First Tomato Blossom of 2023 ~ This plant was grown from seed I saved last year. The parent plant was an Early Girl. This plant is the next generation and may have different characteristics from the parent plant. I'm curious how it will perform. So far, it is the *earliest* to blossom.

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[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Very nice. Those are a little tricky to grow, in my area at least (hardiness zone 8a).

I got my first pepper sprout yesterday. Germinated outside in its pot- no seed mat or transplantation or anything like that. Trying to decide on a fertilization schedule.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

This plant is growing in zone 7b, so you might have normally hotter temperatures than we have here. Are you saying it is tricky to grow tomatoes because it gets too hot where you are?

My experience with peppers is that they take a long time to grow before they make fruit, so the earlier you can plant them, the better. You could also buy plants already established to give you a head-start or to make up for lost time.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Are you saying it is tricky to grow tomatoes because it gets too hot where you are?

I actually thought the opposite. I feel like 8a / 7b are kind of on the cooler edge of where you can easily grow tomatoes (and peppers). Maybe that's just my bias or my techniques- I come from an area in zone 9, and growing peppers there was dead simple.

My experience with peppers is that they take a long time to grow before they make fruit, so the earlier you can plant them, the better. You could also buy plants already established to give you a head-start or to make up for lost time.

Yeah, I tried to get them started early this year. Last year, I didn't see a pepper sprout until July. I had OK yield (maybe 15-20 peppers) but nothing you'd brag about.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Last year in Arkansas, the heat was unbearable for the tomato plants. The fruit stopped producing in the heat. All of the plants in my father-in-law's garden died.

The Lord already revealed that it will be a hot and dry summer, which will reduce harvests. He also revealed months ago that it would be a wet and cold spring, delaying planting, which turned out to be a true prophecy.

Regarding tomatoes and growing them in hot weather, I posted this for you: https://saidit.net/s/gardening/comments/asev/tomatoes_fail_to_ripen_when_its_too_hot_when/

I got my first pepper sprout yesterday.

I may have misunderstood you. Are you saying a pepper fruit began to form? Or that the seed germinated and a tiny plant began to grow with its first two starter leaves?

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's interesting, thanks. Yeah, full sun is already too much for many of my plants to endure. (Germination is a different story.)

All I have now are starter leaves from my pepper seeds. That said, two more sprouted today.