Greenstalk Update and Fruits - Early July 2023
Number four on my 2023 to-do list was to 'get (more) serious with vegetables'. And, despite not really posting about it, I think we've (sort-of) done that - by planting up a Greenstalk vertical container garden. This Spring, I filled it out with a mix of herbs and vegetables (fruits) and we're seeing some of them set fruit right now. We harvested these strawberries from the Greenstalk . Below are a few signs of the tomatoes that we planted in the bottom row of the Greenstalk - the Red Robin dwarf plant from the Morton Sale and both a Rutgers Heirloom and a Roma Paste from the orange big box store. What was the reason for these three? They're all DETERMINATE tomatoes. Which means...they grow to a specific size and stop. Other, vining tomatoes can just.keep,growing. Since this is a container-situation, I figured determinate varieties were the right choice. Also, these are tomatoes that are known to be slicers/eaters/canners. What kind of growth are we