I lost someone close to me and just didn’t have the oomph, time and energy for the garden like I usually do. There’s crab grass in garden beds, untrellised tomatoes going wild everywhere. Lots of the tomatoes leaves are yellowing. I just used free city compost and cheap Kellogg soil, set up the drip system and barely have done anything but ironically I’m having the biggest harvest seasons ever without dealing with any overgrowth or work. If stressed plants put out more fruit are we gardening wrong,
by LordBaritoss
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I’m sorry for your loss! If it’s any consolation those are gorgeous fruit, and I bet they taste amazing!
I feel the same way about messing with the plants. I left for vacation for 3 weeks , plants on auto water. I get back and they look great! But then i trimmed the tomato stems , over fertilized and now they look like shit. Sometimes I feel like I should just let them go
Take this as a sign from above. They are with you.
Sorry to hear that
I’m sorry for your loss❤️ I feel the same after losing someone close to me last year. I didn’t even bother starting any plants this spring because I didn’t have the emotional energy. Maybe I’ll do a fall garden, I’m not sure right now. But you have my sincere condolences. And, your tomatoes look fantastic. I’d love to know what varieties they are, if you get a chance. Please take care friend❤️
I am firmly on the side of “less attention is more” for tomatoes. Make sure they’re super well watered at the beginning of the season and then maintain.
I always buy the bigger plants at the store and away we go.
I technically also do seeds bc I will move any volunteers into the garden and protect them as well.
Sorry for your loss. Gardening is good for the soul.
I’ll take this as a sign, to maybe fully accept that my sister is gone. I lost my one and only best friend to Lupus. She is like a sister to me and we call each other and everyone around us, twins. It is somehow still a shock to me as I now live abroad. I have mourned and I wish I could go back in time to hug her really tight and express how much I love her, maybe go out and spend the day hanging around and do the fun things we wanted to do. She is the most genuine, loving person, definition-of-good person I know.. I do know that she is above and in peace and no longer in pain.
This year is my first actual year of growing tomatoes. And coincidentally, my favorite one and giving a lot is my black cherry tomatoes.
Also, my birthday is tomorrow and I feel somewhat lifted. Thanks for this post, OP.
I am very sorry to hear, my condolences to you. you have a very wonderful harvest, and those are beautiful tomatoes. what variety are they?