Caging Wild Zebras

[liralen]

	Fallen The fallen Green Zebras before we attempted our rescue.
	John with the new frame John with the new bamboo cage around the Green Zebra plants. He did all the planning and setup, I just helped tie things together and lifted the plants.

Comments

[archangelbeth]

Cool!

Now I want tomatoes... *grin* Those are the ones which are green when ripe?

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Yes! I should get a picture of one when it's totally ripe. The dark green stripes get darker, and the pale green flesh goes gold/orange/salmon color. The fruit feels ripe when it is. It still takes a little nerving up for me to eat one, even if I think it's ripe as the flesh itself is emerald green; and I've heard too many stories about green tomatoes. :-)

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah! We're growing them in self-watering containers, which we're having to fill with four gallons of water a day, but our temps have been over 90 for most of July. In your location it might mean you'll get several days of carefree tomato-growing if you wanted it. I got them from gardeners.com. I'd recommend the double tomato cage to go with the planter as the bamboo thing was a lot of work to put up, and the cage is now on sale for $10. :-)

[palinade.livejournal.com]

Wow! That's a humongous plant! Nice job on the cage!

[liralen.livejournal.com]

It's actually three plants in one container, one of the reasons it's so dense and the darn thing is so heavy. When they were small it was easy to think they'd all fit. I'll know for next time. They're doing okay, but really needed more heavy-duty support. Next time.... :-)

That is one thing about the sunshine here, it certainly makes for great tomtatoes.