http://christianhomekeeper.org/blog/bread-making-tutorial/ ...a God to Serve ...a Family to Love ...a Work to Do Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:52:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://christianhomekeeper.org/blog/bread-making-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-8109 Megan Pratt via Facebook Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:46:10 +0000 http://t2chk.org/new/?p=949#comment-8109 If it's indeterminate you can pick off the suckers. Google for pictures or video. They are the small leaves/branches that form between main stems and they produce nothing put leaves. By picking them on indeterminate varieties you help the plant focus its energy to the main stems and fruit. If it’s indeterminate you can pick off the suckers. Google for pictures or video. They are the small leaves/branches that form between main stems and they produce nothing put leaves. By picking them on indeterminate varieties you help the plant focus its energy to the main stems and fruit.

]]> http://christianhomekeeper.org/blog/bread-making-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-8110 Megan Pratt via Facebook Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:46:10 +0000 http://t2chk.org/new/?p=949#comment-8110 If it's indeterminate you can pick off the suckers. Google for pictures or video. They are the small leaves/branches that form between main stems and they produce nothing put leaves. By picking them on indeterminate varieties you help the plant focus its energy to the main stems and fruit. If it’s indeterminate you can pick off the suckers. Google for pictures or video. They are the small leaves/branches that form between main stems and they produce nothing put leaves. By picking them on indeterminate varieties you help the plant focus its energy to the main stems and fruit.

]]> http://christianhomekeeper.org/blog/bread-making-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-8108 The Christian Homekeeper Network via Facebook Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:57:04 +0000 http://t2chk.org/new/?p=949#comment-8108 Yes, the German Queen is indeterminant. It could need fertilizer but don't give it too much nitrogen; that will be at the expense of the blooms. It may just not have had time to grow as big as it needs to be to produce well. Ours has been in the ground since early May so its pretty large right now. Yes, the German Queen is indeterminant. It could need fertilizer but don’t give it too much nitrogen; that will be at the expense of the blooms. It may just not have had time to grow as big as it needs to be to produce well. Ours has been in the ground since early May so its pretty large right now.

]]> http://christianhomekeeper.org/blog/bread-making-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-8106 Michelle Smith via Facebook Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:31:14 +0000 http://t2chk.org/new/?p=949#comment-8106 Megan, it looks like it is indeterminant, according to what I could google. We were too late to begin from seed due to a change in our summer plans, so we bought heirloom tomato and pepper plants from Lowe's, though we planted some cucumbers, beans, peas, etc. from seed about the same time. Some of the soil does have some Miracle Grow in it, and we added a little of the Lowe's fruit and veggie fertilizer. Plus I've been putting our egg shells out in the garden for calcium. They seem to be liking the egg shells. :) Megan, it looks like it is indeterminant, according to what I could google. We were too late to begin from seed due to a change in our summer plans, so we bought heirloom tomato and pepper plants from Lowe’s, though we planted some cucumbers, beans, peas, etc. from seed about the same time. Some of the soil does have some Miracle Grow in it, and we added a little of the Lowe’s fruit and veggie fertilizer. Plus I’ve been putting our egg shells out in the garden for calcium. They seem to be liking the egg shells.

]]> http://christianhomekeeper.org/blog/bread-making-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-8104 Megan Pratt via Facebook Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:02:42 +0000 http://t2chk.org/new/?p=949#comment-8104 Michelle it might have gotten a little colder than you realized a night or two early in the season which can affect plants. Since it has some fruit tho, it's likely not the cause. My suggestion would be organic kelp or fish fertilizer to give it a boost. Also, you might try adding some calcium and scratching it into the surface around your plant. You called it a 'bush'... is it determinate or indeterminant? Michelle it might have gotten a little colder than you realized a night or two early in the season which can affect plants. Since it has some fruit tho, it’s likely not the cause. My suggestion would be organic kelp or fish fertilizer to give it a boost. Also, you might try adding some calcium and scratching it into the surface around your plant. You called it a ‘bush’… is it determinate or indeterminant?

