tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790469972841942302.post574200947338465988..comments2023-10-06T11:09:47.433-04:00Comments on From Seed to Scrumptious: Chocolate Cherry TomatoesGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15005917822282749127noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790469972841942302.post-13471090335033228612013-01-01T03:39:53.936-05:002013-01-01T03:39:53.936-05:00Brilliant! I'm thrilled to hear that I can sav...Brilliant! I'm thrilled to hear that I can save seed by drying the whole tomato instead of the complex fermentation method. Thanks!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790469972841942302.post-23788096453234363672012-04-07T12:06:47.461-04:002012-04-07T12:06:47.461-04:00George, thanks for the link to this post. When I d...George, thanks for the link to this post. When I dry my tomato seeds I do much the same except I just spread them out on paper towels and save them that way. I leave a little space between each seed so I can tear that piece off when I need a seed to germinate. I then just soak it for a day and then plant it, paper and all in my container. So far I have had all the seed germinate when I do this.Carla https://www.blogger.com/profile/11916690492134807112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790469972841942302.post-48757189862052986582012-02-15T07:42:41.691-05:002012-02-15T07:42:41.691-05:00Thanks George and Clint for the good ideasThanks George and Clint for the good ideasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790469972841942302.post-4728309453573075402012-02-14T17:29:42.798-05:002012-02-14T17:29:42.798-05:00Anne, as your garden is small, one effective contr...Anne, as your garden is small, one effective control is to look for the yellow egg clusters on the undersides of the leaves and give them a good squish. Get the caterpillars before they get you. The fall crops seem to have less of a problem. And you could pull a magic trick by growing early broccoli offsite under netting, and move mature plants to your garden before the cabbage moth season. And lastly, many beneficial insects help to control cabbage moths, so encouraging those insects certainly makes sense.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005917822282749127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790469972841942302.post-14145537506895285252012-02-14T17:13:22.728-05:002012-02-14T17:13:22.728-05:00Clint, thanks for that suggestion. I have a bunch ...Clint, thanks for that suggestion. I have a bunch of dried cayenne peppers just waiting for a just cause. I watched most of the garden video you mentioned on your site. That is the way I garden too, using loads of wood chips and tons of leaves. I have not tilled my garden in thirty years. Let the worms do it for me. And also use very little water. I garden this way because it feels right to me, not because of what I have read.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005917822282749127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790469972841942302.post-7916712800739049112012-02-14T17:00:17.610-05:002012-02-14T17:00:17.610-05:00Anna, not to but in but I use a mixture of flour a...Anna, not to but in but I use a mixture of flour and ground hot peppers. The flour if ingested will swell, but most the time insects don't get past the hot pepper dust!Clint Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12125748678345517185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790469972841942302.post-37766831910499472452012-02-14T13:40:27.144-05:002012-02-14T13:40:27.144-05:00Hi George, Those tomatoes look delicious. I have ...Hi George, Those tomatoes look delicious. I have an off-topic question. How do you deal with the white cabbage moth worms on your cole crops. Do you use BT? I tried sage plants and sage leaves as repellents - with no success. I have a no-kill policy and ingesting BT seems like such a brutal death for them but those worms were so destructive and I cannot use row covers in this garden next to such an historically significant house. ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com