Tomato Porn

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Clockwise from nearest you: Moskovitch, Sun Gold, Striped German, Ananas Noir and Brandywine.

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so THAT’S what garden-fresh tomatoes look like! I wouldn’t know, because the critters have eaten EVERY SINGLE TOMATO that I grew this season!

How do you keep the critters out?

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Which critters? I’ve never seen a tomato hornworm in Oregon but the squirrels did get in and ate a bunch of Sun Golds and part of one Moskovitch. I left it out there on the ground so they’d have easy snacking and, hopefully, leave the rest alone. I picked all the fruit you see yesterday and most of it’s a little under-ripe, so they’ll have to ripen on the counter for a few days, but I didn’t want to tempt the little rodents any more than necessary. The deer haven’t been around lately.

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Ground squirrels mostly - tobacco worms got maybe 3 total, but it was the ground squirrels that just go like gangbusters on my fruit.

You probably stand out there and bully them - that keeps them away, right?

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Simple, he basically tells them that their palate is shit and that they don’t know the first thing about Oregon tomatoes. neener

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“Not the Sun Gold!!! Are you an idiot? The Brandywines are obviously FAR superior!”

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They look great Bob.

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Feed them to the dog

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OMG! The bastards!!!

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Let the dog feed himself!


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I have used “liquid fence” not on the fruit but around it and fox urine. One or the other worked this year.

JD

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You bastard! You got all my tomatoes. All I got is blackrot.

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