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Posted on 02 September 2007 by tomatocasual.com .
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By Michelle Fabio
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As summer winds down, you are hopefully seeing a lot of green tomatoes on your plants. In order to ripen, they’ll need plenty of warm sun, but depending on where you live, this may be getting harder to come by, especially as days grow shorter into September. So what can you do to ensure the maximum production of your tomato plant at this point? . You need to think quality not quantity, and so we turn to the newest growths on the plant. Your precious plant is likely still producing flowers that, if given the proper time to mature, would eventually turn into wonderful tomatoes too. . Unfortunately, in many climates, these new flowers won’t have enough time to live out the life cycle until they end up red and juicy on your kitchen table. In other words, the first frost will literally nip these flowers in the bud. . And so it is with a heavy, but well-meaning heart, that you should focus your attention beginning in mid-August (again, depending on your climate!) to snipping off the new flowers; this way your plant can use its already strained resources to ripen the existing tomatoes and ensure that you get the most out of your gardening efforts. Until next year, of course.
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Be sure that you look at . Dad's Tomato Garden 2009 . It shows the progress of the tomatoes almost daily. Thanks for following them right on to the sandwich. Wish you were here to help me try them out. There will be some fried green tomatoes in the frying pan today. Dad.
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It looks like that the eagles are doing good, all three of them have took their first flight, what a thrill that would have been to them.. The link above will tell you more about all this and what we can expect to see..
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And if you would like to look in the nest today here is where you click Eagle Web Cam .
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You may have noticed that I have changed my posting time to 4 a.m. I think that will be a little better for me..
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Here is what the weather report was at 4 a.m. this morning here in the Tennessee Valley, it was 70 degrees and an expected high if 85. And of course a 50% change of thunder storms. The weather has been good for the tomatoes
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I am sure that you have noticed the improvement in our two outside Cams, 1 & 2. I think that we have solved the problem of them being out of service so often. That is a relief to me. Those two cams are what I am going to show as the tomatoes ripen, and the time is almost here.
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I have checked them this morning and thy look good. Here they are if you want to see for yourself.
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I do need a few more smiles in my smile album which you can view by clicking the link above. Come on help me out. DAD.
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Here is a link below that will make you smile. My good friend Becky who lives out in California sent this to me. Thanks Becky, DAD.
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I must stop for a few minutes, I will be back.
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BYE BYE DAD
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