Tomato Progress

All of the tomato plants I bought are doing well inspite of the chilly CA weather. I have about 7 tomatoes on the plants and also some flowers. Hopefully the sun will be out soon but not too hot though :) The white stuff you see on the leaves is the diatomaceous earth powder. I sprinkled them everywhere to control the ear wigs, they were eating most of the plants. Marigolds and Swiss Chard are growing well now.

Planting Tomatoes

I planted about 8 tomato seedlings last week. A couple of them were Rutgers (heirloom) and the rest were Celebrity (hybrid) variety. Both are determinate varieties meaning that they will grow to a fixed mature size and ripen all their fruit in a short period. I am sure they will require cages or stalking soon. I also planted Marigolds next to tomatoes to deter the bugs away. They really help. I love the deep orange color of the marigolds. Hopefully my tomato plants will do well this summer like last year.

Brandywine heirloom tomato plant

Oh Boy! This plant is about 4 feet tall and has lot of flowers but has only one fruit. The beautiful flowers are dropping :( I like how this plant is so much different from the hybrid ones. Thanks to my boss, he gave me the sapling.