Hornworms and squirrells always wreck my tomatoes:(
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glimse@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoYeah this is weirdly sexist. I only know one person this describes because he’s growing weed (legally) in an apartment so he can’t have a outdoor garden
Hell, I know over a dozen men with gardens and only two even grow peppers. Everyone grows tomatoes, though…
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Enkers@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I have a raised bed and just hang a loose net around the whole thing so the squirrels can’t get in. Otherwise those little buggers will take one bite out of each tomato and leave the rest for me to clean up.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It’s not immediately clear to me how this deters such pests.
Enkers@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
The netting isn’t big enough for squirrels to get through. It’s draped down from the trellising, and pinned down to the ground. There’s no way for the squirrels to get in unless they climb up and over, and they don’t seem to be able to figure that out.
Not sure what to do about the horn worms though.
Kellenved@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Fucking stink bugs! My plants got a little out of hand this year and I had to pluck stink bugs off them every day. Still 60+ lbs of tomatoes tho
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Bro how big is your fuckin’ garden
Also may I have some tomat plz
Kellenved@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Too big lol, the rest of my crop is frozen waiting to turn into sauce which is good because we’re out of last years sauce
glimse@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Do what my dad does and plant like 40 of em, they can’t eat them all!
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yes, they can.
glimse@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Well, shit. Greenhouse it is?
I’m debating replacing my ugly old shed with one
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Fresh tomatoes out of your own greenhouse are amazing, that’s why
glimse@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
My old coworker told me he had only ever eaten the transparent slices of flavorlessness fast food restaurants call tomatoes until he moved from the slums to a rural town and had a fresh one. It blew his mind so much he went on to spend 15 years as a chef.
My dad’s been growing tomatoes my whole life so I’ve been spoiled
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I grew up somewhat poor, small town with no fast food, post-soviet nation. We had a garden and a greenhouse. I was a teen when I found out how flavourless tomatoes can be. Because we’d always grown our own and didn’t use them as much in the winter when they needed to be bought from the store lol
glimse@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It’s crazy how different they can be. I have no idea why they even include shitty tomatoes at those places. Awful texture and no taste, what’s the appeal?