tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500803112835450346.post2304350222211890164..comments2018-09-04T02:08:32.278-07:00Comments on Mundane Blog: Black Walnut Trees Killing + Growing Tomatoes Naturally in the GardenObscurely Diversehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093125094173965474noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500803112835450346.post-5971804843399900862011-08-27T10:27:45.781-07:002011-08-27T10:27:45.781-07:00One quick addition to this post: As time has elap...One quick addition to this post: As time has elapsed, I've noticed one other benefit, at least for me, when it comes to my garden experiment involving "growing your tomatoes naturally," and that is: The damn things stay alive longer! Most of the time, my tomato plants, while using the traditional upright growing methods, produce for a while, then start to turn yellow a few weeks before the end of the warm growing season of gardening bliss... and die off. They almost always die early when there is a a major drought involved, but not this year...<br />Well, by letting them grow low to the ground, retain moisture with the surrounding weeds while looking fairly ugly in the process, etc., I have several plants that are still blooming and producing tomatoes late in the season even though I planted them several months ago. hell, I think I've had more red tomatoes (although I still like to fry 'em green) this year than ever before.<br /><br />You know, speaking of this "tomato plant longevity" subject, that's an interesting question for many, as in "how long will a tomato plant produce?," and I found a website during a quick search that was debating such things, here: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tomato/msg0419054624015.html <br />After reading some of that scribble that was placed on that website from random gardeners, I did come to realize that when raising certain plants in a greenhouse environment, that they can produce and live for years!<br />So, one should think of the "greenhouse conditions" when experimenting with such things, although many of you may live in an area that the weather just simply doesn't permit the ongoing growth of, say, tomatoes, unless you literally have them in a controlled environment that usually ends up being a heated, humid greenhouse with fertile soil.<br />At any rate, do your own experiments and learn through personal experience - as that goes for most things in life; cheers!Obscurely Diversehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093125094173965474noreply@blogger.com