I had a
great season from my cherry tomatoes. The total yield from just two plants was
to me astonishing at 15.9 lbs! They were firm and sweet. We will plant them
again and for years to come.
The seeds
were purchased from Johnny’s; “Hybrid Tomato, Red Cherry, BHN-968 F1” and had very
little bug problems with this strain of seeds.
8 comments:
Wow, 15 lbs is a whole lot. My little sungolds are constantly producing and I am not anywhere near that amount. Too bad these weren't an heirloom that you could save seeds from.
Becky,
That’s what I thought! I have a 32 ounce kitchen scale in my garage and decided to know just what the yield is from my garden plants so I weighed and logged each picking. And yup, it added up to 254.4 ounces (15.9 lbs) from two plants.
Nice job, that's a whole lot of tomatoes.
Off topic question: What about meat? Do you raise animals for meat? I've looked through your archives briefly and haven't found anything on the topic.
I'm getting everything together for rabbit meat production as of now. Great producer if you can get pass the "Oh hell no, it's a cute bunny" issue. :)
R.
Anon (R),
Yes had a good year for the tomatoes and hopefully better next year as I learned more about raising them for maximum production per plant that I can pass down to the readers to help them get the most from their plants.
You are right; I haven’t posted anything about livestock. There are so many other topics to cover first that will sustain people for months without fresh meat. This is something that has the most immediate benefit to my new readers.
Supermarket stored/stocked can meats are a good emergency substitute. The biggest issue with fresh meat is refrigeration, which will be absent during a major disaster aftermath. With no electricity or no money to keep electric service turned on how do you preserve leftovers or excess meat from a meal? Only well prepared people with propane or solar refrigeration can make the best use of fresh meat.
I do intend to post articles about small animal livestock in the future. I ate rabbit for years when growing up (and it is good) because my parents raised them for food. They learned and needed this skill when they lived through the great depression and it was a necessity back then. Those habits and skills stayed with them for years after.
So until I learn first hand from others or raise livestock myself that’s when I will begin to post my experiences that will be factual information. I am working on a guest post about chicken raising and will post it as soon as I can convert his files he sent to me.
Thanks for your comment!
Hey Mike,
I know there are some issues with raising your own but you could do the same thing you're doing with an abundance of veggies, no?
I'd prefer to keep them alive till I need to use them. No need for a fridge then.
I buy bulk canned meats now but they are costly when you figure everything up and they may not here one day, then what. I'd rather not depend on someone else for my food or at least curtail that dependence as much as possible. I know you understand all of that in spades.
I'll be looking forward to your future posts on the subject!
R.
Looking good! We're trying tomatoes for the first time ever this year and have 16 cherry tomato plants in the raised beds. With our cool and wet spring, we've not even seen a flower yet, but I'm hanging in there. My hope is to can tomato sauce, but we'll see.
Hope you're keeping dry with the weather system I've been hearing has been in your state of late. Stay safe!
R,
The way I handle extra veggies is to can them. The same can be done for small animals like chickens and rabbit.
The issue I see with larger animals is that there is a lot of canning to do very quickly before spoiling. I live in Florida so I don’t have freezing winters where I can take my time butchering and canning because I would have freezing temps to protect the meat until all is processed.
Supermarket can meats are generally the only option for putting together an immediate and quick food storage plan until other sources become available to reduce dependence on commercial sources.
Lisa,
Had a great year for the cherry tomatoes and my large Celebrity tomatoes have also done well but splitting and birds haven’t been kind to those. I’ll figure something out to prevent those problems next year or maybe this winters try.
I had 11 inches of rain measured in my back yard. Fortunately I live next to the intracoastal waterway and water run-off is no problem, so no flooding for us. However many, many homes have been flooded here in town, even I-10 is still closed in both direction because it’s covered with water.
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