]]> http://christianhomekeeper.org/blog/bread-making-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-8102 Michelle Smith via Facebook Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:26:20 +0000 http://t2chk.org/new/?p=949#comment-8102 I'll look at it more closely, but I know it has some flowers and some fruit, not anything large yet. It is shorter than anything but the yellow pears. And the German bush is about half as bushy as the Brandywine and about one-third as bushy as the Stripey. Maybe it produces better later in the summer? I’ll look at it more closely, but I know it has some flowers and some fruit, not anything large yet. It is shorter than anything but the yellow pears. And the German bush is about half as bushy as the Brandywine and about one-third as bushy as the Stripey. Maybe it produces better later in the summer?

]]> http://christianhomekeeper.org/blog/bread-making-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-8101 The Christian Homekeeper Network via Facebook Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:24:12 +0000 http://t2chk.org/new/?p=949#comment-8101 Hmmm.... well, is it setting blooms? if its making blooms then I'd still say its probably a pollination problem. But if its not setting blooms, it may have other problems and need some 8-32-16 or 6-24-24 fertilizer. Hmmm…. well, is it setting blooms? if its making blooms then I’d still say its probably a pollination problem. But if its not setting blooms, it may have other problems and need some 8-32-16 or 6-24-24 fertilizer.

]]> http://christianhomekeeper.org/blog/bread-making-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-8100 Michelle Smith via Facebook Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:16:41 +0000 http://t2chk.org/new/?p=949#comment-8100 I have been shaking my tomato plants--plus we've had some storms. We had wind so bad the other day that all my pole bean vines (except the one that is 5-6 ft. long) unwrapped themselves from their poles. We went around the poles by hand re-wrapping them! That German Queen is just not very productive compared to the others. I have been shaking my tomato plants–plus we’ve had some storms. We had wind so bad the other day that all my pole bean vines (except the one that is 5-6 ft. long) unwrapped themselves from their poles. We went around the poles by hand re-wrapping them! That German Queen is just not very productive compared to the others.

]]> http://christianhomekeeper.org/blog/bread-making-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-8093 The Christian Homekeeper Network via Facebook Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:26:53 +0000 http://t2chk.org/new/?p=949#comment-8093 There was a time when I had all the children at ho me and had to bake in the wee hours of the morning to keep from heating up the house! And .....Now that you mention it ..... we weren't seeing any bees and wasps around this summer so we hand pollinated the German Queen and the other tomatoes. After we did that, we had lots of blooms that set fruit. Since tomatoes are self-pollinating all you need to do is to shake or flick the flowers on each plant. There was a time when I had all the children at ho me and had to bake in the wee hours of the morning to keep from heating up the house! And …..Now that you mention it ….. we weren’t seeing any bees and wasps around this summer so we hand pollinated the German Queen and the other tomatoes. After we did that, we had lots of blooms that set fruit. Since tomatoes are self-pollinating all you need to do is to shake or flick the flowers on each plant.

]]> http://christianhomekeeper.org/blog/bread-making-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-8091 Michelle Smith via Facebook Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:35:45 +0000 http://t2chk.org/new/?p=949#comment-8091 I read your blog article (by the way, I don't bake bread in the summer months due to the Alabama heat), but I had to comment--I bought 4 varieties of tomatoes this year--yellow pear, Brandywine, Stripey and German Queen. And my German Queen is the slowest to do anything. Although it is taller than my 54" cage like the other plants, it doesn't look like it is going to produce well, while all my others are looking great. We've been eating the yellow pears already. Is there something special I needed to know about this variety of tomato? Do you have tips? :) I read your blog article (by the way, I don’t bake bread in the summer months due to the Alabama heat), but I had to comment–I bought 4 varieties of tomatoes this year–yellow pear, Brandywine, Stripey and German Queen. And my German Queen is the slowest to do anything. Although it is taller than my 54″ cage like the other plants, it doesn’t look like it is going to produce well, while all my others are looking great. We’ve been eating the yellow pears already. Is there something special I needed to know about this variety of tomato? Do you have tips?

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