals]

I haven;t had any luck this way... Except for one small one that made it, all the other have broken off at the stem in the wind.....

Joe

yeah, we've had killer wind this year.

 

[buzd]

the worms have really gotten my tomatoes, but I harvested these cayennes this morning. That plant has been producing tons of peppers:

 

[Joe OKC]

buzd- You got a pepper sauce recipe? I am thinking something that you mash em up.. cook em for a while then bottle.

Joe

 

[buzd]

No, but if you have one, I'd be willing to give it a try.

 

[SaintsFanInLA]

the worms have really gotten my tomatoes, but I harvested these cayennes this morning. That plant has been producing tons of peppers:

These peppers look insanely hot. Are they?

I've added a secret ingredient just for you. The merciless peppers of Quetzlzacatenengo, grown deep in the jungles primeval by the inmates of a Guatemalan insane asylum.

 

[buzd]

These peppers look insanely hot. Are they?

If you don't seed them, yes. If you seed them properly and then cook with them, they're a little hot, but have an excellent fresh flavor.

Just be careful what you touch after handling them.

 

[Joe OKC]

This is what I did last year... and it's kinda lame... That's why I think I need a mash "Pepper Sauce" recipe... I just could not get enough heat out of the peppers...

<img src=http://www.saintsreport.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=17280&d=1227070993/img>

Joe

 

[stunpals]

^^ vinegar? is so, boil the vinegar before you put it in the bottle... and just open up the peppers, chop the top or slice them up.

 

[Joe OKC]

I think that is what I did wrong, I didn;t open the peppers up before I beottled them...

Joe

 

[Sabine]

buzd, those peps are beauties. Well done.

 

[buzd]

I think that is what I did wrong, I didn;t open the peppers up before I beottled them...

Joe

After some quick googling, most recipes are a variation of chop peppers, cook in vinegar until soft, blend, age (3-4 weeks) and strain. Some have a few extra ingredients, but most are vinegar (apple cider), peppers and salt. Seems worth trying. Hopefully the next batch of peppers will be enough to continue to refine the recipe.

There are tons of Tabascos about to ripen as well.

 

[nickalbo]

My dad has 2 of the hanging tomato plants and they both have produced monster tomatoes.

 

[Waymer]

Bump for Eeyore. You can see a page or two ago the set up. There's just some small openings on the top for water to enter, and on the bottom for the tomato to exit. I'll usually make sure to pour some water in the top opening, to keep the soil at the right moistness because a sprinkler is hit or miss with a hanging pot obviously.