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[cwhit590]

We don't have folks from the upper Midwest and New England weighing in to complain about the terrible blight problems that swept thru those areas this year? This stuff was in the same family as the Irish Potato Famine blight - and it was really a sorry situation.

It wasn't a good tomato year here....lol.... or a good curcurbit year for that matter.....

We always do a cherry tomato in a container on the deck and it usually flourishes...but ours struggled this summer...we didn't start getting tomatoes till later in the season...we had so much spring rain, then a cloudy cool summer. Weird weather year.

With the lack of sun, the curcurbits got powdery mildew like crazy! I only got to enjoy a handful of summer squash before the plants gave up the ghost...

My potatoes, carrots, cabbage, and sweet corn did well for me this year.



As far as the tomatoes go, I normally plant a Sweet Million Cherry in our container every year. We usually have little volunteers popping up under our deck area now, and if I find one I'll pot it up and see what it does. This year's volunteer had better flavor than the Sweet Million....
I think I wanna try a grape tomato for the container next year. I had a bunch of customers this year that recommended them for their unique flavor.

 

[simple life]

Yeah the blight hit New England but I had a decent tomato crop until the very end of the season so I lucked out.
Others had a horrible time of it.
Honestly, I don't get too riled over a bad crop of something and just focus on the good of the season, I had a great potato crop for instance.
We had such lousy weather with all the rain that not alot of anything did well for most anybody.
I picked runner beans right through October and seeing how they are my kid's favorites I was content with that.
Tomatoes are fun because there are so many types to choose from.
As far as varieties, I plant something different every year and see what happens.
I buy the old reliables for one bed, the beefsteak, supesonic, celebrity or one of those and then the rest are heirlooms.
My kids love the yellow pear tomatoes and those grow like crazy.
I use to start the heirlooms from seed and still may do a couple but I am able to buy heirloom tomato plants already started in good size pots.
This woman has an amazing variety, grows it all organically and I love to try all different types.